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Malaysia's Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has concluded talks in Islamabad aimed at broadening security cooperation with Pakistan, establishing a formal working group to coordinate efforts across multiple enforcement domains.
West Bengal police have arrested a 24-year-old suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative allegedly connected to Pakistan's intelligence services. The arrest comes over a decade after a major militant cell was exposed in the same district.
Singapore's Internal Security Department has detained three teenagers aged 14 to 19 for planning separate violent attacks influenced by extremist ideologies. One 14-year-old drafted plans for a school stabbing, another plotted strikes against military personnel and LGBTQ students, while a third planned pressure-cooker bombings.
Norway's Prime Minister has sounded alarm over surging far-right radicalisation among young people, warning that social media, artificial intelligence, and isolation are driving extremism as the nation commemorates the 15th anniversary of its deadliest terror attack.
Malaysia's Deputy Inspector-General of Police warns that extremist groups have shifted recruitment from physical meetings to sophisticated online platforms, including video games such as Roblox, with ideologies now driven by emotional triggers rather than religion alone.