A Moscow court sentenced a former Russian diplomat to 12 years in a maximum-security penal colony for selling secrets to U.S. intelligence while on a posting to the United States, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.
The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said that Arseniy Konovalov, born in 1987, had been found guilty of treason.

Russian Diplomat Sent to Penal Colony For Selling Secret To US

A military court in Congo has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death for treason, conspiracy, and supporting terrorism. The conviction follows months of trial in absentia. Authorities allege Kabila collaborated with Rwanda and the M23 rebel group, which captured major cities in eastern Congo earlier this year. His current whereabouts remain unknown.


Congo court sentences ex-president Joseph Kabila to death for treason 

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has laid treason charges against AfriForum, accusing the group of misleading US President Donald Trump about South Africa’s land reform policies. Watch this report for more details!

South Africa: MK Party lays treason charges against AfriForum

Karen Celebertti, the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant has stepped down from her position, roughly 10 days after she was accused of treason by the Nicaraguan government.

Miss Nicaragua beauty pageant director quits following treason accusations involving Miss Universe

The Defence Ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) executed two military personnel accused of committing treason, local media reports stated on Thursday (September 14).

Saudi Arabia executes two soldiers on treason charges: Report

The armed uprising by Russia's Wagner mercenary group ended as dramatically as it began after a Belarus-brokered deal re-established the status quo amid ongoing war in Ukraine.

Wagner rebellion: When Putin’s former favourite chef served a dish of ‘treason’ | 10 points

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly passed a secret order to ban suicide in the country, labelling it as a "treason against socialism". A report by Radio Free Asia claimed that Kim has ordered local governments to take preventative measures.

Has Kim Jong-un issued secret order to ban suicide in North Korea?

The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested on suspicion of treason along with two other hypersonic missile technology experts, stands accused of betraying secrets to China, two people familiar with the case told Reuters.

Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China: Sources

A scientist who worked on the creation of "hypersonic rocket systems" has been detained and accused of treason. The pre-trial prison facility in Moscow, Lefortovo, has received Alexander Shiplyuk, who was arrested in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. The scientist was the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics' director at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Siberian branch.

Russian missile scientist arrested, charged with treason

Three Russian hypersonic missile scientists have been arrested and are facing some 'very serious accusations' in connection to a treason investigation, reported Reuters citing a Wednesday statement by Kremlin.

Russia arrests three hypersonic missile scientists on charges of 'very serious treason'

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has dropped another bombshell statement, for second day in a row. First, Prigozhin on Monday accused several unnamed officials of refusing to provide the group with key arms supplies out of personal animosity to him.

Wagner chief accuses Russian military of 'treason' against homeland

Vyacheslav Boguslaev, director-general of Moror Sich, a prestigious manufacturer of aircraft engines and industrial turbines, has been arrested by Ukrainian authorities on treason charges on Saturday, according to local media.

Ukraine arrests one of its 'richest businessmen' on treason charges for Pro-Russia views

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been accused of committing treason for consulting his elder brother and ex-PM ‘fugitive’ Nawaz Sharif in London for the appointment of the next Army Chief.

Pak’s Punjab assembly passes resolution to initiate treason charges against PM Shehbaz Sharif

Several lawmakers from St Petersburg have filed a petition in the country’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, to charge Russian President Vladimir Putin with treason and remove him from office over the conflict in Ukraine.

Russia: Local lawmakers who accused Putin of treason summoned by police

Former Russian journalist Ivan Safranov has been found guilty of treason by a Moscow court. He has now been sentenced to 22 years in a maximum security prison.

Moscow court sentences former journalist Ivan Safranov to 22 years in prison

The war in Ukraine is all set to enter its sixth month and even after months of fighting the tensions have not eased between Moscow and Kyiv. Amid this, Ukraine faced a new turmoil on Sunday after Ukrainian President announced that he has sacked his top law enforcement officials.

Russian-Ukraine war: Zelensky fires top security chief, prosecutor over suspected cases of treason

A purported audio clip of the wife of Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan hit social media where she can be heard giving instructions to her party PTI’s social media wing to spread the ‘narrative of treason' against those who oppose Khan.

Brand those people as traitors who oppose Imran Khan: Wife Bushra Bibi in leaked audio clip

United States President Donald Trump, who is currently campaigning for his reelection to White House in the upcoming 2020 Presidential polls has hit out at former US President Barack Obama.

Trump accuses Obama of 'treason' for 'spying', offers no evidence

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to fix for hearing a plea by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf against a decision by its registrar to not entertain his petition against a special court's high treason verdict.

Pakistan Supreme Court orders to fix for hearing Musharraf's plea against treason verdict

The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a notice to the federal government on former president Pervez Musharraf's plea urging it to stay the high treason case proceedings pending before a special court in Islamabad.

Court sends notice to Pakistan govt on Musharraf's plea to halt treason trial

Former Pakistan president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who has been admitted to a hospital here due to serious health issues, has said that the high treason case lodged against him is "baseless" and asserted that justice was not being served as his lawyer was not being heard in the matter.

High treason case against me baseless, lawyer not being heard: Musharraf

US President Donald Trump, under pressure as Democrats pursue an impeachment inquiry against him, lashed out at the top Democrat in Congress on Sunday, saying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be guilty of treason.

Donald Trump amps up complaints, says Pelosi may be guilty of treason

A special court has decided to hear a high treason case against the former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on a daily basis in an effort to conclude the trial pending since December 2013.

Treason case against Ex-Pakistan president Musharraf to be heard daily

A special court hearing a treason case against Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Thursday ordered him to appear before it on May 2 and asked him to reply to a questionnaire.

Pakistan court orders Musharraf to appear before on May 2 in treason case

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