US imposes sanctions on a spyware firm behind a tool used to spy on dissidents and journalists

US imposes sanctions on a spyware firm behind a tool used to spy on dissidents and journalists

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States announced new sanctions Monday against a commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer whose program allowed easy access to almost any information stored on a smartphone. U.S. officials and private researchers say Intellexa Consortium’s products have been used for mass surveillance campaigns around the world, allowing

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US hits more Georgian officials with asset freezes and visa bans for ‘undermining democracy’

US hits more Georgian officials with asset freezes and visa bans for ‘undermining democracy’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hitting more senior Georgian officials and others with sanctions for undermining the country’s democracy and violating basic human rights. The State and Treasury departments announced Monday that they had imposed asset freezes on two top Interior Ministry officials, a media executive and a media personality for “violently suppressing

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Germany extends temporary border controls to all nine of its external frontiers | AP News

Germany extends temporary border controls to all nine of its external frontiers | AP News

Germany reinstated border controls on all nine of its frontiers Monday morning, in what it says is a crack down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks. Temporary mobile police checks were spotted at Germany’s borders with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Germany reinstated border controls on all nine of its frontiers Monday

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