July, 2021

• 29 July

  Tunisia’s president fires defence minister amid political upheaval

  Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into constitutional crisis in the midst of a pandemic. Street clashes erupted Monday outside the army-barricaded parliament, after Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament …

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• 29 July

  Iran claims arrest of spy group linked to Israel’s Mossad

  Iran’s state TV reported on Tuesday that authorities arrested members of a group linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency amid ongoing protests over water shortages in the country’s southwest. The report said “a network of spy agents, with a large amount of weapons and ammunition” was arrested after sneaking into …

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• 29 July

  Iran: Raisi’s Impossible Task Of Fulfilling Economic Promises – OpEd

  Iran’s incoming president Ebrahim Raisi, who will be sworn in on Aug. 5, has made many promises regarding economic issues — surpassing 50 in total so far. Although his electoral platform lacked any details clarifying how he would fulfill his promises, they still symbolize more than 50 problems and challenges …

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• 29 July

  Bosnia Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić Axed For ‘Negligence’

  The Disciplinary Commission of Bosnia’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, HJPC, the country’s most senior judicial body, has axed Gordana Tadić as Chief Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it announced on Monday, citing professional negligence among other issues.

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• 29 July

  Beyond Data: Metadata, Behavioral Analytics And Future Of Warfare – Analysis

  All forms of warfare have one primary objective, to impose one’s political will on the adversary. As Clausewitz states, “War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale… an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will.” In contemporary times, the methods, resources, or skills …

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• 29 July

  Taliban Arrived In Moscow With A Rake And Putin’s Regime Stepped On It – OpEd

  I believe the Americans made a slight mistake by leaving Afghanistan in the hands of destiny, the Taliban and the corrupt Afghan democracy. Countless people will suffer, particularly the young generation that was brought up during the last twenty years. It’s also immensely saddening to think about the grim future …

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• 29 July

  Which Intelligence Agencies Gave Wings To Pegasus? – OpEd

  Pegasus, the winged divine horse from Greek mythology, symbolises a range of things. The mythological salad can include many symbolic narratives — ranging from soul’s immortality to poetic inspiration — even the Marxist eschatological myth of the withering away of the state.

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• 29 July

  Iran: Raisi’s Impossible Task Of Fulfilling Economic Promises – OpEd

  Why am I not surprised that it is an Israeli company producing the spyware Pegasus that enables government-based security agencies to infiltrate mobile phones clandestinely and gain access to private information, that normally one would not share with others! I would have expected China to produce a spyware software of …

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• 29 July

  What Is Not-So-Right About Pegasus Spyware? – OpEd

  Why am I not surprised that it is an Israeli company producing the spyware Pegasus that enables government-based security agencies to infiltrate mobile phones clandestinely and gain access to private information, that normally one would not share with others! I would have expected China to produce a spyware software of …

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• 27 July

  Ethiopia conflict: Tigray forces claim march to Addis Ababa ‘now possible’

  The armed group fighting the Ethiopian army and its allied regional forces in Tigray claims it is now in a position to march towards the country’s capital, Addis Ababa. General Tsadkan Gebretensae, the top military official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), alleges that Tigrayan forces have completed a …

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