Manuel Rocha could spend several years behind bars as a result of the charges

The Chinese embassy in San Jose warned such statements can make an impact on economic ties with China -- the second-biggest economy in the world.

Rocha has been accused of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government and of defrauding the nation

Rocha's diplomatic career spanned 25 years, mainly in Latin America during the Cold War era

Bejucal is the center of suspicion as the U.S. government believes that China operates an intelligence gathering operation in the area.

The sentence was handed down as U.S. President Joe Biden was en route to Hiroshima, Japan, for the summit of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations.

Lopez Obrador announced that the Pentagon was spying on his government, and he would start classifying material to safeguard national security.

Evan Gershkovich's incarceration has been denounced by the White House in "the strongest terms."

On Sunday, the Hamas movement of Palestine said it executed five people in the Gaza Strip including two men accused of collaborating with Israel. 

Johnathan Pollard may be released on parole in November after 30 years in prison for spying on behalf of Israel and other countries.

Infamous whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has spoken to Brazilian newspaper 'Folha' in support of former NSA analyst Edward Snowden.

Agents from the US' Drug Enforcement Agency had secret meetings with Mexican drug cartel leaders to obtain key information on rival cartels.

The National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program is likely to be ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program violates the Fourth Amendment

Mexico City has long been known as a spy capital. Some say a trip Harvey Lee Oswald took there only weeks before the assassination of John F. Kennedy can give insight into whether or not Oswald acted alone.

The US' spying operations have angered European leaders after it has been revealed that over 35 countries have been targeted by the NSA in the latest news on the cell phone spying scandal.

As the US State Department continued to refuse to comment publicly on new allegations that the NSA had hacked into former Mexican president Felipe Calderón's email account when he was in office, Calderón blasted the agency on Twitter.

The National Security Agency (NSA) was revealed in September to have eavesdropped on emails and text messages from current Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto as well as Brazil's president. Now, German newspaper Der Spiegel has reported that files leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden indicate that the NSA's spying has been going on for years.

In her editorial, Barbara outlined a tongue-in-cheek series of steps Brazilian citizens should take to confuse the NSA’s keyword-based surveillance programs.

A June 2012 document leaked by former NSA intelligence analyst Edward Snowden to Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald earlier this week showed the NSA had intercepted text messages and emails to and from the Mexican president. The two heads of state will meet on Thursday at a Group of 20 summit in Russia.

Glenn Greenwald, a journalist for the Guardian who has been the recipient of much of the classified information on the National Security Agency from leaker Edward Snowden, said on Brazilian television last night that a June 2012 document from the NSA indicates that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s emails were being read and that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s communications were intercepted.

Shia LaBeouf knew the government was listening to our cellphone conversations way before the rest of us, the actor revealed in an interview with Jay Leno in 2008.

Taliban fighters beheaded two Afghan boys, ages 10 and 16.

"Did the American people have any idea that the Patriot Act would spur the national -- empower the national security agency to spy on all Americans through their cell phones and computers?" asked Senator Mike Lee. "What makes any of us, least of all any conservative, believe this immigration bill is going to work out any better?"