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Description: Approximately 100 Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti to prevent further advances from armed gangs and the enlargement of the humanitarian crisis in the country. The deployment arrived on the auspices of the seizure of funding from the US to the UN’s mission in the country which attempted to succumb the gangs and end the violence in the country which has displaced more than 1 million people since the start in 2020. The Kenyan police would assist the military troops already on ground in Port au Prince as the gangs seized control of the capital of up 90% of its territory. US funding is unlikely to arrive anytime soon as President Trump’s executive order f
Description: The Syrian Army has clashed with Hezbollah armed elements in the Hermel region after they successfully defended the Al – Qusayr town of repeated Hezbollah incursions. The advance against Hezbollah in Lebanon represented the first military operation of the new Syrian regime in an attempt to disrupt the terrorist organization supply and smuggling routes which have been active for decades. The Syrian army would further attempt to reassert its presence and establish control over larger parts of its territory since the fall of Bashar Al – Assad in Dec. Impact: The new Syrian regime has already been tapped by several countries in terms of close cooper
Description: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are counting the days towards what many called energy independence from Russian supply. The three Baltic countries would cut all Russian electric supply as they prepare to reconnect their power grids to Continental Europe Synchronous Area. Officials from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have stated that they are more than prepared for the seizure of Russian energy supply to which they have been dependent since the Soviet era. Security measures were undertaken as the three countries amped up police and national guard presence to prevent possible sabotage and disruption attacks. The seizure of electric energy was expected on 08 Feb with
Description: Memo published by the US Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that the KleptoCapture taskforce detailed to pursue sanctions against Russian oligarchs would be soon disbanded. The announcement also stated that members of the taskforce would be deployed to their original posts and the funding for the taskforce would be repurposed for battling cartels and drug trafficking. Amendments have been made in the FCPA (Foreign Corruption Policy Act) as it is also recentered towards legal persecution of cartel activities. The announcement has been connected to recent statements from President Donald Trump which mostly entailed the recovery of bilateral relations with Russia an
Description: With German elections on 23 Feb rapidly closing in, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) still topped the election polls despite proposing the tightening of immigration laws alongside the Christian Social Union (CSU). Support has plummeted for current Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ Social Democrats (SPD) while the Green party alongside the Left Party gained some political traction with expected 5% of voting support. The German public was enraged with CDU’s cooperation with the far – right AfD, as last weeks protest demonstrated, although the CDU introduced tighter immigration laws which hadn’t passed in Parliament with AfD’s support. Concerns are raised ov
Description: In the latest development of activities within the novel Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, several employees have gained unrestricted access to sensitive and classified information. The obtained access mostly concerned employees from the US Department of Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Concerns within the US Senate and intelligence community have been raised as the DOGE employees hadn’t passed even the preliminary security and background checks for them to have such access to databases with sensitive information. DOGE was formed in order to cut costs within Trump’s government and make operations more cost effecti
Description: Mexico has sent over 10,000 National Guard soldiers on its border with the US, after President Trump pledged to postpone the tariff impositions on the country. In return, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised to send the Mexican National Guard in order to prevent the proliferation of fentanyl and tackle cartel activities. During last week’s visit by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Latin America current migrant issues were discussed with El Salvador, Guatemala which have also promised to take in migrant prisoners on their territory. The Mexican National Guard would remain across the border pass between Juarez, Texas and El Paso as an operationally
Description: NATO Allied Command Transformation has announced the newest addition to the Baltic Sentry project in the form of unmanned maritime underwater surveillance systems. The underwater systems would be part of the Task Force X established as part of NATO’s Digital Ocean Vision program and would leverage AI – based systems for surveillance and detection of maritime threats. The initiative comes as a response to enhanced covert sabotage operations conducted by Russian ships within EU and NATO waters, such as the destruction of undersea cables and other critical infrastructure elements. The testing of the system was scheduled in mid – Feb 2025. Impact: N
Description: Following US President Donald Trump’s statements regarding the Gaza Strip, Saudi Arabia has stated they didn’t plan on establishing bilateral ties with Israel without the conception of Palestinian state. Trump’s statements about displacement of Gaza residents and rebuilding the enclave economically have fallen on deaf ears within the Arab world. Saudi Arabia was to establish bilateral ties with Israel following US mediation and join UAE and Bahrain in the signing of the Abraham Accords from 2020. Impact: Saudi Arabia is a key US ally in the Middle East and the implementation of a double standard policy by the Trump administration could further r
Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted the security pact with Belarus before the Russian Duma. The agreement which has been signed in Dec 2024, embroiled deployment of Russian long – range ballistic missiles and tactical nuclear weapons on Belarussian territory. With the security agreement pending approval, Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko has also stated that Russian Oreshnik missiles could be deployed much earlier than the projected end of 2025. President Putin has stated that with security issues being key for both countries, the agreement would strengthen the regional alliance and serve as a deterrent from further security threats.