Espionage

British Security Minister Ben Wallace said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England in March.

Bucharest, Aug 18 /Agerpres/ - The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) announced on Saturday that through its cyber-intelligence unit - the National Cyberint Center (CNC) - it has certain data and information, including of technical nature, that massive cyber-attacks took place on some financial institutions in Romania from June to August of this year.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange must eventually leave the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up for the past six years, the country's president says.

Speculation about Assange's future has grown in recent days after reports senior officials from Ecuador and Britain were now in discussion about how to remove him from the embassy after revocation of his asylum.

Groups targeting Turkey have expanded their activities and increased their followers in Germany, according to a new report released by a German spy agency on July 24.

A Russian gun rights enthusiast who built a network of powerful Republican contacts under the direction of a Kremlin power-broker was ordered held without bond on July 18 after FBI counterintelligence agents accused her of conspiring to infiltrate the U.S. government.

SCMP - A Russian national with alleged ties to a top Russian official was charged in federal court in Washington on Monday with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation, and was ordered held without bond.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias condemned once again the "unacceptable" detention of the two Greek servicemen who have been imprisoned in Turkey since early March, when they strayed into the country in bad weather, in an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar has blamed the "British deep state" over his detention in Istanbul along with dozens of his followers on July 11, with several charges ranging from sexual abuse to military espionage against him.

A Virginia man investigated by the FBI after his family reported that he had converted to Islam and may have been radicalized has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, two years after Turkey blocked his entry.

A Turkish court on June 19 ruled that two Greek soldiers charged with espionage and illegally entering the country would remain in jail.