South Korea’s alliance with the United States is facing one of its most difficult periods in years, with disputes over intelligence sharing, investment commitments and military cooperation increasingly affecting the security relationship
The United States has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S. officials cited by Reuters, in a
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A controversial historical account has reignited debate over one of the most consequential elections in postwar Europe, alleging that the CIA, the Vatican, and organized crime worked together to manipulate Italy’s 1948
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Germany’s government is considering a major expansion of powers for its foreign intelligence service that would allow it to carry out sabotage, cyberattacks and other offensive operations overseas, according to a report
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In her first public address as head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli offered a sweeping and detailed vision for the future of Britain’s foreign intelligence service, drawing on her decades-long career in espionage
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The horrible events on Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia on December 14th, where 12 were killed and 29 wounded, by at least two gunmen, illustrates the level of threat to the Jewish
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by Eric How did the world’s most advanced economy allow its crown jewels to slip quietly into the hands of a strategic rival? When did free trade mutate into a one-way transfer
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Pope Leo temporarily shifted his focus from global poverty to the shadowy world of intelligence on Friday, hosting an unusually high-profile audience for Italy’s top spies inside the Vatican. The rare gathering
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The UK has launched a new spy agency, Military Intelligence Services (MIS), to confront a sharp rise in espionage and sabotage targeting armed forces personnel and Ministry of Defence staff, Times UK
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crisis deepened on Sunday as the official death toll from Cyclone Ditwah rose to 627, with 190 people still reported missing and more than
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China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has issued a stark warning that foreign spy agencies are deploying malicious Wi-Fi networks near government offices to steal sensitive data from public employees. In a
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A human rights lawyer in Pakistan received an unexpected WhatsApp message last summer from someone posing as a journalist, complete with a realistic profile picture and a seemingly credible link to a
More The United States has decided to halt plans to impose sanctions on China’s Ministry of State Security over a large-scale cyber spying campaign, aiming to preserve a trade truce reached earlier this
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Roman Gupman will become the next director of the Mossad has sent ripples across Israel’s political and security establishment. Gupman, who
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India’s government on Wednesday withdrew a directive that would have required all smartphone makers to preinstall a state-run cybersecurity app on new devices, following widespread criticism from opposition leaders, privacy advocates and
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From October 20th – November 21st 1962, a little-remembered conflict raged between China and India. The skirmish damaged India’s Non-Aligned Movement affiliation, firmly placing the country in the West’s orbit, while fomenting decades of hostility between the neighbouring
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