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• US Intelligence, Accusing Russia of Shady Deal With Taliban, Is Involved in Drug Trade, Envoy Says Sputnik 04 Jul 2020 -- US intelligence is deeply involved in the Afghan drug trade at the same time as it accuses Russia of conspiring with the Taliban, Special Presidential Envoy on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Saturday.

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• Dual Carrier Strike Groups Reinforce U.S. Commitment to Freedom NNS 04 Jul 2020 -- The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force celebrated Independence Day with unmatched sea power while deployed to the South China Sea conducting dual carrier operations and exercises in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
• USS McCambell Departs Yokosuka, Celebrates Success while Forward-Deployed NNS 04 Jul 2020 -- USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, July 2, 2020, following 13 years of service forward-deployed to U.S. Seventh Fleet.
• NATO Steps In Amid Reports Of COVID-19 Hitting Afghan Forces VOA 04 Jul 2020 -- NATO's non-combatant military alliance in Afghanistan said Saturday it has arranged its "largest supply ever" of personal protective medical equipment to help Afghan security forces fight the coronavirus.
• Moscow Warns Open Skies Treaty to Crumble in 'Domino Effect' if More Nations Follow US Suit Sputnik 04 Jul 2020 -- In May, the US announced its intention to pull out of the 2002 treaty, allowing reconnaissance flights over some 34 participating countries, unless Russia adheres to its terms. Moscow has repeatedly denied breaching the agreement.
• Serbia Shows Drones Purchased From China To Public For First Time RFE/RL 04 Jul 2020 -- Serbia has publicly displayed six new military drones purchased from China for the first time.
• Indian Army clarification on status of facility at GH, Leh India PIB 04 Jul 2020 -- There have been malicious and unsubstantiated accusations in some quarters regarding the status of the facility visited by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during his visit to the General Hospital at Leh on July 03, 2020.
• Iran Allowed Commercial Flights To Conceal Plans To Strike US Military Bases Radio Farda 04 Jul 2020 -- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Friday said it has obtained an audio recording that suggests Iranian authorities did not close the airspace over Tehran on January 8 to conceal their plans to strike U.S. military bases in Iraq, leading to the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner.
• Landing drill accident caused by surge waves: Navy CNA 04 Jul 2020 -- The capsizing of a boat Friday during a Navy landing drill was caused by an unexpected surge of waves, Taiwan's military said Saturday, citing the initial findings of an investigation into the accident that left three soldiers critically injured.
• UK Armed Forces to Re-Focus Attention on Chinese Threat Post Pandemic, Reports Say Sputnik 04 Jul 2020 -- The heads of the UK army, navy and air force have held consultations with ministers earlier this week to determine the country's security priorities and concluded that the focus in the post-pandemic world is going to be threats coming from China, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Saturday, quoting officials.
• Remarks by President Trump at South Dakota's 2020 Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration | Keystone, South Dakota The White House 04 Jul 2020

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• 2 US Aircraft Carriers Conduct Exercises in South China Sea VOA 04 Jul 2020 -- The U.S. Navy says the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier groups are conducting exercises in South China Sea on Saturday "to support a free and open Indo-Pacific."
• Over 80 killed in fierce clashes between govt. troops, Daesh remnants in Syria's Homs: Monitor Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- Heavy clashes have broken out between Syrian government troops and remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country's central province of Homs with reported casualties from both sides.
• Moscow Surprised by UK's Response to Russia's Exit From UN Syria Deconfliction Mechanism Sputnik 04 Jul 2020 -- Moscow is surprised by the UK Foreign Office's comment that Russia's withdrawal from the UN deconfliction mechanism in northwest Syria was "unacceptable," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, adding that the participation in the mechanism was voluntary.
• India's Modi rallies troops at China border after deadly clash Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rallied the country's troops near a disputed frontier with China, amid heightened tensions in the area following a deadly clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers.
