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🇪🇪 Postimees
World

Vienna has become a Russian spy nest in Europe: intelligence stations are popping up like mushrooms after rain

Russia is quietly intensifying its intelligence operations in Vienna, Austria, exploiting legal loopholes and the country's neutrality, according to Western officials who note it as Russia's largest covert intelligence platform in Western countries.

Mar 18 • 09:45 UTC
🇷🇺 The Moscow Times
National & Local

Russia Quietly Expands Intelligence Hub in Vienna – FT

Russia is reportedly expanding its intelligence operations in Vienna, utilizing legal loopholes and the country’s neutrality to establish a significant covert signals intelligence platform.

Mar 17 • 13:51 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
World

Russia, 'lost in translation': intelligence unit discovered because it was using Google to translate

A secret Russian military intelligence unit, intended to conduct covert operations abroad, was compromised due to its use of Google for translation.

Mar 15 • 10:51 UTC
🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
National & Local

"They can hire a gang from Italy" - An Iranian warns that criminals could kill them in Finland too

Iranian intelligence is using criminal gangs for covert operations, potentially posing a threat in Finland.

Mar 8 • 10:33 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
World

The information-intelligence war and the raid against the CIA: the shadow of China behind the blitz in Tehran

The article discusses the covert operations and espionage activities in the context of rising tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel, particularly highlighting a recent drone attack on a CIA facility in Saudi Arabia by Iran.

Mar 4 • 16:16 UTC
🇬🇧 Sky News
National & Local

China used UK Border Force officer for 'shadow policing operations'

A court case reveals that a UK Border Force officer was allegedly involved in covert operations for the Chinese state, targeting dissidents and facilitating surveillance in the UK.

Mar 3 • 14:30 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
World

Ukraine's deadly deep-strike covert missions behind enemy lines

Ukrainian forces conduct deep-strike covert missions, targeting Russian military infrastructure and causing significant disruption.

Feb 19 • 13:45 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Spy Stories

The article discusses the prevalence of spy stories in media, particularly focusing on real-life cases like that of a covert operative in Greece.

Feb 10 • 05:00 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
World

From Sewers to War 2025.. A Documentary Reveals Secrets of 20 Years of Conflict Between Iran and Israel

A documentary explores two decades of covert operations and cyber-attacks between Iran and Israel, leading to a possible war in 2025.

Feb 9 • 06:39 UTC
🇷🇺 RT
World

France is plotting revenge on its former colonies

A statement by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service claims that France, under President Macron, is planning neo-colonial strategies and covert operations in Africa as a form of political revenge for its diminishing influence in former colonies.

Feb 6 • 07:32 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
World

US testing Russian-made 'Havana Syndrome' weapon acquired in undercover op

US officials are reportedly testing a Russian-made weapon believed to emit pulsed radio waves that some associate with the controversial Havana Syndrome illness.

Jan 15 • 15:35 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
World

From Mussolini to Baghdadi. Historical Cases When Special Forces Hunt the Enemies of the State

The recent kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela raises questions about the boundaries of diplomacy and the world of covert operations where states act outside international law.

Jan 5 • 10:47 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
World

From Electoral Fraud to the Blitz, the US TV Series That Predicted Everything in 2019

The American TV series 'Jack Ryan' anticipated the real-life events in Venezuela in 2025, featuring a corrupt president, covert operations, ties to Russia, electoral fraud, vast natural resources, and CIA intervention.

Jan 4 • 20:32 UTC
🇩🇪 Die Welt
World

"We do not know who controls the covert operations in Ukraine"

Intelligence expert Shlomo Shpiro explains that collaboration between Ukrainian and American intelligence has diminished, and the US may not have been aware of the attack on Putin's residence.

Dec 30 • 18:55 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
World

Trump escalates the conflict with Venezuela to a new level with the start of covert operations

The U.S. has initiated a new phase of military operations against Venezuela, marking its first ground attack executed by the CIA using drones against a dock allegedly involved in drug trafficking.

Dec 30 • 15:19 UTC

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