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- OSINTSUM: Tuesday 30 July 2024
OSINTSUM: Tuesday 30 July 2024
The world's most pressing geopolitical developments
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July 30, 2024
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Global Situation Update
Tuesday 30 July 2024
Africa
Mali: An al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 50 Russian Wagner mercenaries and 10 Malian soldiers in an ambush in Mali's northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria on Saturday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
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Morocco: France recognises a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute over the territory according to a letter sent by President Emmanuel Macron today.
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South Africa: South Africa's trade minister said on Tuesday he is confident his country will maintain preferential trade status with the U.S. despite concerns in Washington over its foreign policy including a strong pro-Palestinian stance.
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Sudan: Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who sought refuge in the region from a 15-month-old war.
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Americas
Mexico: Mexican authorities have opened an investigation into events that led to last week's arrest of Sinaloa Cartel chief Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. His lawyer claims he was kidnapped and forcibly brought to the US against his will prior to his arrest.
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Peru: Peru's government has ordered Venezuelan diplomats in the Andean nation to leave within 72 hours, after Venezuela's electoral authority controversially declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday's election.
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Venezuela: Opponents and supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro plan to rally today as protests and clashes spread after a weekend election was awarded to the long-ruling socialist despite opposition claims of a landslide victory by challenger Edmundo Gonzalez.
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Venezuela: The Organization of American States' (OAS) election observation department said on Tuesday it cannot recognise the results proclaimed by Venezuela's national electoral council which declared President Nicolas Maduro as the winner of Sunday's poll.
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Asia/Oceania
North Korea/Russia: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that a security pact signed by Russia and North Korea was destabilising the region, adding that North Korea was giving weapons to Russia in "flagrant violation" of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
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Philippines: The United States has pledged $500 million in funding for the Philippines' military and coast guard in a significant demonstration of support for Manila as it faces Chinese aggression in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
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Taiwan: Taiwan reached an agreement with China on Tuesday over the deaths of two Chinese fishermen in a maritime incident following months of negotiations, a move that could tone down tensions in the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwan: President Lai Ching-te warned China's threat to any individual country is a threat to the world, adding that the island would continue to work hard to promote defensive self-reliance and foreign arms purchases.
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Vietnam: The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son the EU wants to guarantee peace in the South China Sea and could help boost his country’s maritime security and cybersecurity capabilities.
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Europe
Belarus: President Alexander Lukashenko is considering whether to pardon Rico Krieger, a German citizen recently sentenced to death on terrorism and other charges, according to state media outlet BelTA.
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Germany: Germany's top court has rejected a change to the electoral system that would have disadvantaged smaller parties in parliamentary elections, although it upheld a reform that will reduce the size of the country’s parliament.
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UK: British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous terror plots around the world, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for directing the outlawed terrorist organisation al-Muhajiroun.
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Ukraine: Russia's defence ministry claimed its forces had taken control of the settlement of Pivdenne in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, as the Russian military’s slow but consistent advances through the industrial Donbas area continue.
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Ukraine: The Ukrainian government has invited Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Ukraine and Beijing indicated it was "interested" in the proposal according a spokesman for Kyiv's foreign ministry.
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Ukraine: Ukraine guarantees oil transit for companies that are not subject to sanctions and is ready to resolve transit issues with Slovakia in line with a European Union association agreement according to Deputy Energy Minister Roman Andarak.
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Middle East
Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians returned to their homes in the ruins of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis today, after Israeli forces ended a week-long incursion there which they said aimed to prevent Islamist armed group Hamas from regrouping.
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Iraq: Turkish forces targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with air strikes, killing 13 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to the country’s defence ministry.
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Lebanon: The United States is leading a diplomatic effort to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or any major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights by Lebanese militia group Hezbollah.
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United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates cancelled meetings planned for this month between U.S. Congressional staffers and technology group G42 after U.S. lawmakers raised concerns the Emirati firm could transfer powerful U.S. AI technology to China.
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