UK police arrest three men on suspicion of spying for China
Husband of a lawmaker from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ruling Labour Party among those arrested, local media report.
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What were Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Israel?
New documents show some thought disgraced US financier had links to Israeli intelligence services and settler groups.BI
Iran accuses foreign intelligence of being behind protest movement
Israel’s covert operations in Iran spark allegations of destabilising protests as tensions escalate.
US sailor sentenced to 16 years in prison in Chinese espionage case
Prosecutors accused sailor Jinchao Wei of selling information about US Navy ships to Chinese intelligence operatives.
Houthis detain 10 more United Nations staff in Yemen, bringing total to 69
The Houthis have stepped up arrests of UN staff since Israel launched its genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza.
UK’s MI5 protected IRA agent who committed murders, police report finds
British security services allowed a top spy in the IRA to continue committing serious crimes, police report finds.
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Meet the US’s drug running friends: A history of narcotics involvement
Trump claims to be cracking down on drug gangs in Venezuela but pardoned a Honduran drug lord serving time in the US.
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A timeline of CIA operations in Latin America
The recent strikes on boats in the Caribbean are an extension of a long US tradition of interference in the region.
France detains four amid inquiry into suspected Russian spy network
The arrest of suspected Russian agents in Paris comes amid a wider surge of alleged Russian espionage in Europe.
White House unaware that US ambassador to Israel met with convicted spy
CIA reportedly ‘alarmed’ by the meeting, which broke a longstanding policy of not speaking with convicted spies.
Italy to extradite Ukrainian Nord Stream sabotage suspect to Germany
Suspect Serhii Kuznietsov faces charges of collusion to cause an explosion, sabotage and destruction of infrastructure.
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