Geopolitics
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Initial Reports of Attack on Survey Vessel in Bab el Mandeb Strait
November 19: According to initial reports, unidentified assailants fired on a survey vessel from the shore at 1845 hrs local time during an operation off Mayyun Island in the Bab […]
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Greece Hardening Stance Against Asylum Seekers; Increases Patrolling Forces
November 22: Greece said on Friday it was deploying more border guards to “shut the door” to migrants not entitled to stay, the latest sign of a hardening stance against […]
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UN Envoy to Yemen Says Momentum to End the War is Building
November 22: The U.N. envoy for Yemen said Friday the momentum to end the country’s devastating five-year war is building, pointing to a nearly 80 percent drop in airstrikes nationwide […]
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Ukraine Accuses Russia of Returning Ships ‘Stripped of Toilets’
November 21: Ukraine has accused Russia of removing weapons and equipment – including toilets – from navy boats it returned after seizing them in the Black Sea. “[Russia] removed even […]
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Notorious Iranian Hacking Group APT33 Reportedly Targeting Industrial Control Systems
November 20: One of Iran’s most active hacker groups is reportedly shifting their focus. Rather than just targeting standard IT networks, they’re targeting the physical control systems used in electric […]
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Nigeria, Benin, and Niger to Form Joint Border Patrol Force to Fight Smuggling
November 14: Nigeria and neighboring countries Benin and Niger have agreed to set up a joint border patrol force to tackle smuggling between the West African countries, they said in […]
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Houthi Rebels Release Seized Korean and Saudi Vessels and All 16 Crew
November 20: Sixteen crew members, including two South Koreans, who were held when their three vessels were seized by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels at the weekend have been freed, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. “The vessels and crew […]
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Russia Says It Has Handed Captured Naval Ships Back to Ukraine
November 18: Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that Moscow had successfully handed three naval ships it captured last year back to Ukraine. Ukraine has been pushing for […]
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UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz
November 07: Britain lowered its security risk level for UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally […]
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US-Led Coalition Launches Operation Sentinel to Protect Gulf Waters
November 07: A US-led naval coalition officially launched operations in Bahrain on Thursday to protect shipping in the troubled waters of the Gulf, following a string of attacks that Washington and its allies […]
