US surveillance ships, aircraft and satellites are closely monitoring the movements of the Russian research vessel Yantar, which was cruising near the US naval nuclear submarine base Kings Bay. According to the Pentagon, the ship can study the routes of American submarines, The Washington Free Beacon reports. ABOUT…
The Estonian Foreign Ministry sharply condemned the decision of the Pskov Regional Court, which on Wednesday sentenced Estonian Security Police officer Eston Kohver to 15 years. Estonia calls Kohver's kidnapping a violation of international law. “The abduction of Eston Kohver from the territory of the Republic of Estonia by FSB officers on September 5 last...
The White House has one answer for those asking for Snowden's pardon: no. In an official response posted on the White House petition website, President Obama's national security adviser Lisa Monaco responded that the discussion should focus on striking a balance between ...
Lawyers for a former US naval intelligence officer accused of spying for Israel say he will be released early from prison. Sentenced to life in prison, Jonathan Pollard is expected to leave the prison in November after serving thirty years. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nitanyahu said that ...
The Parisian newspaper Liberation and the website Mediapart published on June 29, together with the organization Wikileaks, extensive material testifying to the large-scale economic espionage carried out by the United States against France. Last week, Julian Assange in an interview with French television said that he created ...
The United States is complying with its obligations and not eavesdropping on the negotiations of French President Francois Hollande. US President Barack Obama stated this in a telephone conversation with the leader of the Fifth Republic. “Obama reaffirmed that the United States is honoring its commitments made to our French colleagues in...
Paris summoned the US ambassador for an explanation following reports that the United States spied on French President François Hollande and two of his predecessors. Commenting on the latest revelations of the website Wikileaks, which reported that the US National Security Agency was monitoring the three presidents of France, François ...
The trial of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezayan, accused of espionage, begins in Iran on Tuesday and will be held behind closed doors. According to the Iranian state news agency IRNA, the process will take place in the Revolutionary Court, which usually considers cases involving ...
The US Department of Justice has accused six Chinese citizens of economic espionage and embezzlement of trade secrets, claiming that they obtained illegal access to US-developed classified technologies and shared them with universities and companies controlled by the PRC government. The charges that were brought against ...
NATO plans to expel from its headquarters in Brussels half of Russian diplomats and officials, about 45 suspected of espionage, in order to limit Moscow's ability to gather information amid growing tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the Ukraine crisis. ...