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"AUKUS is happening." Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles repeated this phrase no fewer than four times at the latest Defence Conference organised by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 25 June. But Marles' utterance seemed more like an attempt to [...]

London – Alvarez & Marsal poaches sports investigators from Ankura Alvarez & Marsal has poached London-based sports investigations specialists Felix Vetter [...]

Ukraine's SBU is investigating whether or not a member of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), founded by Russia's most famous opposition [...]

Eighteen months after taking over at the helm of the CIA, John Ratcliffe has managed largely to sideline the director [...]

Freshly-appointed ambassadors, who will shortly be stepping into their new role for the first time, were invited to the French foreign ministry on 29 June to hear a speech by a distinguished former diplomat.

Under the name Ksenia Borchik, the former head of RT France television channel, Xenia Fedorova, is credited with a role – albeit a minor one – in the 2004 Russian film "Countdown". The film centres on a hero in the [...]

The US negotiating team led by Vice-President JD Vance, and the Iranian team headed by Mohammad Qalibaf, are due to [...]

Intelligence Online understands that the Technology Innovation Institute's (TII) Secure Systems Research Center has closed its doors. The centre, which [...]

Following lengthy negotiations with various parties regarding its future nuclear-powered submarines, South Korea has once again taken a pragmatic approach [...]

Three key roles are currently vacant at France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Intelligence Online has learned.

Melissa K.R., an attaché from the investigative branch of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has become a familiar name across the different French police immigration control bodies. Having arrived a few months ago at the US embassy in [...]

US – Congressional scrutiny of Trump's anti-drug task forcesA report by the Congressional Research Service has found that the network [...]

The 1st Azov Corps was welcomed with great fanfare at one of Europe's largest land defence and security trade fairs, [...]

The company EOS Technologie, based near Grenoble in southeastern France, is making inroads in Ukraine. Working in close collaboration with [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron intends to appoint married couple François Vandeville and Victoire Vandeville to front France's diplomatic push in [...]

An international airport, due to open in early 2027, is currently being built a dozen kilometres north of the city [...]

While European institutions are beginning to wake up to the multifaceted threats from China (see our Deep Dive), there remain [...]

Interdit d'accès aux documents classifiés “Secret” en octobre 2023, un assistant informatique a vu son recours devant le tribunal administratif rejeté le 11 juin.

A Chinese national was arrested in France on 14 April following an extradition request from the US authorities. Beijing is now putting pressure on Paris to block the proceedings.

The president of France's CNCTR independent interception watchdog, Vincent Mazauric, concluded in the body's tenth activity report (IO, 20/02/26) that [...]