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Beijing court gives Australian writer Yang suspended death sentence
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2024
» SYDNEY - A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, a family friend said, five years after he was first detained in China and three years after a closed-door trial on espionage charges.
Taiwan spots more Chinese balloons
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2024
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said it had detected three more Chinese balloons flying across the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, and one of those flew over the island, the second day in a row it has reported such activity.
Myanmar's 'watermelons': Soldier on the outside, rebel inside
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2024
» YANGON - For about two years, says 24-year-old Yan, a former Myanmar police officer, he risked his life pretending to serve the military junta while secretly spying for the armed resistance.
Extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Assange approved
Reuters, Published on 17/06/2022
» LONDON: British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to a conclusion.
Australia probes 'deeply disturbing' allegations of Chinese political interference
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2019
» MELBOURNE: Australia's domestic spy agency is investigating whether China tried to install an agent in federal parliament in what Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called "deeply disturbing" allegations.
China to restrict visas for US visitors with 'anti-China' links
Reuters, Published on 09/10/2019
» SINGAPORE: China is planning tighter visa restrictions for US nationals with ties to anti-China groups, people with knowledge of the proposed curbs said, following similar US restrictions on Chinese nationals, as relations between the countries sour.
Myanmar's Mandalay gets high-tech makeover, sparks 'spy' fears
Reuters, Published on 04/08/2019
» YANGON: Once a seat of kings, the city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar has seen turbulent chapters in its 162-year history – the fall of Burma's last royal dynasty and decades of colonial rule.
Canadian detained in China as Huawei case continues
Reuters, Published on 12/12/2018
» VANCOUVER/BEIJING: A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, just hours before a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is set to return to a Vancouver courtroom for a bail hearing that has angered Beijing.
Australian filmmaker sentenced to six years in jail
Reuters, Published on 31/08/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court sentenced an Australian filmmaker to six years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party's political rally.
North Korea cyber-espionage goes international
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2018
» FRANKFURT: A North Korean cyber espionage group previously known only for targeting South Korea's government and private sector deepened its sophistication and hit further afield including in Japan and the Middle East in 2017, security researchers said on Tuesday.