With attacks on Chinese interests on the rise, Beijing is using economic pressure to demand the Afghan government improve security. But Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani does not appear to be complying.
The National Counterterrorism Center and the CIA will both benefit from Donald Trump's broadening of the definition of terrorism to include Mexican drug cartels.
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The French energy major is still without a public affairs chief, while in the security department, its head, Denis Favier, has turned down an offer to be a government minister. His division has also recently welcomed the DGSE intelligence liaison officer who was moved from public affairs.
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Parrot in Ukraine, part 1: a former consultant of the French drone manufacturer, Nicolas Yahmi, who has ties to the Ukrainian military intelligence service and the French services, is waging a bitter battle against his former employer.
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US intelligence agencies had already discovered that China was building its own mammoth version of the Pentagon months before Western media revealed the project's existence on 30 January. We investigate this US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) success story.
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