The Latest Breaking News from Espionage

Government to seek 10 years on each of two charges, says prosecutor in Boston court

Russia's ambassador to the United States said Washington had threatened retaliation after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained on espionage charges, and suggested it might be time to cut the number of U.S. journalists in Russia.

Maria Mayer and her husband have been arrested under espionage charges in Slovenia. Mayer has visited Edinburgh on two separate occasions to host art exhibitions at Ocean Terminal.

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul has warned members of the Texas Legislature to keep their China-countering legislation focused on espionage and not to target Chinese immigrants.

President Joe Biden has spoken to the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the Moscow-based journalist detained in Russia and charged with espionage

For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The reporter, a Russia specialist, insists he was there to report on…

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Wall Street Journal reporter was detained on charges of espionage, which are widely considered to be politically motivated

Russia’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously to introduce electronic mobilisation papers to make it harder for Russian men to avoid the draft. More than 300,000 are believed to have been called up since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine last year. The UN, meanwhile, says the confirmed civilian…