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    UAE
    Behind the collapse of Tawasal SuperApp, the vast surveillance requests of Abu Dhabi's security apparatus

    Part 2 Screenshot of Tawasal SuperApp's Facebook account.
    Screenshot of Tawasal SuperApp's Facebook account.© tawasalsuperapp

    The fall of an UAE super-app (2/2) – Intelligence Online reported yesterday on the management conflicts that led to the downfall of communications app Tawasal, the UAE's once-vaunted answer to WhatsApp. But in addition to differences over the direction of the group, deep divisions existed over demands made by the UAE government, aimed at launching a spying tool that would track Emiratis and their contacts abroad.

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    Middle East, Ukraine
    Ukrainian drone mercenaries' recruitment networks revealed

    The Ukrainian army preparing a fibre-optic FPV drone on the front line in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, on 27 October 2026.
    The Ukrainian army preparing a fibre-optic FPV drone on the front line in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, on 27 October 2026.© Maria Senovilla/EPA/MaxPPP

    A flurry of job ads for drone specialists in the Gulf has recently appeared on the Signal networks of Ukrainian drone warfare veterans. A team which draws on US, French and Ukrainian operators is being put together with a potential deployment to Yemen to counter the Houthis in mind.

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    France, Myanmar
    French foreign ministry receives two Myanmar democracy leaders

    NUG Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung is one of two figures of the Burmese resistance who will be received at the Quai d'Orsay on 12 November.
    NUG Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung is one of two figures of the Burmese resistance who will be received at the Quai d'Orsay on 12 November.© Johannes Simon/Getty Images via AFP

    Despite the junta's successes on the diplomatic front this year, the resistance has managed to maintain high-level contacts in France and in several Western democracies. Their goal is to secure greater support, beyond mere humanitarian aid.

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