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By Annabelle Darby

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, May 1, 2026

Iranians stand on a pavement along a street next to a billboard depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on April 24, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

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Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, April 30, 2026

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP via Getty Images)

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Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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Annabelle Darby

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Afghan rescue teams and Taliban security personnel search for bodies under the rubble of a damaged building after an airstrike hit the Secondary Rehabilitation Services, in Kabul on March 16, 2026. Heavy casualties were feared on Tuesday after Afghanistan accused Pakistan of hitting a treatment centre for drug addicts in the capital, Kabul, and killing civilians. Pakistan denied deliberately targeting the facility, instead saying it had conducted precision strikes on "military installations and terrorist support infrastructure". The Pakistani military has struck Kabul several times in recent weeks, as part of a conflict sparked by claims that the Taliban government has harboured extremists who have carried out attacks across the border. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)

Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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(L/R) US First Lady Melania Trump, US President Donald Trump and CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang attend the White House Correspondents' dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2026. President Trump is attending the annual gala of the political press for the first time while in office. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, April 27, 2026

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27 April, 2026

Annabelle Darby

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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 2026: Spanish flag in Plaza de Colon ( Columbus Square ) , the largest flag raised in Spain on April 1, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Cristina Arias/Cover/Getty Images)

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, April 24, 2026

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Annabelle Darby

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 16: John Phelan, 79th U.S. Secretary of the Navy speaks onstage during the Reindustrialize Conference 2025 on July 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Reindustrialize Conference)

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, April 23, 2026

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Annabelle Darby

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STRAIT OF HORMUZ, IRAN/OMAN -- APRIL 7, 2026: Maps4Media processed and enhanced Sentinal-2 satellite imagery shows a broad view of the Strait of Hormuz between southern Iran and Oman's Musandam Peninsula, including surrounding islands, coastal terrain, and turquoise shallow-water zones at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. The image provides regional context of one of the world's most strategically important maritime chokepoints for global oil and commercial shipping. Please use: Satellite image (c) 2026 Maps4media. (Photo enhanced and published by maps4media via Getty Images)

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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Annabelle Darby

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Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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21 April, 2026

Annabelle Darby

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TOPSHOT - US Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two after attending talks on Iran in Islamabad on April 12, 2026. Iran and the United States failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, US Vice President JD Vance said April 12 after marathon talks in Islamabad, adding that he was leaving negotiations after giving Tehran the "final and best offer". (Photo by Jacquelyn MARTIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, April 20, 2026

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20 April, 2026

Annabelle Darby

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UNITED STATES - APRIL 12: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before the House reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Friday, April 12, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, April 17, 2026

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