UK unveils new spying powers, raising privacy fearsBritain unveiled plans for sweeping new surveillance powers on Wednesday, including the ability to find out which websites people visit, measures ministers say are vital to keep the country safe but which critics say are an assault on privacy. More… |
Microsoft assures foreign customers on spyingMicrosoft Corp has pledged to fight in court any attempt by U.S. intelligence agencies to seize its foreign business customers' data under American surveillance laws, one of a series of steps aimed at reassuring nervous users abroad. More… |
Twitter makes it harder to spy on usersTwitter said it has implemented a security technology that makes it harder to spy on its users and called on other Internet firms to do the same, as Web providers look to thwart spying by government intelligence agencies. The onli More… |
Spying row - designed to disappearIf not yet the consensus opinion, by tomorrow morning almost everyone with a keyboard and a connection to the Internet who isn't also a head of state will concede that the ally-on-ally spying by the United States - revealed in documents leak More… |
Germany, France demand 'no-spy' deal with USGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded that the United States strike a "no-spying" agreement with Berlin and Paris by the end of the year, saying alleged espionage against two of Washington's closest EU allies had to be stopp More… |
Saudi arrests 18 in spying probeSaudi Arabia has arrested 18 people, including an Iranian, a Lebanese citizen and 16 Saudis, for spying, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Mansour Al-Turki said on state television the suspec More… |
Warning: Cyber spying spreads in Middle EastThe scope of a cyber espionage campaign targeting Iran and other parts of the Middle East has widened, even after security experts blew the operation's cover last month, according to the research firm that discovered the Ma More… |
Iran, Kuwait to return envoys after rowIran and Kuwait have agreed to exchange ambassadors again following a diplomatic row over what Kuwait said was an Iranian spy ring, Tehran's foreign minister said on Wednesday. "Thank God it has been decided that both ambassadors will retu More… |
Egypt uncovers Israel spy ringEgypt on Monday charged an Egyptian businessman and two Israelis with spying for Israel and trying to recruit operatives working for telecoms companies in Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Officials arrested Tarek Abdel Rezek Hu More… |
Iran frees US woman after year in jailIran freed a US woman on Tuesday after holding her for more than a year under suspicion of spying, but her two male companions remained in jail. "I am inside Evin prison, doing her paperwork. She has been released and is heading towards th More… |