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How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence

(Mitchell McCluskey, Gonzalo Zegarra, Avery Schmitz, Sol Amaya, and Mauricio Torres - CNN) Mexican security forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho”...

Trump denies top US military general is against war with Iran

(Al Arabiya) President Donald Trump on Monday denied reports from the “Fake News Media” that the top US military general was against going to...

US orders exit of Beirut embassy personnel amid Iran tension

(Al Arabiya) The United States on Monday ordered non-emergency personnel to leave its embassy in Beirut as President Donald Trump threatens strikes on Iran,...

Global data protection authorities warn generative AI companies against replicating real people

Data protection authorities from 61 countries published a statement Monday warning organizations developing and using AI content generation systems to safeguard against abuses involving...

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (23 February 2026)

Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security to detect and fix code bugs (Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, a new AI-powered...

Revelations of Chinese nuclear tests mark start of a new era

(Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan - ASPI The Strategist) As major powers renew their focus on nuclear testing, the world may be entering a new nuclear...

Australian innovation is needed to break China’s grip on critical minerals

(Robert Monterosso - ASPI The Strategist) No single country—regardless of its wealth or will—has the combination of mineral reserves, scale, and low-cost labour and...

China may yet persuade Southeast Asia to support new maritime order

(Aristyo Darmawan - ASPI The Strategist) Step by step, China is creating a Southeast Asian maritime order under its leadership. It has become a...

Saudi Arabia calls on Iraq to respect Kuwait’s sovereignty

(Al Arabiya) Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said on Monday it was following up with “high interest and concern” on the maritime coordinates and map...

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