Brian Lewis, Los Angeles A 34-year-old woman was arrested by the FBI at Los Angeles International Airport as she prepared to board a flight to China, accused of conducting surveillance on relatives of Taiwan’s president on behalf of the Chinese government. Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, faces charges of acting as an unregistered foreign…
Frank Williams, Vientiane The US National Security Agency (NSA) is launching its largest internal restructuring in at least a decade to focus on AI, China, and other pressing challenges, the Washington Post has reported, citing current and former officials. The NSA director, General Joshua M. Rudd, wants five additional organizations to be created within the…
Frank Williams, Vilnius CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced one-day trip to Moscow on Tuesday for talks with Russian security officials, people familiar with the matter said. The visit came as U.S. efforts to end the war in Ukraine remain stalled and Washington intensifies pressure on Iran. Ratcliffe flew aboard a U.S. military C-17…
Francis Tuschek, Khabarovsk Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a 55-year-old man in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk on charges of high treason, accusing him of voluntarily contacting and providing sensitive information to New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS). The case, announced on July 27, 2026, is described by Russian sources as the…
Frank Williams, Kampot The Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has elevated the threat posed by Israeli espionage to the highest level as tensions over Iran and Lebanon grow, NBC News and the New York Times have reported. The assessment, which was circulated internally in recent weeks, includes a seven-page document and a chart rating Israel’s human…
Frank Williams, Phnom Penh Chinese intelligence operatives are posing as recruiters online to lure UK government and military-linked personnel into revealing sensitive information, according to a warning issued by the Five Eyes network. In a joint security bulletin, the intelligence partnership – comprising the UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – said covert agents…
Richard Sanders, Bangkok MI5 issued an extraordinary public alert on Friday after the first-ever conviction of a Chinese espionage network operating in Britain, warning that foreign governments are directing crimes against dissidents living in the UK. The Security Service released new guidance on the threat of transnational repression, outlining how victims may face physical intimidation,…
Dave Chamberlain, Honiara In the annals of modern geopolitics, few episodes illustrate the futility of intelligence gathering more starkly than the moment when eighteen U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly told the President that Iran was not a nuclear threat—only to have that collective judgment brushed aside. Instead, the President leaned on assertions from Mossad, reinforced in…
Ollie Phelps- Manila Taipei — Chu Cheng-chi (朱政騏), a former legislative assistant who had recently won a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) primary for a Taipei City Council seat, was indicted yesterday on charges of espionage for China. According to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, Chu exploited his access to legislative offices while serving as an…
Richard Saunders,Taipei — Former US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Kent has alleged that Washington directly cooperated with extremist groups Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) in its campaign to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad. His remarks, made in an interview with MintPress News, have sparked debate in Taiwan about the dangers of overreliance on US…