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• Taliban target NATO convoy in Afghanistan Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Taliban militants have targeted a military convoy of Danish NATO forces in the Afghan capital of Kabul. There have been no reports of casualties among the foreign forces but at least three civilians have sustained injuries.

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• U.S. bombers, jet fighters fly off DPRK coast: Pentagon People's Daily 24 Sep 2017 -- U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers and F-15C Eagle fighter escorts on Saturday flew in international airspace over waters east of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to the Pentagon.
• US launches secret spy satellite from Calif. Air Force base Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- A spy satellite operated by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been launched from an Air Force base in California.
• United Launch Alliance Launches US Spy Satellite Atop Atlas V Rocket Sputnik 24 Sep 2017 -- The Atlas V rocket was launched in California; the launch was broadcast by the ULA.
• Michigan Army National Guard successfully completes overseas training Army News 24 Sep 2017 -- When C. Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (C-1-125IN) arrived at Sennelager Training Area (STA), Germany on Sept. 10, 2017, a few things were certain: everyone was excited to be training with tankers from the Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY), but nobody from Charlie Co. new quite what to expect or what challenges they may face.
• Media Availability with Secretary Mattis en route to India DoD 24 Sep 2017 -- Presenter: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
• Major air and missile defence exercise starts off Scotland NATO 24 Sep 2017 -- A major Allied air and missile defence exercise got underway at the Hebrides Range in the Western Isles off Scotland on Sunday (24 September 2018) with the aim of fostering cooperation between NATO Allies in the face of possible missile threats. Exercise "Formidable Shield", which runs until 18 October, involves ships and aircraft from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. 14 ships, 10 aircraft and around 3,300 personnel will be involved in the exercise.
• China, Singapore to begin new round of military exercises People's Daily 24 Sep 2017 -- China and Singapore are to begin a new round of army and naval drills to enhance cooperation in defense, according to Singapore's Defense Ministry.
• Iran has proven its missiles are for defense: Zarif ISNA 24 Sep 2017 -- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has touched on Iran's missile power, saying the country is developing its own defenses instead of buying billions of dollars' worth of the so-called beautiful military equipment from the US.
• Iran holds security drills at northwestern border ISNA 24 Sep 2017 -- The ground forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started the military drills in the north-west of the country on Sunday.
• IRGC begins military drills near Iran's northwest border Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- The ground forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started heavy artillery fire drills in the country's southwestern area.
• Iran not buying 'beautiful' weapons from US: Zarif Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has touched on Iran's missile power, saying the country is developing its own defenses instead of buying billions of dollars worth of the so-called beautiful military equipment from the US.
• Trump Questions Nuclear Deal After Iran Tests New Ballistic Missile RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran's test-launch of a new ballistic missile shows a landmark nuclear deal over the issue is questionable and that the Middle Eastern country is colluding with North Korea.
• UK at heart of international missile defence exercise UK MOD 24 Sep 2017 -- Exercise Formidable Shield, a US-led multinational maritime integrated air and ballistic missile defence exercise has begun today off the coast of Scotland.
• Press Gaggle by President Trump, Morristown Municipal Airport, 9/24/2017 The White House 24 Sep 2017

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• Hadi says Yemen conflict will be settled militarily Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Yemen's former Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi has said the conflict in the country will be settled militarily rather than politically.
• Russian General Killed In Syria Fighting, Defense Ministry Says RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- The Russian Defense Ministry says one of its generals, who was serving as an adviser to Syrian government troops, has been killed in the country's east, according to state news agency TASS.
• Russian Lieutenant-General Killed in Daesh Shelling in Syria - MoD Sputnik 24 Sep 2017 -- Russia's Lt. Gen. Asapov, who helped Syrian forces during the operation to lift the blockade of Deir ez-Zor, died as a result of Daesh shelling, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.
• Russian general killed in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr by Daesh Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- A Russian general has been killed by Daesh terrorists close to Syria's eastern Dayr al-Zawr province.
• Iranian drones destroy Daesh bases in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- According to an IRINN TV report on Sunday, during the IRGC operations carried out in Syria's eastern Dayr al-Zawr province, many terrorists were killed in the attacks, which also destroyed large amounts of terrorists' equipment and weapons.
• Over 2,800 Syrian civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in 3 years: SOHR Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- A monitoring group says more than 2,800 civilians have lost their lives in three years as the US-led coalition purportedly fighting Daesh Takfiri terrorist group continues its aerial assaults against residential areas across Syria.
• 'US violating Syria sovereignty in name of fighting terror' Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- The coalition led by the United States has killed many more civilians than terrorists did over the past three years in Syria. This is according to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem. Addressing the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Muallem also slammed the "international community's silence" over the crimes committed by the US-led coalition in Syria, arguing that any foreign military presence without the approval of the government in Damascus constitutes an act of occupation and a flagrant violation of international law.
• Hashd al-Sha'abi not waiting for Peshmerga's permission to free Daesh-held areas: Cmdr. Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- A high-ranking commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units says the pro-government fighters will not wait for the permission of Kurdish Peshmerga forces to liberate areas still under control of Daesh, including the town of Hawijah in the country's oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
• Iraqi Forces Kill Hundreds of Daesh Terrorists During Offensive in Hawija Sputnik 24 Sep 2017 -- The Iraqi armed forces killed over 200 Daesh militants in Hawija during first days of their massive offensive and liberated vast areas occupied by terrorists.
• UN official says Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh need 'massive assistance' Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- The head of the UN refugee agency says Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter over 430,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks.
• UNHCR: Bangladesh Needs 'Massive International Assistance' for Rohingya VOA 24 Sep 2017 -- The head of the U.N. refugee agency says Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter the Rohingya who have fled Myanmar.
ill be settled militarily rather than politically.
• UN Secretary-General condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali UN News 24 Sep 2017 -- Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned today's attack against a convoy of the United Nations mission in northern Mali that killed three Bangladeshi peacekeepers.
• Senior Somali General Gunned Down in Mogadishu VOA 24 Sep 2017 -- A senior Somali military officer was gunned down in Mogadishu Sunday evening, security sources told VOA's Somali service.

