Israel investigation officials have initiated a probe after it was claimed that gifts given by the Chinese embassy in Israel to an Israeli minister and government officials were planted with listening devices, local Israeli media reported.

Israel suspects mugs gifted by Chinese embassy to ministers were bugged, launches probe

A threat intelligence firm has claimed that China-backed state hackers have been attacking the Indian power grid system near Ladakh in recent months. A report released by Recorded Future on Wednesday claimed that the attacks are part of China’s cyber-espionage battle against India, reports Bloomberg.

China-backed hackers waged cyberattacks on Indian power grid system near Ladakh: Report

China's closed-door trial of Australian journalist Cheng Lei, accused of providing state secrets to a foreign country,ended on Thursday with the court deferring its verdict, Australia's foreign minister said.

Australian journalist's Beijing trial ends with verdict deferred

The Polish government expelled 45 Russian diplomats on Wednesday for espionage, an accusation that the Russian ambassador in Poland immediately dismissed as baseless.

Russian spies in Poland?: Country expels 45 Russian diplomats for espionage

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British aid worker who had been detained by Iranian authorities for the last six years on espionage charges, was released on Wednesday, local authorities said.

UK national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in Iran for six years on espionage charges, released

The US Justice Department said on Friday said that a Chinese national pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit economic espionage. Xiang Haitao, 44, conspired to steal "trade secrets" from an international company based in the United States to benefit China, the Justice Department said.

Chinese national in US steals agricultural tech, pleads guilty to economic espionage

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is now one step closer to being extradited to the United States in the Espionage case. The US wins the appeal against the London court ruling.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is now one step closer to being extradited to the United States

Eight "undeclared" Russian intelligence personnel were ejected from Moscow's delegation to NATO's defence alliance in Brussels on Wednesday. According to Sky News, the expulsions were carried out "in reaction to suspected harmful Russian operations, such as murder and espionage.

NATO expels eight Russians from its mission, claiming they were working as intelligence officers

A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday, in a highly unusual case compared to a Cold War thriller.

Briton arrested in Germany for 'spying for Russia'

Firmly rejecting any attempt by Australia to intervene in the case of writer and academic Yang Jun, China defended holding the spy trial of him behind closed doors, saying it involved "state secrets".

Closed-door spy trial of Australian writer 'lawful and reasonable': China

Czech President Milos Zeman took a rare swipe at Moscow on Sunday, likening two deadly blasts on Czech soil to terror attacks and comparing the Russian suspected culprits to bumbling cartoon characters.

Czech leader takes rare swipe at Russia over 'terror' blasts

The trial of Canadian citizen Michael Spavor, detained by China since late 2018 on suspicion of espionage, ended on Friday after closed-court hearing of around two hours, in a case embroiled in a wider diplomatic spat between Washington and Beijing.

China concludes trial of Canadian accused of espionage behind closed doors

China will put two Canadians on trial in the coming days following their arrests more than two years ago in apparent retaliation for the detention of a top Huawei executive.

China to put two Canadians, charged with spying, on trial in coming days

A British-Australian academic has claimed Iran tried to recruit her as a spy in exchange for her freedom when she was imprisoned in the country. Middle East scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in jail for espionage, an allegation she has denied.

British-Australian academic says Iran tried to recruit her as spy

Delhi Police on Saturday said arrested freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma was allegedly passing sensitive information about India's border strategy and Army deployment to Chinese intelligence.

Arrested scribe Rajeev Sharma was passing info on India's border strategy to Chinese: Delhi Police

An "American spy" arrested near Venezuelan oil installations last week will be charged with "terrorism," Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced Monday. Venezuela announced the arrest on Friday, saying the man had been spying on two oil refineries when he was captured with cash and weapons.

US 'spy' to be charged with terrorism: Venezuela

A former officer for the CIA and then the FBI was charged in federal court in Hawaii Monday with selling US secrets to China, including disclosing the identities of US informants in China.

Former CIA officer arrested for giving classified information to China

It's the year and the definition of a cold war has remarkably changed. If we talk of spies in the modern day and age, the mastermind of the most notorious spy ring would be a Chinese sitting somewhere in Mainland China.

Here's how China's spy racket is bigger than the cold war!

China has widenened the wedge with Canada, as it has charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment. The indictments were of particularly serious circumstances which violated Article 111 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, which pertains to espionage and state secrets.

China charges two detained Canadians with suspected espionage

A Russian court on Monday sentenced ex-US marine Paul Whelan to 16 years in prison in an espionage case. The trial was held behind closed doors since Whelan was accused of gathering state secrets, however, he called it a "sham trial" and asked for US President Donald Trump's intervention.

Russian court sentences US ex-marine to 16 years in prison in spy case

American authorities have initiated an aggressive campaign to root out Chinese espionage operations in the US and have caught a group of Chinese government officials, business people and academics pursuing American State secrets.

China's extensive espionage revealed: US only started thorough cleanup as of 2018

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is accused by Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and owner of the Washington Post of digital espionage. It is reported that Bezos had his phone hacked in 2018 after receiving a Whatsapp message from the personal account of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Mohammed Bin Salman caught spying; Jeff Bezos accused Saudi Prince of hacking his phone

Wang was convicted of espionage, given 10 years in jail

Iran-U.S Prisoner swap: U.S Pupil swapped for Iranian scientist

Wang was convicted of espionage, given 10 years in jail.

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