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SE Asia 7 years ago

Vietnam jails fugitive spy for espionage

A fugitive spy was jailed for nine years in Vietnam on Monday for "divulging state secrets" after he tried to flee to Europe holding a forged passport in a rare case involving a high-ranking intelligence officer.

World 7 years ago

S.Korean court hands former president Park another 8 years in jail

A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.

World 7 years ago

China reported to have tried to recruit German lawmaker as spy -media

Chinese individuals contacted a conservative lawmaker in the German parliament several times in the summer of 2016, offering him money in exchange for his expertise and insider knowledge, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Friday.

Entertainment 7 years ago

New comic book will follow story of teenage James Bond

Comic book series James Bond Origin will explore the secret agent’s life before the iconic movie series.

World 7 years ago

France arrests two spies for passing secrets to China

Two former French spies have been arrested and face treason charges after being accused of passing sensitive information to China, France's defence minister and security sources said Friday.

World 7 years ago

No more James Bond: MI6 wants moms to become British spies

Think of a British spy and the name’s Bond. James Bond. But MI6 instead wants mothers for their emotional intelligence, not a martini-swilling, gun-toting womanizer in a tux.

World 7 years ago

US charges former CIA agent with spying for China

The US Justice Department announced Tuesday it had indicted a former CIA operative for spying for China, in a case that could be tied to the dramatic collapse of the CIA's China network eight years ago.

World 7 years ago

Russia expels diplomats from 23 countries as spy crisis escalates

Russia has expelled diplomats from 23 countries in retaliation against the West in an escalating spy row, in the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions in recent memory.

World 8 years ago

Russia ex-spy poisoning 'extremely worrying': Weapons watchdog

The nerve agent poisoning of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain was "extremely worrying", a global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday.