Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who leaked information on U.S. National Security Agency, has warned that governments may use the coronavirus to curtail freedoms.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have uncovered a Ukrainian intelligence “sabotage and terrorism” group in annexed Crimea that included a female Russian military officer who allegedly divulged “state secrets.”

In an unusual show of unity against China, Southeast Asian nations have been pushing back on Beijing’s sweeping assertion of sovereignty over the South China Sea amid dissatisfaction over its stance in negotiations for a Code of Conduct, analysts say.