Lebanon – General Michel Aoun Is Bad News For Israel
No matter how we look at it, General Michel Aoun is bad news. The 128 members of Beirut’s parliament will convene next Monday to elect Lebanon’s next president.
El Al Security Breach
I had the pleasure of being on “flight 007” going from Israel to NY Wednesday.
The KGB’s and Israel Files # 2
As far as Moscow was concerned, the years leading up to the 1967 Six-Day War were a successful period for the Russian intelligence in Israel.
The KGB’s and Israel Files # 1
No one seemed to suspect the mustachioed elderly man walking on the streets of a capital in the Baltics, towards the British Embassy’s gates.
South Korea May Rent Israeli Satellite
South Korea is reportedly considering using an Israeli spy satellite to peek at North Korea’s military and nuclear facilities as it ramps up its defense capabilities in response to threats from Pyongyang.
China To Invest $11B In Russia’s Lake Baikal Tourism
Russian tour operator Grand Baikal has made a deal with Chinese investors to create a “world-class tourism cluster” in Siberia on the shores of the world’s deepest lake.
Namibia Divided Over Marine Phosphate Mining
The dispute between two Namibian ministries over marine phosphate mining in a 700-km stretch of sea shows little sign of ending.
De Beers Harvests Diamonds At The Bottom of The Sea
ORANJEMUND, Namibia—A dozen miles off the southwestern edge of Africa’s Atlantic coast, a 285-ton vacuum machine operating 400 feet below sea level is sucking some of the world’s most valuable diamonds from the ocean floor.
Congo Backs Billionaire Dan Gertler After Och-Ziff Allegations
KINSHASA – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) defended Israeli-billionaire Dan Gertler’s business dealings in the mineral-rich country, five days after he was linked to a bribery investigation by US authorities.
Hungary Is Struggling To Meet The Needs of Holocaust Survivors
Each weekday, Laszlo Zobel, 98, a retired textile maker fond of colourful jokes, leaves his fin-de-siècle apartment in the company of a nurse, and visits a specialist to treat the chronic osteosclerosis he suffers from.