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All over the globe – from the Mexican border to Syria to the Sahel – companies are renting out planes equipped with powerful sensors to armies and intelligence services for political missions. The market may be discreet, but it isn’t invisible.
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 15, 2026 — Washington escalates 51st state rhetoric and election warnings; Ottawa suspends trade talks and seeks EU alternatives; Ontario warns US protectionism may be permanent. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Thursday, October 15, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Iran-backed Houthis launched missile and drone attacks across Saudi Arabia, targeting several cities, as oil giant Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in the east of the kingdom was hit. ASML shares rose after the Dutch company said soaring artificial intelligence spending means it’s searching for ways to produce more chip-making machines over the next two years. The Opening Trade has everything you need to know as markets open across Europe. With analysis you won't find anywhere else, we break down the biggest stories of the day and speak to top guests who have skin in the game. Hosted by Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Tom Mackenzie. (Source: Bloomberg)
Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November. People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific gathered to exchange intelligence, coordinate diplomatic reporting and align regional priorities. The...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington was still sharing intelligence with Ukraine, even as Kyiv reported new Russian missile attacks that came without usual warnings and accused Russia of violating an energy truce the US president announced at the weekend. Kyiv relies heavily on US intelligence for early warnings of missile strikes and for its own targeting of Russian military sites, experts and officials say.
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 12, 2026 — A federal judge orders a halt to taxpayer-funded Trump advertisements; Pierre Poilievre prepares a Detroit trip to sell a tariff-free auto pact; firearms from the Belleville synagogue attack are traced to the United States. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 12, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
There have been many cases of top spies giving classified information to enemy nations. Here are some of the highlights.
Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained Tuesday on suspicion of treason and espionage after prosecutors accused him of paying for secret intelligence documents and using them to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service, in a case that could strain Berlin’s ties with allied spy agencies.
Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief October 6, 2026 — Nigeria mourns a military plane crash that killed 32; Kenya reports its first Ebola death and traces 28 contacts; Abiy Ahmed is sworn in for a second term and repeats Ethiopia's Red Sea demand. The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, October 6, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
François Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, explains Ingram. It's part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics increasingly overlap.
US President Donald Trump has named his National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton as America's "Super Intelligence" czar, as fears over AI grow. Also, oil markets react to Houthi attacks as well as export data, and France's fiscal woes drive the euro to a 17-month low.
The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow.
Australian police and intelligence join the list of those probing the incident.
Sailor met female Pakistani operative on social media a few months ago and shared sensitive information with her; police found suspicious digital activity, placed him under surveillance before arrest in Coimbatore on October 3
François Picard is pleased to welcome Vivian Salama from Washington. An attorney and staff writer at The Atlantic, Salama has reported from more than 85 countries. Her latest investigation takes us back to September 26, 2023. As Israel's national security establishment gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War and one of the country's greatest intelligence failures, Abbas Kamel, then Egypt's intelligence chief, made an exceptionally rare and discreet visit to Israel with a stark warning about the dangerous situation unfolding in Gaza.
Japan is increasingly tapping into Ukraine’s war experience against Russia as a valuable source of intelligence on military technologies that could strengthen its defensive and offensive capabilities. A visit to Kyiv this week by senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker and former Japanese defence minister Itsunori Onodera demonstrates this interest, analysts say, against the backdrop of Tokyo’s mounting regional security concerns. Onodera arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday to...
UK intelligence agency accuses Chinese institute of funding academic research to boost Beijing’s espionage capability.
Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Monday held the first meeting of an expert panel on strengthening intelligence capabilities, initiating discussions on formulating a national intelligence strategy. Discussions at the panel will also focus on anti-espionage legislation, such as a foreign interference prevention law, and the establishment of a proposed external intelligen...
The prospect of an AfD-led government in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt has exacerbated long-standing fears that the far-right Russia-friendly party may gain access to sensitive information of interest to the Kremlin, fuelling debate as to whether and how it can be barred from classified intelligence.
Russian-Iranian intelligence helped the Houthis' offensive on the Red Sea coast. Now that system is under attack.
China and the United States have agreed to establish a bilateral communication channel for “super intelligence” incidents, according to the White House. In a statement about the deliverables of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, the US said the next meeting of the newly formed US-China Super Intelligence (SI) Dialogue would take place by November. China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed on Thursday that its senior trade negotiators had held their first talks with the US on...
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, 25 September 2026 The Capitol in Washington. The Senate refused by fifty votes to forty-nine to order the fighting in Iran stopped, with four Republicans crossing and one Democrat… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 25, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, 23 September 2026 The White House in Washington. Government lawyers defended the ban on three newsrooms in a federal court on Wednesday afternoon, hours before Trump drove to an… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, September 23, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, 21 September 2026 The United States Capitol in Washington at dusk. Speaker Mike Johnson has sent the House of Representatives home until after the elections of 3 November, CBS… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, September 21, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil's intelligence agency told the government and electoral court that US pressure on the 4 October election has reached a critical level. The post Brazil’s Spy Agency Flags ‘Critical’ US Pressure Before October Vote appeared first on The Rio Times.