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    Spotlight | UAE, United Kingdom
    UK foreign office consular work under renewed scrutiny linked to aborted Sharjah probe

    Several British expatriates in Dubai, who are the subject of a criminal complaint deemed to be groundless by Hamid Jafar (pictured here in 2012), are frustrated that their request for consular assistance has been ignored.
    Several British expatriates in Dubai, who are the subject of a criminal complaint deemed to be groundless by Hamid Jafar (pictured here in 2012), are frustrated that their request for consular assistance has been ignored.© Norbert Schiller/World Economic Forum

    The appointment of a new ambassador may have created the sense of a fresh start at the British embassy in Abu Dhabi. But as a secretive Sharjah money laundering probe targeting UK expatriates appears to come to an end without charges, the foreign office is facing new accusations of meekness.

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    Bosnia, United States
    Serbian separatist leader plans new Washington trip in fresh bid to cosy up to Trump

    Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik addresses the media after the preliminary results of the general elections were announced in Banja Luka, Bosnia, on 4 October 2026.
    Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik addresses the media after the preliminary results of the general elections were announced in Banja Luka, Bosnia, on 4 October 2026.© AFP

    Milorad Dodik, the former leader of the Serbian separatist Republic of Srpska, is planning a visit to the United States in the hopes of currying further favour with the Trump administration. Meanwhile, scrutiny of the US consultants he has hired to lobby on his behalf is ramping up.

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    The Agencies' Gazette
    JD Vance and diplo intel, Euro agencies' new China analysts, CNCTR fully staffed, Big Brother watching Vietnam's officials

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

    United StatesFormer JD Vance adviser promoted within diplo intel

    EuropeIntelligence services on alert to monitor Xi Jinping's succession

    FranceFearing work overload, two new posts on way for intelligence techniques supervisor

    VietnamStronger digital oversight of Communist Party officials
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    Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea
    NATO's Asian partners question value of IP4 format

    South Korea President Lee Jae-myung at the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey, on 7 July 2026.
    South Korea President Lee Jae-myung at the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey, on 7 July 2026.© Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via AFP

    Mounting frustration is being felt by the organisation's Indo-Pacific Four regarding their relations with European members, who are calling for ambitious cooperation while remaining reluctant to share their intelligence.

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