Spotlight | Israel
New Mossad chief deploys African strategy
With Chad at the heart of it, Africa is one of new the priorities of new Israeli external intelligence chief David Barnea.
With Chad at the heart of it, Africa is one of new the priorities of new Israeli external intelligence chief David Barnea.
Ukrainian MP Rabinovich, a staunch defender of the pro-Russia faction within Kyiv's Rada, met with longtime Putin aide Dmitry Kozak last week. Both men have close ties to Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk.
The question of the return of Syrian refugees to their country, on the agenda at UN-sponsored talks in Geneva that got under way again on 18 October, was already keeping UN high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi busy.
With the 2022 Football World Cup looming, French companies have set their sights on Qatar's major anti-drone contracts. The firms are backed in their efforts by France's army, national gendarmerie and interior ministry.
Announced on 20 October as a series of individual recruitments, the addition to Ankura's team of technical experts and legal advisers in fact signals the divorce between FTI Consultants and Paul Walker's investigators is now final.
Newer players had their hopes up but France's defence innovation agency AID finally turned to established companies, Thales SIX GTS, Suneris and Arpège, to develop a drone mini-payload.