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Riad Salamé affair ensnares European courts into Lebanese imbroglio

Governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salamé.
Governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salamé. © Stringer/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

The French, Swiss and Luxembourg courts could have liked to meet with Judge Jean Tannous in Paris to help push forward a probe into the former governor of Lebanon's central bank's assets. But caught up in Beirut politics, the Lebanese magistrate is having trouble fulfilling his mandate, both in France and Lebanon.

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Bahrain, Israel
Bahrain draws on Israeli cyber tech

Bahrain's new ambassador to Tel Aviv Khaled al-Jalahma (centre) visited the premises of Ofir Hason's Israeli cyber training specialist Cybergym on 8 February.
Bahrain's new ambassador to Tel Aviv Khaled al-Jalahma (centre) visited the premises of Ofir Hason's Israeli cyber training specialist Cybergym on 8 February. © Khaled al-Jalahma/Twitter

Bahrain's new ambassador to Israel Khaled Al Jalahma has launched straight into a tour of Israel's tech industry. The Belgian arm of Israeli defence firm Elta Systems has already been selected to supply Bahraini forces with its counter-drone system DroneGuard.

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