• Cameroon Government Says it Stepped Up Security After Bombings in Capital City VOA 04 Jul 2020 -- Cameroon says it has deployed more troops in the capital Yaoundé after yet another bomb exploded, leaving at least 20 people severely wounded. No one has claimed responsibility, but it is suspected that separatists fighting for the creation of an English-speaking state in Cameroon and people who escaped from prison a month ago are responsible.
• 6 Killed, 15 Injured in Somalia Bombings VOA 04 Jul 2020 -- At least five people were killed and more than eight others wounded when a government security checkpoint was bombed in Baidoa, Somalia's administrative capital of Southwest State, on Saturday, witnesses and security officials said.
• Chinese military aircraft enters Taiwan's ADIZ CNA 04 Jul 2020 -- A Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Saturday, before being chased off by Taiwanese patrol planes, according to the Air Force Command Headquarters.

News Reports

• Russia says expanded G7 summit without China a 'flawed idea' Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Moscow is not in talks with the United States about its potential role at a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) scheduled to be held this summer.
• Russia Denies It Is In Talks With U.S. About Expanded G7 RFE/RL 04 Jul 2020 -- Russia is not in talks with the United States about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven (G7) summit later this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on July 4.
• China has wide selection of anti-aircraft carrier weapons at South China Sea: experts Global Times 04 Jul 2020 -- The US is sending two aircraft carriers and other warships to the South China Sea for exercises on Saturday at a time when the Chinese military is also conducting drills in the South China Sea's Xisha Islands.
• Public Security Ministry vows to support office for safeguarding national security in HK Global Times 04 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese Ministry of Public Security on Saturday vowed to fully support the central government's office for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong police force's operations to protect the nation's sovereignty, security and development interests.
• National security legislation solid underpinning for rights, freedoms of Hong Kong residents People's Daily 04 Jul 2020 -- The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was passed unanimously by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, on June 30.
• China firmly opposes Pompeo's Xinjiang-related accusations: spokesperson People's Daily 04 Jul 2020 -- China urged the U.S. to stop using Xinjiang as a pretext to disrupt normal cooperation between Chinese and American companies.
• Chinese ambassador shares "1 to 9" facts on national security law for Hong Kong PLA Daily 04 Jul 2020 -- Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai on Friday shared basic facts and his viewpoints on the newly enacted national security law for Hong Kong through a video message by using the numbers "1 to 9."
• Canada's comments on HKSAR national security law interferes in China's internal affairs: Chinese embassy People's Daily 04 Jul 2020 -- "We urge the Canadian side to view the National Security Law in a fair, objective manner, immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's domestic affairs in any way," a spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Canada said.
• China slams Canada over criticism of Hong Kong security legislation Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- China has lambasted Canada for criticizing a new national security law for Hong Kong, the second rebuke in a week that has further worsened the already tense relations between Beijing and Ottawa.
• Canada Suspends Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong VOA 04 Jul 2020 -- Canada suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong Friday after local authorities moved swiftly to implement China's new security law in the territory.
• North Korea rejects talks with US as 'political tool' for Washington Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- North Korea has dismissed the possibility of fresh talks with the US on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, saying the negotiations would only serve as "a political tool" for Washington.
• North Korean Diplomat Says Pyongyang Not Interested in US Talks Sputnik 04 Jul 2020 -- A high-ranking North Korean diplomat said Pyongyang has no interest in restarting negotiations with the United States and is shocked at the suggestion that talks can be held under present strain in bilateral relations.
• North Korea Says it Has No Immediate Plans to Resume Nuclear Negotiations with US VOA 04 Jul 2020 -- North Korea said Saturday it has no plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States in near future if Washington does not abandon what the communist country terms "hostile" polices toward Pyongyang.
• Iranian team to visit Natanz Nuclear site following recent incident IRNA 04 Jul 2020 -- A team comprising members of Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission is to visit Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Natanz Nuclear Complex following an incident that has taken place recently, a senior Iranian lawmaker Yaghoub Rezazadeh said on Saturday.
