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A contract signed in Kabul on 5 January by Afghan mines and oil minister Shahabuddin Delawar and a senior executive from the Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co (CAPEIC), which provides for the extraction of oil from the Amu-Darya

China's Sinovatio is getting ready to make its big comeback at Dubai's ISS World on 28 February-2 March. The firm, a protégé

As Intelligence Online learnt from several sources, Tal Dilian, a leading entrepreneur in Israeli cyber industry, is about to announce

At the recent soccer World Cup in Qatar, Uzbek businessman Bakhromjon Gaziev (Bakhom Gaziev), an informal envoy for his country's government,

The state arms conglomerate Rostec is taking full advantage of Russia's transition to a war economy (IO, 08/12/22). For several

Telegram channels and pro-Kremlin online media sites have published a flurry of content presented as 'leaks' or 'insider' information since the

As the Russia-backed normalisation process between Turkey and Syria rolls on (IO, 22/11/22), the United States will need to adapt

The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (IO, 19/12/22) has been vocally publicising its anti-money-laundering and asset-recovery efforts,

Late last year a Ukrainian citizen lost his court bid to overturn the French interior ministry's refusal to grant him French nationality in 2017 and again in 2018. An administrative court in the western city of Nantes based its rejection

By securing a contract worth more than $12m for the Signature Management using Operational Knowledge and Environments (SMOKE, IO, 14/10/22,

Terminals Holding, part of the business empire of Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the brother and national security adviser of

Moldova - Presidential cabinet musical chairs.Changes are afoot at Moldova's Supreme Security Council. On 10 January, Moldovan President Maia Sandu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet is in the throes of a major rethink about cyber tool export regulations. A new framework

Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing to give the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCID) of the Chinese Communist Party

Matters of intelligence are at the heart of strategic decisions made by the newly-formed House of Representatives. In its first

A preliminary ruling issued on 4 January by Abu Dhabi Commercial Court states that Bahraini bank Sayacorp, formerly First Energy

As small cyberintelligence businesses in Italy are working to hold their weight against construction giant Cy4gate (IO, 23/12/22), ex-carabinieri Francesco

Unlike tycoon Chen Zhi, the CEO of Prince Holding Group whom most foreign embassies in Phnom Penh have distanced themselves from, embassy

On 5 January, Kazakhstan's attorney general Berik Assylov presented on 5 January a report to the country's parliament on the ongoing investigation

Assured of a solid third term, President Xi Jinping is free to relaunch what he sees as a long-term priority