Myanmar
Mynamar opposition brings civil and military intelligence services closer

To improve its operational efficiency, the opposition National Unity Government is moving to bring closer together the intelligence services of its home affairs and immigration ministry and of its defence ministry.

France
New French government: interior minister Laurent Nuñez picks loyal aide as chief of staff

The former Paris Police Prefect and once head of the DGSI intelligence service Laurent Nuñez, now France's freshly appointed interior minister, has picked a loyal aide and his former chief of staff at the police headquarters to take on the same strategic role at his new ministry.

Poland, Russia, Ukraine
The man from Moscow returns to haunt the OSCE

A representative of an NGO identified as a front for the Russian government has just visited the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe conference currently running in Warsaw.

United States
DEA boosts investigative capabilities in response to stretched resources

As a result of being increasingly mobilised to support US border enforcement agencies, the DEA has fewer resources available to fight narcotics trafficking. As such, the anti-drug agency is now looking to expand its workforce.

Bangladesh, Turkey
Ankara and Beijing woo Bangladesh Air Force

The visit in early October of Bangladesh's top air force officer, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, to Ankara, put an official stamp on ongoing negotiations. But in Dhaka, budgetary details have yet to be ironed out.

Saudi Arabia
MbS destablising existing Saudi projects to bring up his new AI baby

Backed by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's Humain is set to become the country's new AI flagship. However, faced with a shortage of talent, who are often already working for other firms in the country, it's having to turn to Western expertise.

Iraq, Kurdistan, United States
Revealed: Iraqi Kurdistan PM's secret attempt to purchase US spyware

Syria
Pressure mounts on oligarchs of former Syrian regime to pay their dues

Replenishing Syria's state coffers (3/4) – The new regime's finance chiefs are working hard to fill the Syrian state's coffers. Intelligence Online can reveal that the system aimed at making businessmen who got rich under Bashar al-Assad pay up is ramping up the pressure. But no one seems to know where the requisitioned funds are being sent.

France
French military intelligence's Piranha programme in limbo

Taiwan, Ukraine, United States
From the Donbas to Taipei, Auterion privatising the algorithms of war

From the labs of Zurich to the battlefields of Ukraine via Taiwanese military bases, the rapid expansion of US-Swiss company Auterion's autonomous technologies under the guise of dual-use innovation is going largely unnoticed.

France, Lithuania
French-Lithuanian Basilic long-range drone ready to compete with industry giants

The French firm Carbon 01 is set to launch a Franco-Lithuanian long-range drone whose development was based on feedback from the Ukrainian front. Designed for strike, intelligence and electronic warfare missions, it will go into production in the coming days.