• Cause of Natanze's accident to be made publice at appropriate time due to security considerations ISNA 04 Jul 2020 -- The spokesperson for the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Keivan Khosravi said expert teams have determined the cause of a recent accident at Natanz nuclear facility in the central province of Isfahan.
• Russia says dispute mechanism for JCPOA lacks "clear procedure" IRNA 04 Jul 2020 -- Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Saturday that dispute resolution mechanism to solve issues related to the July 2015 nuclear deal "lacks clear and agreed procedure."
• Borrel terms JCPOA historic achievement for global non-proliferation IRNA 04 Jul 2020 -- EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrel has said he believes the JCPOA is an historic achievement for global nuclear non-proliferation contributing to regional and global peace and security.
• Zarif raps EU3's non-compliance with JCPOA in letter to Borrell ISNA 04 Jul 2020 -- Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has sent a letter to EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell to denounce the EU3's non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement after the three European states drafted an anti-Iranian resolution at the IAEA Board of Governors, Foreign Ministry spokesperson has announced.
• Iran says has triggered JCPOA dispute mechanism 'six times' Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- Iran's foreign minister says he has triggered the "dispute resolution mechanism" of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, on at least six occasions.
• JCPOA partners must solve all issues through Joint Commission: Russian diplomat Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow's principled stance is to support the settlement of all issues pertaining to the implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers through the deal's Joint Commission.
• Iran Has Triggered Nuclear Accord Dispute Mechanism, EU Says Radio Farda 04 Jul 2020 -- The European Union's top diplomat disclosed Friday that he has received a letter from Iran's foreign minister that triggers a dispute mechanism in the 2015 nuclear agreement, complaining that Britain, France and Germany are not living up to their side of the deal.
• EU's Borrell: Iran triggers dispute mechanism in nuclear deal Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- The EU foreign policy chief says he has received a letter from Iran that demands triggering the dispute resolution mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal over the failure of the three European signatories to the agreement to honor their commitments.
• UN Nuclear Watchdog Says Inspections Will Continue After Iran Nuclear Site Incident Radio Farda 04 Jul 2020 -- In a statement on Friday the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, said that although its inspectors were not present at the time of a fire/explosion at Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz, the Islamic Republic authorities had informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog of the incident.
• Gen. Soleimani's assassination, US biggest gift to Takfiri terrorism: Top Iran security official Press TV 04 Jul 2020 -- Iran's top security official says Washington's assassination of senior Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was the biggest gift from the US to Takfiri terrorism and its supporters.
• Breaking: Explosion At Power Plant And Chlorine Leak At Petrochemical Plant In Iran Radio Farda 04 Jul 2020 -- Iranian news agencies on Saturday reported an explosion at Zargan power plant and a chlorine leak at Karoun Petrochemical Industries Plant, but possible casualties and the scope of damages remain unclear.
• Are US Sanctions An Obstacle To China's Domination Of Iran? Radio Farda 04 Jul 2020 -- Beijing's increasing political influence in Tehran during the past five years, and the unusual growth in military cooperation and trade between the two have turned China into the biggest winner of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, says Iranian analyst Reza Taghizadeh.
• Analysis: Authoritarian Turkmen President Embattled At Home, Abroad As Pandemic And Storm Recoveries Mismanaged RFE/RL 04 Jul 2020 -- Though there have been some rough times before, it's fair to say no Turkmen president has ever been in such a difficult position as Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is right now.
• Only 2 Weeks to Go? Ethiopia About to Strike Final Deal on Its Renaissance Dam With Egypt and Sudan Sputnik 04 Jul 2020 -- Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have agreed to draft a final version of the agreement about filling the Ethiopian Renaissance dam in two weeks, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said.
• French president appoints Jean Castex as new prime minister People's Daily 04 Jul 2020 -- Jean Castex, a 55-year-old top civil servant not known to the French general public, was appointed new prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron to replace Edouard Philippe, the French presidential palace announced on Friday.