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US: Former aide to New York Governors charged with acting as 'secret agent
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to an unsealed copy of the indictment, Linda Sun, who served as deputy chief of staff to both governors, faces multiple charges, including violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registrations Act, visa fraud, smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy.
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US announces visa restriction policy, launches review of bilateral coopera
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a statement, Blinken noted that the ruling Georgian Dream party over the past few months has developed and passed "foreign influence" law that would stifle the exercise of freedoms of association and expression, stigmatise organisations that serve the people of Georgia, and impede inde
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Georgia's President vetoes controversial 'foreign agents' bill amid protes
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The bill, which has drawn widespread criticism and triggered unprecedented protests, has raised concerns both domestically and internationally about its potential impact on Georgia's democratic credentials and its European Union aspirations.
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DRDO had sacked senior scientist arrested for leaking info to suspected Pa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The scientist was earlier arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for leaking sensitive information through apps to foreign agents who had honey trapped him.
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Russia to skip Earth Hour, calls WWF a "foreign agent"
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"This year we decided to refrain from taking part in this event. It is because they have become a foreign agent," said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
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US sues casino tycoon Steve Wynn for acting as agent for China
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): The US Justice Department has sued Las Vegas and Macau casino mogul Steve Wynn to force him to register officially as an agent for the Chinese government
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US state department accuses Kremlin of 'full assault on media freedom and
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of State has accused the Kremlin of engaging in a "full assault on media freedom and the truth" in Russia after the restriction of access to the Echo of Moscow radio broadcaster and the Dozhd TV-channel (listed as foreign agents in Ru
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Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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Rights experts raise concern over arrest of Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-T
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): A group of independent human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern about the arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent.
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Odisha Police arrests 4 contractual employees working at DRDO facility for
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha) [India], September 14 (ANI): Odisha Police on Tuesday arrested four contractual employees working at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility in Chandipur, under the Official Secret Act for allegedly passing on vital information about the high-security
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Top Chinese 'spy catcher' urge agents to look out for those who collude wi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI): Chinese vice-minister of State Security and top "spy catcher", Dong Jingwei, has urged the country's intelligence officers to step up their efforts to hunt down foreign agents and insiders who collude with "anti-national" forces.
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Chinese Communist Party by far 'most active' in trying to influence Austra
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 24 (ANI): Australian intelligence has identified about 500 recent incidents of covert foreign agents interfering in the country's domestic politics with officials saying that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) is by far the "most active" in trying to influence politi
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