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July, 2021

  • 30 July

    Affaire Pegasus-Maroc : l’Unesco a-t-elle financé l’enquête ?

    Des documents internes révèlent que l’institution internationale dirigée par Audrey Azoulay a répondu favorablement à une demande de subvention de la part de Forbidden Stories. Le ministère marocain des Affaires étrangères en est persuadé et s’apprête à le faire savoir à la directrice générale de l’Unesco à Paris, Audrey Azoulay …

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  • 30 July

    The Apocalypse is Now

    Apocalypse is complete destruction of the world as described in some detail in the biblical book of Revelation. Nothing worse can happen to humanity. Interestingly, it has been a recurring aspect of civilization for over two thousand years but every prediction of “End Times” has failed. Yet, modern day society …

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  • 30 July

    Egypt postpones nuclear power plant amid tensions with Russia over Nile dam

    Egypt pauses El-Dabaa nuclear power plant project for two years amid tensions hanging over the relationship with Russia due to its recent position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis and its rapprochement with Ethiopia. Egypt announced the postponement of the completion of the El-Dabaa nuclear plant project to 2030 …

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  • 30 July

    Libyan militia leader sanctioned for war crimes killed in shootout

    The International Criminal Court is investigating allegations and evidence that Mohammed al-Kani’s militia carried out crimes against humanity. The leader of Libya’s notorious Kaniyat militia, who was sanctioned for alleged war crimes by the United States and European Union, died in a raid by security forces near Benghazi on Tuesday. …

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  • 30 July

    US unveils Syria sanctions targeting regime prisons, rebel group

    The wave of sanctions targets eight military prisons, including the notorious Saydnaya prison outside the capital Damascus that rights groups have described as a “human slaughterhouse.” The Biden administration on Wednesday issued its first round of Syria-related sanctions since taking office, designating a number of regime detention centers and prison …

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  • 30 July

    Amid Afghan influx, Turkey’s refugee policy gets tested with fire

    Turkey has done a rather good job meeting the immediate and mid-term needs of Syrian refugees, but it is now at a crossroads on whether to have a long-term integration policy, experts say. As the influx of Afghan refugees to Turkey spurs anti-refugee sentiment in the country, Ankara’s policy on …

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  • 30 July

    Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight

    China sends covert teams abroad to bring back people accused — justifiably or not — of financial crimes. One New Jersey family was stalked as part of a global campaign that takes families hostage and pressures immigrants to serve as spies. On the hunt again, the cop from Wuhan rolled …

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  • 30 July

    Blinken Visit to New Delhi Expands Indo-US Partnership

    The United States and India reaffirmed their commitment to deepening their security partnership during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to New Delhi. Ties between the two countries have steadily improved amid mutual concerns about China’s growing influence. “There are few relationships in the world that are …

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  • 30 July

    Israel Reaches Agreement on Almost $18 Bln Defence Budget for 2022

    Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz agreed on a 58 billion Israeli shekel ($17.8 billion) defenсe establishment budget for 2022, the prime minister’s office said on 28 July. “As part of the understandings, it was agreed that the IDF [Israel Defence Forces] …

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  • 30 July

    Tunisia’s Leap into the Unknown

    On 25 July, Tunisia’s President Kaïs Saïed invoked the constitution to seize emergency powers after months of crisis. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Riccardo Fabiani says compromise between Saïed and his parliamentary opponents remains possible, but so does grave violence.

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