The illegal use of voter information by rightwing separatists in the province of Alberta has raised fresh fears over Canada's electoral integrity by making valuable and incredibly confidential personal data easily accessible to malicious actors, security experts have warned. The data breach, one of the largest in Canadian history, has prompted warnings of a truly terrifying new battleground over information, persuasion and foreign interference in already weakened democratic systems.
Many of the foundations that have underpinned Australia's security, prosperity and democracy are being tested: social cohesion is eroding, trust in institutions is declining, intolerance is growing, even truth itself is being undermined by conspiracy, mis- and disinformation.
Prime Minister Orban is the most friendly country in Europe to Russia. They've done more to undermine Ukraine and NATO than any other country right now, other than maybe Russia itself.
David Taylor, who is married to the Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid, is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service. Taylor, 39, and two other men aged 43 and 68 were arrested by counter-terrorism officers at addresses in London and Wales on Wednesday and have been released on bail until May, the Metropolitan police have said.
Salem said the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary was a battle against external intervention. The war currently being fought in Sudan is a war against foreign interference. It involves a large number of mercenaries and significant external intervention through funding and advanced weaponry. Therefore, in Sudan, we are protecting Africa's back by confronting this conspiracy.
Two Chinese nationals have fallen foul of Australian laws on foreign interference introduced in 2018, with police alleging they spied on a Buddhist group under orders from law enforcement authorities in China. The pair a 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were to appear in court on Wednesday, each on the charge of "reckless foreign interference," and could face a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail if convicted.
Gabbard's inquiry, which relies on evidence gathered last week in an FBI raid on an elections facility in Fulton County, Georgia, is separate from another Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry that is also examining data gathered in that operation. The involvement of the Office of the DNI is unusual, as the head of that agency typically focuses on military intelligence and foreign relations, and has no domestic law enforcement powers.
W hen does a separatist movement become a threat to Canada's national security? This is a question hanging in the air in Alberta. People are asking how it can possibly be that the very same individuals who are leading the separatist movement can also be three meetings deep into a relationship with senior officials of the Donald Trump administration in Washington, with a fourth scheduled for this month.
To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that and that word is treason, David Eby told reporters. It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance, to break up this country from a foreign power and with respect a president who has not been particularly respectful of Canada's sovereignty.
The country's supreme leader says foreign-backed protests caused massive damage and killed several thousands'. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States and Israel of direct involvement in the violence that accompanied weeks of protests across the country, describing US President Donald Trump as a criminal. The latest anti-Iran sedition was different in that the US president personally became involved, Iranian state media quoted Khamenei as saying on Saturday.
Though the impetus for this investigation follows grave concerns about the extent of Russia's penetration of our political system, we must be clear-eyed too about the threat of interference now posed by the United States. In his recent national security strategy, President Trump outlined the US's new policy of cultivating resistance' within Europe. This reflects nothing less than an explicit call for interference in European politics including our own.
Jonathan Hall KC, an independent reviewer appointed by the home secretary, said the 2023 law had to be monitored against misuse and overreach because it could extend into politics, journalism, protest and other day-to-day activity. It is unavoidable that national security legislation hoists a flag for police involvement in broad reaches of human endeavour, with the risk of damaging mistakes by investigators and unjustified suspicion being cast on lawful activity, Hall wrote in a report laid before parliament.
The government must stop dragging its heels over whether to add China to the enhanced tier of its threat regime, the parliamentary intelligence watchdog has warned. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) made up of senior MPs and peers flagged several areas of the National Security Act where there are unresolved issues in its annual report. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) came into force in July
In December 2024, when United States president-elect Donald Trump started making implicit threats of annexation, Canadians became suspicious of the outside world. It's not just America that put us on edge. We used to be friends with everyone. Who didn't like Canada? We were peaceful, funny, and everyone's pal. Everyone wanted to sit with us at the United Nations cafeteria.
Four Bulgarians went on trial in France Wednesday accused of desecrating a Jewish memorial with red handprints last year, which prosecutors think may have been foreign interference linked to Russia. The vandalism was staged during heightened tensions in France over the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas that broke out in October 2023. The trial is the first of its kind in France, one of a series of similar cases suspected of having been orchestrated by a foreign power
The Paris criminal court gave two-year sentences to Georgi Filipov and Kiril Milushev, described as the perpetrators, and four years and three years respectively to Nikolay Ivanov and Mircho Angelov, considered the operation's masterminds. Angelov is still at large. All four were also banned from entering French territory for life. The trial was the first of its kind in France, one of a series of similar crimes suspected of having been orchestrated by a foreign power with the aim to destabilise.
The arrests came days after French prosecutors said foreign interference was probably to blame for a spate of provocative acts that had targeted Jewish and Muslim sites in France in recent years, as tensions run high over the war in Gaza. French officials have previously said they were investigating Russia's role in destabilising operations that have stoked social tensions and sown division in France. On Monday, Serbia's interior ministry said the 11 people arrested were Serbian nationals.
The first complaint was filed by centrist MP Eric Bothorel, warning of algorithm changes and interferences in management since Elon Musk's acquisition, posing risks to democracy.
The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar signifies a dangerous escalation in India's campaign against dissent and highlights the threat posed by transnational practices of foreign interference.
