Espionage Charges

A former UN official from Canada who now works as a North Korea specialist has been detained in Switzerland on charges of spying, likely for China, media reports said on Thursday, citing unnamed intelligence sources.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against five individuals in a court here in connection with the alleged framing of space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage case, sources said on Wednesday.

Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the Times newspaper said on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was "considering" a request by Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges.

A 31-year-old officer working at Mazagaon dockyard in Mumbai has been arrested on charges of espionage after the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) found that he had allegedly leaked sensitive information to a Pakistan-based intelligence operative.

Nearly a year since US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, his parents are counting on a "very personal" promise from President Joe Biden to bring him home.

Setting foot in their homeland after several agonising months of captivity in Kuwait, seven of the eight Indian navy veterans who were sentenced to death on alleged 'espionage' charges, heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.

A Russian court on Friday extended the pre-trial detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- arrested for failing to register as a "foreign agent" -- until February 5, her employer said.

Russia on Thursday formally charged a detained US-Russian journalist with failing to register as a "foreign agent" in a case rights groups have called an "egregious" escalation of Moscow's decade-long campaign against independent media.

Eight former Indian Navy officers, who have been sentenced to death in Qatar, were working for a private firm that helped the Qatari armed forces and included decorated officers who once commanded Indian warships.

A Moscow court has arrested U.S. citizen of Russian origin Gene Spector on suspicion of espionage, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against two persons including a suspected Pakistani national in an espionage case related to the Indian Navy unearthed in Andhra Pradesh earlier this year.

The police arrested the man, Naveen Pal, on charges of espionage based on information by the Intelligence Bureau.

A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal to release US reporter Evan Gershkovich from detention in Moscow, an AFP journalist in the courtroom said, ahead of his trial on contested espionage charges.

A former UN official from Canada who now works as a North Korea specialist has been detained in Switzerland on charges of spying, likely for China, media reports said on Thursday, citing unnamed intelligence sources.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against five individuals in a court here in connection with the alleged framing of space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage case, sources said on Wednesday.

Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the Times newspaper said on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was "considering" a request by Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges.

A 31-year-old officer working at Mazagaon dockyard in Mumbai has been arrested on charges of espionage after the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) found that he had allegedly leaked sensitive information to a Pakistan-based intelligence operative.

Nearly a year since US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, his parents are counting on a "very personal" promise from President Joe Biden to bring him home.

Setting foot in their homeland after several agonising months of captivity in Kuwait, seven of the eight Indian navy veterans who were sentenced to death on alleged 'espionage' charges, heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.

A Russian court on Friday extended the pre-trial detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- arrested for failing to register as a "foreign agent" -- until February 5, her employer said.

Russia on Thursday formally charged a detained US-Russian journalist with failing to register as a "foreign agent" in a case rights groups have called an "egregious" escalation of Moscow's decade-long campaign against independent media.

Eight former Indian Navy officers, who have been sentenced to death in Qatar, were working for a private firm that helped the Qatari armed forces and included decorated officers who once commanded Indian warships.

A Moscow court has arrested U.S. citizen of Russian origin Gene Spector on suspicion of espionage, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against two persons including a suspected Pakistani national in an espionage case related to the Indian Navy unearthed in Andhra Pradesh earlier this year.

The police arrested the man, Naveen Pal, on charges of espionage based on information by the Intelligence Bureau.

A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal to release US reporter Evan Gershkovich from detention in Moscow, an AFP journalist in the courtroom said, ahead of his trial on contested espionage charges.