Espionage Charges
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Civilian staffer at Air Force base in Assam arrested for passing critical information to Pakistan
India | Mar 22, 2026, 11:42 PM ISTInvestigators believe he collected and transmitted details about Air Force facilities, including the positioning of fighter aircraft, missile systems, and information related to personnel. The exchange of information reportedly took place through social media platforms.
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Nasir Dhillon: Pakistani ex-cop, YouTuber at center of spy ring, recruited for ISI | Explained
India | Jun 07, 2025, 02:57 PM ISTThe former Pakistani cop has come under the radar for his involvement in a wide espionage network. Investigating agencies suspect that hundreds of former Pakistani police personnel are engaged in this racket.
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Russia convicts US journalist of espionage in 'politically motivated' trial, sentences him to 16 yrs
World | Jul 19, 2024, 06:33 PM ISTGershkovich, 32, was detained in March 2023 while on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and accused of spying for the US. He is the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War.
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Julian Assange: Who is WikiLeaks founder and what charges is he facing? EXPLAINED
World | Jun 25, 2024, 10:03 AM ISTWikiLeaks in 2010 released hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents on Washington's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - the largest security breaches of their kind in US military history - along with swaths of diplomatic cables. Read full story to know more about Julian Assange.
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Qatar releases 8 Indian Navy veterans jailed on espionage charges, 7 return to India | VIDEO
India | Feb 12, 2024, 12:58 PM ISTThe Navy veterans were detained in Qatar since October 2022, accused of spying on a submarine program. Initially sentenced to death by a Qatari court, their sentence was later reduced to imprisonment.
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China arrests military group worker on suspicions of spying for CIA after recruitment in Italy
World | Aug 11, 2023, 09:25 PM IST"Zeng gradually developed a psychological dependence on (the US official), who took the opportunity to indoctrinate him with Western values," said the Chinese Ministry of State Security.
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Obama 'disappointed' in Russia's Snowden decision
World | Aug 07, 2013, 10:23 AM ISTBurbank, California, Aug 7: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was “disappointed” that Russia had granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands that the former government contractor