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Israël et Iran : De la guerre par procuration à la crainte d'un conflit régional

BBC Afrique - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 09:55
Qu'est-ce qui a conduit aux tensions actuelles entre l'Iran et Israël, suite aux attaques du Hamas du 7 octobre ?
Categories: Afrique

Bosnie-Herzégovine : l'art de la guerre au Sarajevo Film Festival

Courrier des Balkans / Bosnie-Herzégovine - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:50

Sarajevo célèbre cette année sous une chaleur caniculaire la 30e édition de son festival du film. En parallèle du glamour du tapis rouge, le SFF reste toujours aussi engagé et propose une sélection de films qui questionnent la guerre en Bosnie, mais aussi les conflits actuels, en Ukraine et à Gaza.

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Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Germany won’t provide Ukraine with fresh money

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:21
In today's edition of Capitals, find out more about the surge in irregular migration in Spain this August, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni interrupting her holiday to discuss the country's future Commissioner with Salvini, and much more.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s crisis-hit far-left party seeks new leadership

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:14
Germany's far-left Linke party said Sunday (18 August) it would replace its leadership duo later this year as it battles to overcome an "existential" crisis following a series of setbacks.
Categories: European Union

Russia denies report about talks with Ukraine, launches new strikes

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:02
Russia on Sunday (18 August) denied a report that Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, and launched another series of air attacks, including on Kyiv.
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian president OKs new anti-LGBTI law, defying Council of Europe call

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:51
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev did not veto the new anti-LGBTI law banning any kind of educational programmes on 'non-traditional sexual orientation' in Bulgarian schools, ignoring calls from the Council of Europe and civil society activists to veto it.
Categories: European Union

Tender for EU space agency HQ in Prague faces setbacks

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:48
The City of Prague has cancelled plans to award a contract to PORR for the construction of the Nová Palmovka building, which is to become the new headquarters of the EU's space agency.
Categories: European Union

Lukashenko misquotes Polish minister, says Polish mercenaries helped in Kursk offensive

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:47
Polish mercenaries fought arm-in-arm with Ukrainian forces in the Kursk offensive, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state television, misquoting Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak.
Categories: European Union

The death toll for humanitarian workers is increasing, EU needs to act

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:45
On World Humanitarian Day, the EU and its member states should consider addressing the double standards that put humanitarian workers at increased risk, writes Jean-Yves Terlinden.
Categories: European Union

Irregular migrants enter Spain in record numbers, regions want urgent help

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:39
Irregular migrant arrivals from Africa reached record levels in Spain in the first two weeks of August with increases of 126% in the Canary Islands and 143% in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, leaving regions crying out for help.
Categories: European Union

Philippines, China trade blame after vessels collide in the South China Sea

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:37
The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday (19 August) of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea.
Categories: European Union

Expert: EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:36
By only focusing on firefighting without a prevention-focused holistic approach, it will be hard for the EU countries to face future wildfires, an expert from Greece, where thousands of hectares of forest were again burned in a couple of days, told Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

Italy’s Meloni interrupts holiday for key meeting on Commissioner hopeful

Euractiv.com - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:34
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni briefly interrupted her summer holiday to meet Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini at the Masseria in Puglia to discuss the Italian candidate for EU commissioner,
Categories: European Union

GA tapped For USSOCOM Drone Support | Iraq Ordered H225M | US Clears Italy To Buy MQ-9s

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:00
Americas Armtec Countermeasures Co. won an $11.7 million deal for RR-196 countermeasure chaff for the F-22. This contract provides for the impulse cartridge program and is used by F-22 aircraft for combat and training purposes. Work will be performed in Lillington, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by September 30, 2027. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems won a $500 million deal for program management support related to Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical MQ-9 and MQ-1C Special Operations Forces-peculiar modifications in support of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This deal will be funded with operations and maintenance; procurement; and/or research, development, and testing evaluation funds under the applicable fiscal year, and is not multiyear. The work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by August 16, 2029. USSOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity. Middle East & Africa Iraq has ordered an unspecified number of H225M multi-role helicopters from Airbus to fill potential capability gaps caused by US troops’ pending withdrawal from the country. Joint Operations Command spokesperson Major General Tahseen Al-Khafaji revealed in a televised interview […]
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

United States : The US National Intelligence Council, part 1: the discreet forum in charge of strategic analysis

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:00
With the US presidential campaign in full swing, the intelligence community's elite analysts are fine-tuning the first report that the winner of November's election will find on their desk when that individual takes up residence in the White House next
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

France : French DGSE spy agency's missing hoard, part 1: ex-boss Bernard Bajolet's legal woes

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:00
A "pressure tactic" carried out in 2016 far outside of the official remit of France's external intelligence service, the Direction Générale
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

The Innovation Fallacy

Foreign Affairs - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:00
In the U.S.-Chinese tech race, diffusion matters more than invention.

The Trouble With Allies

Foreign Affairs - Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:00
America needs a playbook for difficult friends.

L'Estonie sur le pied de guerre

Le Monde Diplomatique - Sun, 18/08/2024 - 17:48
Petit pays limitrophe de la Russie, l'Estonie se défie de ce puissant voisin. Arrêt brutal des importations de gaz russe et envol des dépenses militaires ont provoqué une inflation record. Dans une société mobilisée contre le spectre d'une invasion, la première ministre n'a pas pâti de ce bilan dans (...) / , , , , , - 2023/07

L'histoire ancienne de l'humble igname nigériane

BBC Afrique - Sun, 18/08/2024 - 15:04
Délicieuse et nutritive, l'igname est vénérée par les Nigérians du monde entier lors de festivals et de rites culturels. Mais son héritage évolue ; les chefs nigérians d'aujourd'hui la cuisinent de manière totalement nouvelle.
Categories: Afrique

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