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Former members of Ireland’s elite Army Ranger Wing (ARW) have resumed military training operations in Libya, despite international sanctions and warnings from the Irish Government. Irish Training Solutions (ITS), a company founded by ex-special forces personnel, is training troops of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar under a contract worth over €10 million. The activity has been condemned by the Irish government, and an investigation is underway to determine if criminal offenses have been committed. ITS personnel are contracted to train several hundred special forces troops for Haftar’s 166 Infantry Brigade, and training has resumed after a break for Ramadan.

Writer-director Jake Paltrow’s latest film, ‘June Zero,’ will be released in theaters in New York on June 28th, Los Angeles on July 5th, and nationwide on July 12th. The film, which had its U.S. premiere at Film at Lincoln Center’s New York Jewish Film Festival and was an official selection at several other festivals, is based on true accounts and told from the unique perspectives of three distinct figures: Eichmann’s Jewish Moroccan prison guard, an Israeli police investigator who also happens to be a Holocaust survivor, and a precocious 13-year-old Libyan immigrant. The film, which was shot entirely on 16mm film in Israel and Ukraine, delves into the complexities of the human experience during the pivotal trial of Adolf Eichmann, underscoring the notion that shared traumas have the power to forge strong bonds and unexpected moments of triumph.

Two former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a Montreal-based United Nations agency, have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya in violation of international sanctions. Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, 61, and Mahmud Mohamed Elsuwaye Sayeh, 37, have been charged under the United Nations Act and Regulations relating to the implementation of United Nations resolutions and special economic measures on Libya. Mhaouek was arrested and is scheduled to appear in Quebec Court in Montreal, while Sayeh is still wanted and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. The RCMP alleges that the two men used foreign front companies to circumvent existing international sanctions to facilitate their illegal activities, which included facilitating purchases of Libyan oil between prohibited entities and the People’s Republic of China.