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France, Netherlands urge nationals to leave Iran

France and the Netherlands have urged their nationals to leave Iran and for others not to travel to the country, warning of political instability caused by the ongoing protests and the risks of arbitrary detention. According to the Dutch news agency ANP, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra yesterday called on all Dutch nationals in Iran to leave the country and advised against all travel there. France issued a similar warning yesterday, with its Foreign Ministry stating […]

9 October 2022

International

Report: Iran arrests senior IRGC general for allegedly spying for Israel

Iranian intelligence has "secretly" arrested a senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) for allegedly spying for Israel, the New York Times reported yesterday. The newspaper cited officials with close ties to the IRGC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that Brigadier General Ali Nasiri, who served as a senior commander in the IRGC Protection of Information Unit, was arrested earlier this month. According to the paper, General […]

30 June 2022

International

Google shareholders warn Cloud data in Saudi Arabia could be used for spying

INTERNATIONAL Google investors have raised concerns over a Cloud computing centre that the tech giant is developing in partnership with Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Aramco, warning that it will enable the kingdom to spy on people, including activists and journalists. According to the New York Post, shareholders have expressed unease over the partnership between Google and Aramco, claiming that the company risks serving "sensitive data on a silver platter to Saudi's top […]

26 April 2022

International News

South Korea spy agency says no sign Kim Jong Un had heart surgery

South Korea's spy agency chief Suh Hoon told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that there were no signs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has had heart surgery, refuting claims he had been seriously ill. Rumours that Kim was sick gathered momentum after he failed to attend the annual ceremonies to mark the April 15 anniversary of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung and were only quelled on […]

6 May 2020

International News

App accused of being a UAE spy tool back on sale

A chat app which intelligence experts have accused of being an Emirati spy tool has gone back on the market, days after it was abruptly pulled following a New York Times investigation. ToTok, a messaging service like WhatsApp or Skype that allows users to text or send video messages, was introduced in August 2019. The app had already been downloaded for free by millions of users when the NYT reported that the […]

7 January 2020

Local

Zuma-linked spy to become ambassador

By Leanne George and Pieter-Louis Myburgh A top government spy with a dubious past and close ties to President Jacob Zuma has allegedly been nominated to become South Africa’s new ambassador to Japan. News24 and Rapport have reliably learnt that Thulani Dhlomo (45), the State Security Agency’s (SSA) former head of special operations and a former head of counter intelligence at the SSA’s domestic intelligence branch, has been nominated by […]

30 April 2017

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