Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has announced the arrest of a married couple suspected of spying for China. The couple was charged with establishing contacts with scientists to obtain intelligence for China regarding technologies with potential military applications.
The new Hungarian government of Péter Magyar is preparing to dismantle and expel more than a dozen officers of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Ministry of Defense (GRU) operating under diplomatic cover. Hungarian counterintelligence has already compiled the relevant classified list.
The reaction of Florian Philippot, leader of the marginal French far-right movement The Patriots, to the lawsuit filed by the Central Bank of Russia against the Belgian depository Euroclear demonstrates how pro-Kremlin political actors inside Europe increasingly function as amplifiers of Russian information warfare narratives.
The Black Spark Destroyed a Military Missile Vessel Guarding the Shadow Oil Fleet.
On May 15 during an attack on the main naval base of the Russian Federation's Caspian Flotilla, the Project 21630 small missile ship "Buyan" (проект 21630 "Буян"), used to guard Russia's shadow oil fleet, was sunk.
Classified Russian government document revelations add to concerns that the adversarial nation’s undersea threat is both acute and invested towards a further-reaching campaign.
China opposes countries hosting Taiwan's independence activities. Taiwan's foreign minister visited Switzerland during the WHO meeting, despite China's stance. China blocked Taiwan's WHA participation since 2017. Taiwan counters China's sovereignty claims, seeking WHO inclusion for global health collaboration.
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Since 2025, Panama has pushed back against the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) influence in its region by leaving the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and cancelling Hong Kong firm CK Hutchinson’s port concessions on the Panama Canal. In the meantime, Panama has deepened ties with the United States.
Beijing has responded aggressively to Panama’s about-face by lashing out against the Panamanian Supreme Court’s ruling canceling the concession, diplomatically threatening Panama, and detaining Panamanian-flagged vessels in Chinese ports.
Panama’s shift away from the PRC is in part due to Beijing’s faltering commitment to invest in the nation through the OBOR and United States (U.S.) recommitment to the Western Hemisphere since 2025.
Both Beijing and Panama City have signaled willingness to deescalate the situation. For Beijing, it risks further alienating Latin American countries if the region deems the United States to be an economically beneficial partner in the future.
Two Chinese nationals have been sentenced to prison for taking hundreds of photographs of military aircraft and air traffic control facilities at military installations in South Korea. This marks the first time that a foreign national has been found guilty and actually sentenced under the general espionage provisions of Korea’s Criminal Act.
In his opening remarks at the Bucharest Nine (B9) meeting, Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki said that when the format was first established, “some believed that we were sounding the alarm too loudly,” The Guardian
Poland intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on May 14.
The FBI says Witt's alleged defection continues to endanger American intelligence personnel and is appealing for global tips on her whereabouts.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said a Chinese research vessel was operating near the area without permission and described the activity as a violation of Philippine sovereign rights and international maritime law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.