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China
Beijing loses four key spy satellites

A Chinese rocket carrying two experimental satellites launching at the Jiuquan launch site in China on 9 November 2025.
A Chinese rocket carrying two experimental satellites launching at the Jiuquan launch site in China on 9 November 2025. © VCG via Reuters Connect

China has just lost two critical spy satellites despite their successful launch on 9 November. This comes on top of the recent loss of two other satellites and is a real blow for Beijing given the strategic importance of each individual satellite to the country's space intelligence capabilities.

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Spy Way of Life | Armenia
Yerevan's EVN Café, where our reporter was tracked down by a Russian spy

EVN Café on Abovyan Street, an upscale thoroughfare in the centre of Yerevan, Armenia.
EVN Café on Abovyan Street, an upscale thoroughfare in the centre of Yerevan, Armenia. © Facebook EVN Café & Drink House

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online stopped by the upscale EVN Café in the Armenian capital, the site of an attempted compromise of a journalistic investigation.

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Yemen
Houthis lay trap for potential Israeli moles

Yemen's Houthi military chief Mohammed al-Ghumari, who was killed in an Israeli air strike. The movement is said to be behind a mysterious recruitment campaign for Israeli intelligence to allegedly trap potential 'traitors'.
Yemen's Houthi military chief Mohammed al-Ghumari, who was killed in an Israeli air strike. The movement is said to be behind a mysterious recruitment campaign for Israeli intelligence to allegedly trap potential 'traitors'. © Yahya Arhab/EPA/MaxPPP

A mysterious recruitment campaign for Israeli intelligence is circulating on social media in northern Yemen. According to several local spymasters, this is most likely the work of Houthis seeking to trap potential 'traitors'.

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