The FBI is investigating a group of former agents who became private consultants after they left the Bureau. Some of these former officials have worked for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska through the secretive intelligence operator Walter Soriano.
Capitalising on what it presents as major successes, Ukraine is making the most of strong public support to plan the next counteroffensive over the coming weeks. Kyiv has drawn up a new plan giving more powers to local administrators as the territories are clawed back.
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Iraq is a key step in China's new silk road project and Beijing intends to invest heavily in the autonomous region of Kurdistan. But its plans to build a new district in Ebril, already two years behind schedule, are now under threat.
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The Kazakh government is examining the credentials of US law firms willing to help it track down assets linked to the former regime.
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Still hoping to carve a niche for itself in the French corporate intelligence world, Aperio Intelligence has overhauled its Paris office.
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France's ChapsVision is continuing its shopping spree in its domestic big data marketplace. Olivier Dellenbach's group has entered talks with the telephone metadata analysis company Ockham alongside negotiations to acquire Deveryware.
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