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Nicolás Montero
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Jihadist terrorism - Cyberwar - Security
MSc in Counter-Terrorism Operations
Networks, conflict and technology
Bach, always.
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NEW: Putin meets Iran’s top security official as Trump says Tehran wants deal

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran is seeking a nuclear deal but declined to specify a timeline for negotiations. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Putin meets Iran’s top security official as Trump says Tehran wants deal
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran is seeking a nuclear deal but declined to specify a timeline for negotiations.
www.al-monitor.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no right to claim credit for the return of Israeli captives.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260129-ham...
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Cases like this remind us that radicalisation today doesn’t always start with ideology.
It can start with repetition, role play, and normalisation inside spaces meant to feel harmless.

Source: CNA
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/bo...

#GoreBox #Roblox
Singaporean boy who recreated ISIS attacks, executions in Roblox and Gorebox gets restriction order
The boy is the third 14-year-old to be dealt with under the Internal Security Act for terrorism-related activities over the past two years.
www.channelnewsasia.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Syria is no longer a single-patron theater.
Moscow talks territorial integrity, Washington talks ceasefires.
Damascus navigates between guarantees, not alliances.

THE JERUSALEM POST
www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
Vladimir Putin, al-Sharaa meet, discuss Russian military aid | The Jerusalem Post
"I want to congratulate you on the fact that the process of restoring the territorial integrity of Syria is gaining momentum," Putin told al-Sharaa in the Kremlin.
www.jpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Terrorist financing is shifting from large transfers to AI-driven micro-transactions.
Pattern evasion, not anonymity, is now the core problem for AML systems

GNET
gnet-research.org/2026/01/28/a...
“Agentic Smurfing”: How AI-Autonomous Micro-Laundering is Outpacing Traditional Terrorist Financing Detection - GNET
gnet-research.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Cyberattack on Poland’s grid caused no blackout, but achieved something more important: access to OT systems.
This is about capability demonstration, not disruption.

The Record
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Cyberattack on Poland’s power grid hit around 30 facilities, new report says
Adding to previous research about an operation against Poland's electrical grid, analysts at Dragos say it affected dozens of facilities and disrupted operational technology.
therecord.media
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Alleged protection of an al-Qaeda–linked cleric by a state intelligence service highlights the blurred boundary between counterterrorism and proxy strategy in Syria.

Nordic Monitor
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Al-Qaeda–linked cleric operates from Idlib under protection of Turkish intelligence agency MIT - Nordic Monitor
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm
nordicmonitor.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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News media using AI to simulate voices or images is dangerous. It blurs reality, undermines trust, and damages credibility. Journalism must report facts, not synthetic representations.
#MediaEthics #AI #Journalism #Trust
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in Syria and the Gaza Board of Peace.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260128-tur...
January 28, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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The chasm between Indian and Pakistani perceptions of their conflict is gaping. All this suggests the next showdown could be more unpredictable—and a lot more dangerous
Who really won the war between India and Pakistan?
The dispute over that dispute bodes ill for the next fight
econ.st
January 28, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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An Afghan refugee family flees America. One member served as an intelligence officer in the US-backed security services, working closely with American spy agencies. They feel so unsafe here they left for the UK, which granted them asylum.

www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...
They sought asylum for helping U.S. forces fight the Taliban. Now they’re fleeing Trump’s America
An Afghan family fled death threats in their home country. But for them, the U.S. is no longer safe.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM