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France, Indonesia, Qatar
Qatar's French Mirage head for Jakarta

Initially considered for training missions in France, then promised to Bulgaria, 12 French Air Force Mirage will instead wing their way to Indonesia, whose government is trying to wean itself off Russian materiel.

Yemen
Houthis brainstorm new tactics as ceasefire ends

After Saudi Arabia rejected the Houthis' demands for extending the ceasefire that first took effect in April, the Iran-backed rebels have not given up on their military operations.

Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev's former allies fear investigations as elections loom

With the snap presidential election only a few weeks away, investigations into security officials and leading Kazakh business figures are being wrapped up one by one. Fearing they could be next, members of the current administration are keeping a low profile.

Spotlight | United States
Leaked investor pitch deck reveals political advocacy plans of New Founding, an informal extension of pro-Trump Claremont Institute

Discreet firm has its very own Super PAC and ambitious goals, among them supporting Trump's comeback.

UAE
Al-Qassimi fund Marjan struggles to make headway on its big projects in Ras Al Khaïmah

Ras Al Khaïmah is trying to find a place for itself alongside the all-powerful Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates but the Al-Qassimi dynasty's investment fund is running late on a number of major projects

Finland, UAE
Finland's Bittium behind Edge's new Katim secure phone

Know-how from Finland is still very much a part of the new Katim X-2 secure telephone system, now distributed by Edge Group, thanks to cooperation with the Nordic country's Bittium.

Europe, Ukraine
Europe's Ukraine anti-corruption drive loses steam

Investigations by Ukraine's NABU anti-corruption bureau continue even amid the ongoing war, with enthusiastic backing from its partner countries - but a European data storage programme financed by Denmark has just been suspended.

Russia
Vladimir Selin: the FSB's man in charge of protecting state secrets

Vladimir Selin, head of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, also heads the inter-ministerial committee for the protection of state secrets, which is tightly controlled by the FSB. Its main purpose is to oversee the systems used to protect vital, strategic information.

France, India, United Kingdom, United States
Broker threatens to spill Thales's Indian secrets to US authorities

An Indian businessman who acted as intermediary for French aerospace group Thales is threatening to serve as a whistleblower to US anti-corruption authorities - a way of pressuring the company to pay him fees he says it owes for a deal to upgrade Mirage fighter jets.

Italy
Jean-Philippe Fortier working for Italian cyber-intelligence specialists Innova in the Gulf

As its business takes off at home, Italian legal interceptions firm Innova is counting on the Spain-based Canadian consultant Jean-Philippe Fortier for its international operations.

The Agencies' Gazette
Pasdaran Unit 840, names for Tibet and Hong Kong, EU intel sharing, Novichok, Biden's priorities

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Tehran to London via Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Washington and Lhasa.

IranIRGC's Unit 840 activated to dampen civil unrest.

ChinaNew names for Tibet and Hong Kong.

EuropeEU member states to increase information sharing.

United KingdomNovichok questions shut down.

United StatesBiden's national security priorities in keywords.

United States
Private contractors flock to new Pentagon guerrilla warfare study centre

The future Irregular Warfare Center, set up to educate the special forces of the United States and its allies, will be assisted by Morgan 6 and Valens Global, two companies founded by USSOCOM veterans.

China, Czech Republic, Taiwan
Taiwan's war of influence against China notches symbolic diplomatic victory in Czech Republic

By taking part in Taiwan's National Day and then inviting Taipei's diplomats to a reception to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Czech Republic, Prague is joining the United States in its desire to abandon the 'One China' policy.

Russia, Ukraine
Moscow's new high command embarks on three-stage scorched earth offensive

Surrounded by powerful rivals, new Russian commander in Ukraine Sergey Surovikin is looking to establish his authority with an audacious battle plan. His aim is to retake lost Ukrainian territory, force Kyiv to negotiate and win the confidence of Vladimir Putin.

Oman, UAE
Spymasters Tahnoon bin Zayed and Mohammed Al Naamani draw up new UAE-Oman intelligence pact

At a summit in Muscat last month, Oman's intelligence chief Mohammed Al Naamani and the UAE's national security adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed drew up plans for the two countries' new security cooperation.