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France
Court upholds state's refusal to pay legal fees of French officer suspected of spying for Russia

A Paris court has upheld the French defence ministry's refusal to pay for the defence of a French officer posted to NATO. Lieutenant-Colonel L. was prosecuted and remanded in custody in 2020 on suspicion of spying for a foreign power.

Netherlands, United States
Tech sector to help international justice fight cyber-enabled crimes

The International Criminal Court is working with tech firms, particularly Microsoft, in a bid to establish how tech can best support international justice to address cyber-enabled crimes through the Rome Statute system.

Russia
Russian officers bristling for NATO fight after Macron hints

Moscow's military counter-intelligence is pleased to note that Emmanuel Macron's escalating rhetoric is changing the minds of senior Russian officers resistant to the Ukraine military campaign in its current form.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

ParisThe cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leave

SwitzerlandTrack II diplomacy in Arctic hits cold front

UAE
Abu Dhabi's powerful Ghobash, the family behind the UAE's 'Foreign Legion' project

The creation of a Foreign Legion within the UAE armed forces is being masterminded behind the scenes by the powerful Ghobash family, connected to Abu Dhabi's business, political and diplomatic power centres.

France, UAE
French ex-commando setting up Emirates' secret 'Foreign Legion'

Intelligence Online can reveal that a French former special forces member is creating a new elite unit for the UAE of at least 3,000 foreign recruits and modelled on the French Foreign Legion. Informed of the project, France's ministry of armed forces has not responded.