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Indonesian military headquarters announced that the position of Head of Strategic Intelligence Agency (Kabais), held by Lt. Gen. TNI Yudi Abrimantyo, has been handed over as accountability for the acid attack on KontraS activist Andrie Yunus. The statement was made by TNI's Head of Information Center Maj. Gen. TNI Aulia Dwi Nasrullah at a press conference in East Jakarta.

18. marts 2026 Rapporteret af AI

The Israeli military announced Wednesday that it eliminated Esmaeil Khatib, Iran's Minister of Intelligence, in a targeted overnight strike in Tehran. Khatib had served since 2021 after roles in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The killing follows the death of another senior Iranian official the previous day.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report that Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo, followed pretend “tea party” scenarios by pointing to where an experimenter had acted as if imaginary juice and grapes were located. The work, published in Science, adds experimental evidence to a long-running debate over whether elements of pretense and imagination are unique to humans.

8. februar 2026 Rapporteret af AI

Den tyske indenrigsminister Alexander Dobrindt vil omdanne Verfassungsschutz til en ægte hemmelig tjeneste med operative kapaciteter til at modvirke hybride trusler. BND skal også reformeres for at muliggøre digitale modforanstaltninger. Planerne står over for juridiske udfordringer, der stammer fra historiske adskillelser mellem efterretningstjenester og politi.

Following the enactment of Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) 941/2025—which reformed Argentina's intelligence framework—the newly established National Intelligence Community (CITN) held its first meeting on Thursday. Operating under the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE), the CITN aims to coordinate strategic information exchange across state agencies to better anticipate risks and threats.

4. januar 2026 Rapporteret af AI

Den tyske føderale efterretningstjeneste (BND) aflyttede opkald fra daværende USA's præsident Barack Obama, ifølge journalisten Holger Stark, ved at aflytte kommunikationen fra Air Force One. Operationen udnyttede svagheder i krypteringen og varede flere år, indtil kanslerembedet stoppede den i 2014. BND har ikke kommenteret anklagerne.