Geopolitics
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Microsoft Takes North Korean Hacking Group Thallium to Court
December 30: Microsoft sued a cyber-espionage group with North Korean links tracked as Thallium for breaking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks with the end goal of […]
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Iran Claims to Seize Foreign-Flagged Oil Tanker On Suspicion of Fuel Smuggling
December 30: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized an unspecified foreign tanker in the Gulf with alleged illegal oil on board, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday. According […]
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Loadings At Zawiya Oil Port in Libya Undisrupted By Nearby Missile Strike
December 26: Loadings at Libya’s western Zawiya oil port, home also to a refinery, are continuing normally despite a missile landing nearby, state energy firm NOC said on Friday. The […]
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Khalifa Haftar’s Forces Release Vessel With Turkish Crew After Seizure on Saturday
December 23: The forces of Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar have released a vessel with Turkish crew members seized over the weekend in the Mediterranean Sea. Ahmad al-Masmari, a spokesman for […]
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HMS Kent Returns Home from Strait of Hormuz in Middle East
December 16: The British Type 23 frigate HMS Kent has returned to Portsmouth following the end of a four-month deployment to the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East. During […]
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7 Indian Navy Personnel Arrested; Suspected of Espionage for Pakistan
December 20: Seven Navy personnel and a hawala operator have been arrested across the country in an espionage operation, which has alleged links to Pakistan. “The AP intelligence, in a […]
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Malaysia Seizes Vietnamese Oil Tanker That Was Tracked in North Korea
December 12: A Vietnamese oil tanker – the VIET TIN 01 – which Reuters reported visited North Korea in February has been seized by Malaysia after it was found adrift […]
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India & France to Start Joint Patrolling Mission of Indian Ocean Region
December 09: After holding their biggest-ever Varuna naval exercise off Goa and Djibouti in May, India and France will soon launch a joint naval patrolling mission in the Indian Ocean […]
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Unconfirmed Reports of IRGC Vessels Surrounding USS Abraham Lincoln During Strait of Hormuz Transit
December 04: UNCONFIRMED reports that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly surrounded a U.S. aircraft carrier group as it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz last week. According to […]
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Philippines’ Duterte to Lift Martial Law in Mindanao By End of Year
December 10: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in Mindanao by the end of the year, his spokesperson has announced, signalling an end to the controversial May 2017 […]
