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US recovering balloon debris, won't return to China: W.House
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States is in the process of recovering debris from the Chinese balloon out of the Atlantic for analysis by intelligence experts and there is no plan to give the remains back to Beijing, the White House said Monday.
US downing of Chinese spy balloon ends chapter in diplomatic crisis
Published on 05/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: The United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon Saturday that had spent the past week traversing the country, an explosive end to a drama that put a diplomatic crisis between the world’s two great powers onto television screens in real time.
China 'regrets' airship that strayed into US
Published on 03/02/2023
» BEIJING: China voiced regret on Friday for an “unintended” breach of US airspace by what it said was an unmanned civilian airship, after the Pentagon said it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon.
US squeeze on Huawei worries China
Published on 31/01/2023
» China is "seriously concerned" about a report that the United States has stopped approving licences for US companies to export items to the tech giant Huawei, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
'Unbearable distress': families rally for French held in Iran
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» PARIS - Families of the French citizens jailed in Iran held a rally Saturday to urge their release, warning that their loved ones were enduring a sometimes years-long "inhuman" psychological and physical ordeal.
French-Irish citizen held in Iran suspends hunger strike: sister
AFP, Published on 21/01/2023
» PARIS - A French-Irish citizen held in Iran has suspended his dry hunger strike at the request of his family, who fear for his life, his sister told AFP on Friday.
Swedish intel agent gets life for spying for Russia
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» STOCKHOLM - A judge on Thursday handed a life sentence to a former Swedish intelligence official convicted of spying for Russia for a decade and jailed his brother for 10 years.
Citizen spies foil Putin's grand plan
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 15/01/2023
» On a foggy morning a few months ago, Valentyn Dmytrovych Yermolenko, an ageing Ukrainian fisherman with a bad back and horrible knees, puttered down a narrow channel off the Dnieper River, his inflatable dinghy cutting through the mist.
Iran hangs official accused of spying for UK
Published on 14/01/2023
» Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.
Greek court drops spying charges against migrant rescuers
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» MYTILENE (GREECE) - A Greek court on Friday dropped espionage charges against 24 activists involved in rescuing migrants, after a lengthy trial denounced by rights groups and international organisations.