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United States : DHS facing uncertain future in intelligence as prospect of reform looms

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/04/2026 - 06:00
Among the files that Markwayne Mullin took over when he became head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on [...]

France : French finance ministry sounds out Palantir

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/04/2026 - 06:00
Intelligence Online has learnt that a highly confidential meeting took place in February between Eléonore Trigano, deputy chief of staff [...]

Indonesia/United States : From Washington to Paris, the influential spin doctor behind Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund PR push

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/04/2026 - 06:00
The Romanian political influence specialist Lucian Despoiu, who is close to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, has set up a three-way [...]

United States : From Smurfs' Village to Flight Simulator: the European game developers helping US intelligence up its game

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/04/2026 - 06:00
"War is not a video game!" Democratic politicians as well as actors and influencers chimed online after President Donald Trump's [...]

Russia/UAE : Ukrainian intel sees Russia's sanctions-busting networks leaving Gulf for South-East Asia

Intelligence Online - Tue, 14/04/2026 - 06:00
A unit from Ukraine's SZRU foreign intelligence service has been in Dubai for the last few weeks closely monitoring the [...]

Highlights - SEDE: Exchange of views with EIB Vice-President DE GROOT and Commissioner KUBILIUS - Committee on Security and Defence

On 14 April, the Members of the SEDE Committee will discuss priorities for financing Defence in Europe with Robert DE GROOT, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank. On 15 April, the SEDE Committee will hold a structured dialogue with Commissioner Andrius Kubilius to discuss notably the state of play of the implementation of the Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030 and the proposed programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE).
Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

United States : White House blocks appointment of Arctic ambassador

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/04/2026 - 06:00
While on the one hand US President Donald Trump continues to voice frustration over Greenland, the White House continues to ignore the diplomatic tools at its disposal to push Washington's Arctic policy. Yet only a few months ago, in December, [...]

France/United States : DGSI and Palantir, NSA reshuffle, US base in Micronesia, police-gendarmerie friction in France

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/04/2026 - 06:00
France – Palantir still banned in some DGSI divisions, despite contract renewalAlthough France's DGSI domestic intelligence agency renewed its contract [...]

Saudi Arabia : MbS-backed defence industry putting up resistance to Aramco's self-defence plans

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/04/2026 - 06:00
The Saudi oil giant Aramco is looking to acquire autonomous anti-drone capabilities, separate from the kingdom's military infrastructure. The project [...]

Cambodia : Cambodia's strategic airport battle behind broken security contract

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/04/2026 - 06:00
The operator responsible for security at Techo International Airport (KTI) in Cambodia, Security Aviation Kampuchea (Sakam), is currently renegotiating the [...]

France/Ukraine : Currently busy striking Russia, Flamingo missile in the pink due to MBDA

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/04/2026 - 06:00
The list of Ukrainian companies in Paris on 7 and 8 April to forge industrial partnerships with French firms was [...]

Belgium : Changes afoot at the EU's Intelligence and Situation Centre

Intelligence Online - Mon, 13/04/2026 - 06:00
Since late last year, the number two at the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) has been Dutch [...]

Festival des Médias Indés

Courrier des Balkans - Sun, 12/04/2026 - 23:59

La Paillette et le Fonds pour une presse libre vous donnent rendez-vous les 11 & 12 avril 2026 pour la 1ère édition du Festival des Médias Indés, dédié à défendre la liberté d'informer et soutenir la presse indépendante face à la concentration des médias. Venez défendre la liberté d'informer avec nous !
Samedi 11 avril de 12h à 19h / Dimanche 12 avril de 10h à 17h Le Lavoir : 2 rue du Pré de Bris – 35000 Rennes / Le Théâtre : 6 rue Louis Guilloux – 35000 Rennes Entrée libre et (…)

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Some are speculating that the truce talks are going well...

Snafu-solomon.blogspot - Sat, 11/04/2026 - 23:10

Big Development:
If PM Shahbaz Sharif is travelling to KSA on emergency basis that likely means USA and Iran are agreed that Pakistan and KSA will be doing joint patrolling of the Strait of Hormuz: my sources in Washington DC confirm.

— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) April 11, 2026

155mm K9 Mobile Howitzer

Snafu-solomon.blogspot - Sat, 11/04/2026 - 22:36

#BREAKING: video of our technically superior and rapidly fieldable 155mm K9 Mobile Howitzer being put through its paces.

Welcome to the Unfair Fight.

More detail: https://t.co/1ZPZMwymgj#FIRESSymposium #KingOfBattle pic.twitter.com/jwa57lmJp0

— Hanwha Defense USA (@HanwhaDefenseUS) April 10, 2026

Perseus Defense Harpe Missile System rocket is test fired during a 1st Cavalry Division led exercise

Snafu-solomon.blogspot - Sat, 11/04/2026 - 21:50
A Perseus Defense Harpe Missile System rocket is test fired during a 1st Cavalry Division led exercise of Golden Shield on Fort Hood, Texas, April 7, 2026. This event is the experimentation and testing phase of Project Golden Shield, where capability providers are testing out new counter-UAS technologies in a field environment for the first time, with the goal of improving their systems with feedback from the Troopers and Soldiers that would be implementing them on the modern battlefield. (Army photo by Spc. Julian Winston)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and...

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695
Committee on Security and Defence
Costas Mavrides

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

China : New purges prompt speculation over minister of public security's withdrawal

Intelligence Online - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 06:00
Beijing has been hit with a fresh wave of purges, which have this time gone right to the very heart of the security apparatus. In early April, the official announcement of the investigation into Ma Xingrui, a member of the [...]

Europe/Russia : In Europe, Iran fuel crisis tempted some states to consider talks with Moscow

Intelligence Online - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 06:00
According to information gathered by Intelligence Online from several European foreign ministries at the height of the war in Iran, [...]

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