News Reports

• Merkel's Bloc Wins German Elections, Far-Right Party To Enter Parliament, Exit Polls Suggest RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance has finished first in Germany's elections, exit polls suggest, putting her in a position to lead the country for a fourth term.
• Merkel Wins Historic Fourth Term But Far-right Populists Surge VOA 24 Sep 2017 -- Angela Merkel has won a fourth term as Germany's Chancellor in a federal election whose outcome seemed inevitable since the start of campaigning three months ago. But her ruling Christian Democrats got a lower share of the vote than predicted and Germany's far-right populists surged, securing a bigger vote than most pollsters forecast.
• Magnitude-3.4 quake recorded in DPRK not result of nuclear test: CENC People's Daily 24 Sep 2017 -- The zero-depth earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale that occurred Saturday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is not the result of a nuclear test, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
• US will certainly not strike North Korea for Pyongyang is armed with nukes: Russian FM Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Russia's foreign minister says the United States will not conduct a strike on North Korea because the Americans know for certain that Pyongyang is equipped with nuclear bombs.
• US bombers fly off N Korea coast, Pyongyang calls war 'inevitable' Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- The US Air Force has flown its B-1B Lancer bombers, escorted by F-15 jet fighters, off North Korea's coast "farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone," in what the Pentagon describes as a show of "US resolve" while Pyongyang's top diplomat insists at the UN that targeting US mainland with missiles is "inevitable."
• Trump Tweets New Threat To North Korea After Foreign Minister's UN Address RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump says North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" if a speech Ri gave at the United Nations on September 23 echoes the thoughts of the country's leadership.
• Trump on North Korea's Leader: 'Little Rocket Man' Won't Be Around Much Longer Sputnik 24 Sep 2017 -- Donald Trump has responded to North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong's UN General Assembly speech with threats that Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer."
• DPRK Says Nuke Launch at US "Inevitable" Sputnik 24 Sep 2017 -- Pyongyang claimed on Saturday that launching ballistic missiles toward the US is "inevitable all the more" due to US President Donald Trump's labelling of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un as "rocket man".
• Trump Issues More Threats Against N. Korea VOA 24 Sep 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has responded to insults from North Korea's foreign minister with more threats.
• FM Zarif urges US to respect Iran nuclear deal IRNA 24 Sep 2017 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the United States to respect Iran nuclear deal also known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
• Iran rejects renegotiation, revision of nuclear deal: Velayati Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic will never accept to renegotiate or revise the provisions of a nuclear agreement it struck with the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago.
• Iran parliament discusses referendum in Iraq's KRG IRNA 24 Sep 2017 -- Iranian parliament (Majlis) national security and foreign policy commission on Sunday discussed referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan's semi-autonomous region.
• Iran closes airspace to Iraq's Kurdish Region at Baghdad's request ISNA 24 Sep 2017 -- Following a request from Baghdad, Iran closed its airspace to Iraq's Kurdistan Region.
• Iran closes airspace to all flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Iran has closed its airspace to all flights to and from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq at the request of the country's federal government, Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says.
• Iraq urges world countries not to buy oil from Kurdish region Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Iraq's central government has called on the world countries not to purchase oil from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in response to a highly controversial referendum on independence, which the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is set to hold on Monday in clear defiance of Baghdad.
• Iraq does not allow creation of ethnic govt. in country: Abadi Press TV 24 Sep 2017 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Baghdad will not allow the creation of an "ethnic government" in the Arab country as the Iraqi Kurdish region prepares for a highly controversial planned referendum on its independence on Monday.
• Iraq's Kurdish Leader Says Referendum To Go Ahead, Despite International Opposition RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- The leader of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region says a controversial vote on independence will go ahead as planned on September 25, despite mounting pressure to call off the referendum.
• Iraqi Kurdistan's Security May Be Ensured 'Only Through Independence' From Iraq Sputnik 24 Sep 2017 -- Iraqi Kurdistan's President Masoud Barzani said on Sunday that Erbil is determined to hold a referendum on independence despite objections from Baghdad and other regional powers, stressing that Kurds are ready for the "long" talks to reach the peace in the region.
• Barzani Urges Kurds to Vote 'In Peace' in Independence Poll VOA 24 Sep 2017 -- The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, Massoud Barzani, urged his people to go to the polls – a day before Kurds will vote in a referendum to gain independence from Iraq.
• Pakistan, India Trade 'Terrorism' Accusations At UN General Assembly RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- Pakistan and India are trading accusations of state-sponsored terrorism against each other at the UN General Assembly in New York.
• Moldova's Socialist Party Launches Campaign For Increased Presidential Powers RFE/RL 24 Sep 2017 -- Moldova's opposition Socialist Party says it is launching a campaign to increase the powers of the president and turn the country's current parliamentary system of government into a presidential one.
• Cameroon Council Silences Journalists, Media Outlets VOA 24 Sep 2017 -- Cameroon's National Communication Council, the government media regulator, has suspended 30 journalists or radio and TV programs for what it calls biased reporting.