MEXICO CITY — An opposition candidate for the mayorship of Mexico City accused the city prosecutor’s office of having filed a request for his phone records and those of other prominent politicians Thursday. The allegation is the latest suggestion that city prosecutors have abused their power for political ends. The prosecutors office “categorically denied” the … Read more
The International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s only permanent international court with a mandate to investigate and prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, has determined that a September cyberattack against its systems was attempted espionage. The court, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, confirmed last month that hackers had infiltrated its network. In an … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel arrested five Palestinians in a plot allegedly hatched in Iran to target and spy on senior Israeli politicians, including Israel’s far-right national security minister, the country’s internal security agency said Wednesday. The Shin Bet security service alleged that an Iranian security official living in neighboring Jordan had recruited three Palestinian men in … Read more
LONDON — Five Bulgarians living in the U.K. who were charged with spying for Russia appeared Tuesday in court for an initial hearing. The three men and two women were accused of “conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy,” namely Russia, between August 2020 and February this year. … Read more
Wall Avenue Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court docket’s choice to increase his pretrial detention in Russia till the tip of November ByThe Related Press August 26, 2023, 11:33 AM FILE – Wall Avenue Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom on the Moscow Metropolis Court docket, … Read more