Mosab Yousef, the son of a founder of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, says he was a spy for Israel's Shin Bet for a decade as he felt that the spy agency had more morality than his own people.
Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port authorities said the high-tech Chinese research vessel that was to dock there on Thursday won't reach the port as scheduled, according to a media report, days after India expressed security concerns over its presence in the island nation.
The government may not be able to put in place the Digital India Act, which aims to replace over 23 years old IT Act 2000, before the next general election, as there is not much time left for extensive consultation, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. While speaking at the Global Technology Summit 2023, the minister, however, said the rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act will be out later this month for consultation and are expected to be notified by the end of December or early January. Chandrasekhar said the existing IT Act doesn't even have the word internet, and there is a consensus that it can be safely superseded and replaced.
China's embassy in Colombo has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota port over which India raised concerns, sources said.
There are some interesting sequels coming up, with one magic name attached to them: Ayan Mukerji!
Sports drama, spy thriller, haunted houses and many more films and shows you can catch on OTT this week.
Kangana Ranaut seems to be in fine form in Tejas, observes Mayur Sanap.
Samantha and Vijay Deverakonda gave Hyderabad an evening to remember during a live concert on Independence Day, promoting their upcoming film, Kushi.
Fighter's distressing lack of thrills and sizzle reduces the exercise to an excuse for tedious amounts of Pakistan bashing, observes Sukanya Verma.
Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence is providing safe haven to the Taliban leadership and the West need not mount a military operation to capture Mullah Omar as the elusive insurgent chief "is with them," according to Afghanistan's former spy chief.
China has spent half a century plotting to defeat America and in some respects, the Chinese military is already at par with the US armed forces, Haley said in a major policy speech on the economy in the key early primary State of New Hampshire on Friday.
Months before the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai, it had forced a Pakistani Consulate official in New York, who spied on Pakistanis living in the United States in a systematic Inter-Services Intelligence campaign, to leave the country.
The advance booking so far indicates that Tiger 3 will take the best opening ever when it comes to films that have released on Diwali.
Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong said that China was happy that the matter was dealt with and Beijing and Colombo jointly safeguard each other's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
An alleged Inter Services Intelligence spy has been arrested for passing information to an officer of the Pakistani intelligence agency about the just-concluded Indian Air Force exercise 'Iron Fist' in Pokhran.
America's Central Intelligence Agency maintained a safe house near Abbottabad town for a small team of spies who conducted extensive surveillance on slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's compound for months before President Barack Obama signed an order to kill the most wanted terrorist on April 29.
'It is natural for parents to want to keep their children safe.' 'But there's a difference between putting up firewalls to protect them and snooping on them 24X7,' says Shuma Raha.
Expressing concern over revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden alleging that the NSA spied on Chinese leaders and businesses, China on Monday demanded that the US explain the facts and stop surveillance activities.
China on Monday denied that the Karmapa, head of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu sect, was its spy, and claimed that allegations against the country in this regard showed India's 'mistrustful attitude' towards Beijing. "The speculation by India's media, regarding the matter of the Karmapa as a Chinese agent or spy, shows that India is maintaining its mistrustful attitude toward China," said Xu Zhitao, an official at the United Front Work Department of the ruling Communist Party.
With campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls gaining momentum, private detective agencies are having a boom time as they are being hired on a large scale by candidates and parties to keep a tab on their rivals.
The government on Saturday said it will be premature to make a judgment on whether corporate lobbyist Niira Radia was a spy or not, until the probe is completed in the matter.
Days after he claimed terror suspect Zabiuddin Ansari could have mounted a "sting operation" to carry out the Mumbai attacks from Pakistani soil, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik on Sunday demanded that India apologise for sending Surjeet Singh to spy in Pakistan.
Pakistan on Thursday claimed to have arrested three Pakistani citizens, who have been allegedly trained by India's Research and Analysis Wing, in the eastern Punjab province for allegedly spying for India.Announcing the arrest, Capital City Police Officer Pervez Rathor claimed that the three were working for RAW, the local Geo TV reported.He claimed that the trio used to provide photographs of important places to the RAW, while some important buildings were on their target.
A soldier of the Pakistan Army was beheaded in the restive North Waziristan tribal region by suspected Taliban militants, who put a note on his body saying that he was killed for being a 'American spy'. Feroz Khan, who hailed from Mir Ali town of North Waziristan, was kidnapped on April 23 and found dead 15 km east of Miranshah. Witnesses said that the soldier was beheaded by the local Taliban. No group has claimed responsibility for his death.
The problem, according to Kobzey, was that the Canadian Security and Intelligence Services (CSIS) just did not have enough people to trail everyone that investigators wanted to follow.
India had sought consular access to Jadhav.
The Bihar police have detained a suspected Chinese woman in Bodh Gaya in connection with alleged threat to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and are interrogating her, J S Gangwar, ADG (headquarters) confirmed to ANI.
A group of eight Muslims has filed a federal lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, demanding that it bring an end to its surveillance practice initiated in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, of spying on mosques and businesses managed by the community. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in a federal court in New Jersey, is the first major legal challenge to NYPD's spy operations.
'He was carrying his Indian passport. This seems like a very different sort of spy than the ones we see in movies, who carry fake passports and are highly trained,' says Aakar Patel.
Expressing outrage over reports that it is the most closely watched country in Europe under a United States spying programme, Germany today said eavesdropping on allies is "completely unacceptable" and demanded full details of the surveillance.
Jadhav, who was reportedly arrested in Balochistan after he entered from Iran, has been accused by Pakistan of planning "subversive activities" in the country.
Pakistan's lawyer Khawar Qureshi also alleged that Jadhav was an "instrument of India's official policy of terror".
Several orientation and refresher courses will be held for officials, and services of experts from outside the state will be taken, officials said.
A doctor couple in Rajouri have been questioned by security agencies in connection with the sensational espionage case involving an Indian diplomat, who was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan.
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