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Description: Poland’s counterintelligence agency, ABW, in cooperation with their counterparts from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania uncovered an intelligence network suspected of originating from Belarus. Czech counterintelligence stated that the former Moldovan Deputy Head of Intelligence was the main information broker in the network, and the operability of the network was facilitated through mid – level diplomats spread across embassies in Eastern and Central Europe. The countermeasures proposed by the joint intelligence operation were to limit the movement of diplomats pertaining to Russian and Belorussian embassies and enhance counterintelligence efforts to subve
Description: Militants from the Islamic State – affiliated Allied Democratic Forces, killed more than 100 civilians attending a funeral in east DRC’s Ntoyo village. According to witness reports, ADF militants used machetes and guns to mutilate the civilians, while the Congolese army was late in the dispatch call due to security concerns in the eastern parts of the country caused by the M23 rebels. The ADF primarily operated in neighboring Uganda, however, the war in the mineral rich eastern DRC between the country’s military and the rebels has created a power vacuum which is heavily exploited by the terrorist group. The ADF or Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), a
Description: The parallel government of Sudan, the Tassis Alliance, headed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), claimed responsibility for the attacks conducted in several cities across Khartoum State, which is under control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The SAF confirmed that an oil refinery was struck in Al – Jaili, while electricity plants were targeted in Al – Markhiyat and a substation in the city of Omdurman. Military factories were also targeted by drones in Al – Kalakla district and in the Wadi Seidna military area, hampering capacities and production capabilities in Sudan’s capital. The RSF claimed the attacks were a response to SAF’s targeting hospitals and civ
Description: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, signed a cooperation agreement with IAEA Director General, Raffael Grossi in Cairo resuming inspections by IAEA on Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites. The agreement was signed under Egyptian mediation as stated by the country’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty and months of nuclear diplomacy following the joint Israeli and US attacks in Jun. The agreement arrives after the E3 group of countries announced their intent to reimpose the snapback sanctions within 30 days if Iran doesn’t comply with demands outlined by the US, Europe and the nuclear watchdog. Araghchi stated that provisions within the agreement were only valid if
Description: Militants affiliated with the Mozambique offshoot of ISIS conducted a ground assault on the town of Mocimboa da Praia, located approximately 80 kilometers from the disputed gas project in the country led by the French oil giant TotalEnergies. The terrorists were confronted by the joint anti – terrorism force led by Mozambican and Rwandan forces in the country, however, they managed to kill two civilians. Attacks from ISIS affiliates in the country have recently escalated, as the group is engaged in a consistent armed rebellion against the Mozambican government since 2017. The key point of confliction has been the Cabo Delgado coastal province where key trade por
Description: Students and other enraged civilians took to the streets in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, after the government’s decision to block access to social media platforms last week, over regulatory and compliance issues. The protests, labeled by the public as Generation Z and Nepo Kids demonstrations, erupted in several cities across the small Asian country with 19 people losing their lives in the violent clashes with the riot police which had reportedly been authorized to use live munition to suppress the demonstrations. Protesters ran riots across several suburbs of the capital, entered the Parliamentary complex and torched several properties pertaining to the country’
Description: Six people were killed and fifteen were injured in a shooting in East Jerusalem conducted by two Palestinians. According to eyewitnesses the attack unfolded rapidly as the two attackers were quick to insert themselves in the busy highway where they started targeting civilians. The attack arrives in a sensitive period for the war in the Gaza Strip, as US President Donald Trump had issued a warning to Hamas to release all the remaining hostages claiming that Israel has accepted the latest US ceasefire proposal. The backlash of the East Jerusalem attack could drive the peace initiative to the ground as the expected response to Israel would be to intensify and escal
Description: France’s Parliament has ousted Prime Minister Bayrou as the country tilts towards experiencing a protracted crisis and pressure grows on President Emmanuel Macron to resign. Bayrou stated his intention to call for the failed vote of confidence, over France’s budget cuts and debt crisis which has exceeded 3.3 billion euros which equaled 114% of the nation’s GDP. Macron’s office has issued a statement that a new Prime Minister would be appointed in the next couple of days following Bayrou’s ouster, while he would remain in a governmental caretaking capacity. Political parties in France, especially the far – right National Rally party and the far – left Unbowed, ha
Description: Following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation, the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party is expected to choose its next leader and subsequently Japan’s next Prime Minister for the upcoming period. Ishiba’s resignation came as a result of LDP’s losses in both votes of Parliament, the Upper and the Lower Houses, which forced the party to rule from a position of minority and be obliged to form a coalition larger than the one with its junior partner Komeito in order to introduce legislature. The most likely candidates to succeed Ishiba are Sanae Takaichi, who marginally lost the last leadership election to Ishiba, Shinjiro Koizumi, the current Minister of Agricu
Description: The Ethiopian government has announced its plans to inaugurate the long-awaited mega dam project called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The project, which has been under heavy criticism from Egypt and Sudan, is expected to cost around $5 billion and store around 64 billion cubic meters of water, capable of powering the entire 130 million nation with consistent energy supply. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, introduced the project as Ethiopia’s national restructuring on the global stage, as the country’s renewable energy capabilities would surmount its demand and Ethiopia would be able to outsource large amounts of its produced electricity to neighboring co