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• The KC-135: A storied past – Modernizing for the future DVIDS 10 Apr 2021 -- The KC-135 Stratotanker, the backbone of the U.S. Air Force's strategic aerial refueling fleet for nearly 65 years, recently gained new capabilities that will enable it to continue to carry out its mission of Global Reach and Global Power for years to come.
• 40 percent of US marines refuse COVID-19 vaccine Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- Nearly 40 percent of US Marines have refused to take COVID-19 vaccinations, prompting Democratic lawmakers to call on the administration to make the inoclution mandatory.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Phone Call With Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana DoD 10 Apr 2021
• Pentagon Chief To Visit Allies Amid Heightened Russia-Ukraine Tensions RFE/RL 10 Apr 2021 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was due on April 10 to embark on a series of overseas meetings with U.S. allies amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia and what Washington calls Moscow's "destabilizing behavior."
• Abraham Lincoln Completes Maintenance Period in San Diego US Navy 10 Apr 2021 -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) successfully completed the largest planned incremental availability (PIA) on time to support mission tasking, while moored at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) in San Diego during an unprecedented and historic pandemic.
• 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Makin Island ARG enhance bilateral partnership in Indo-Pacific Region US Navy 10 Apr 2021 -- Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked aboard the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) conducted flight-training operations near Singapore within international waters, April 8, 2021.
• Russia intercepts US spy aircraft near eastern border Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- Russia says it has dispatched a fighter jet to intercept a US spy aircraft which was violating the country's airspace, as reports said Washington was considering a military buildup in the Black Sea.
• U.S. issues new guidelines for interactions with Taiwan officials CNA 10 Apr 2021 -- The U.S. State Department said Friday it has issued new guidelines for government contacts with Taiwan, which it said will encourage closer engagement and reflect the two sides' deepening bilateral relationship.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with UK Foreign Secretary Raab US Dept. of State 10 Apr 2021

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• China demands halt to provocative US moves in South China Sea Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- China has called on the US to stop its provocative moves in the South China Sea region, demanding that Washington respect Beijing's peaceful dialogue with the Philippines concerning regional issues.
• PRESS RELEASE India PIB 10 Apr 2021 -- The 11th round India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on 09 April 2021.
• Bitter Military Losses Lead To Power Struggle In Nagorno-Karabakh RFE/RL 10 Apr 2021 -- More than five months after the guns fell silent on the battlefields of Nagorno-Karabakh, the dust is settling in the halls of power in Stepanakert, the disputed region's de facto capital.
• Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Fear Deadly Fires VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are living in renewed fear after deadly fires broke out more than 30 times in the southeastern Cox's Bazar district in recent weeks.
• Erdogan Calls For End To 'Worrying' Developments In East Ukraine After Meeting Zelenskiy RFE/RL 10 Apr 2021 -- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for an end to what he described as "worrying" developments in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on April 10.
• Russia warns of full-scale war in Ukraine's east amid tensions with Kiev Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned of a full-scale war in eastern Ukraine amid heightened tensions with Kiev.
• African Troops Free Dozens of Boko Haram Victims VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- About 60 former fighters and civilians rescued from Boko Haram by Nigerian, Chadian and Cameroonian troops have been rushed to a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration center in northern Cameroon. Most of the civilians are women and children, some with fresh scars and amputated body parts, an indication of torture by the terror group.
• 4 Killed in Baidoa Attack Targeting Somali Governor VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- A Somali regional governor has survived an assassination attempt Saturday after a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant in the town of Baidoa in the southwestern Bay region.
• Irish Prime Minister Warns Against Return to Violence in Northern Ireland VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin observed the 23rd anniversary of an agreement that ended most of the three decades of sectarian violence over British rule in Northern Ireland Saturday by warning against a return to the prolonged unrest.

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• U.K. Coroner Rules Exiled Russian Critic Of Putin Was Strangled RFE/RL 10 Apr 2021 -- A British coroner has determined that an exiled Russian critic of President Vladimir Putin was strangled to death by "a third party" at his home in a southwest suburb of London.
• Navalny's Treatment Amounts To 'Targeted Torture,' Say German Lawmakers RFE/RL 10 Apr 2021 -- Members of the German Bundestag have described the treatment of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny as "targeted torture" and demanded the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture review the conditions of his detention.
• President Rouhani: JCPOA legitimizes Iran's nuclear industry IRNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said in Iran's Nation Nuclear Technology Day on Saturday that the JCPOA gave a full legal status to Iran's nuclear industry.
• Iran's entire nuclear activities peaceful, for non-military purposes: President Rouhani ISNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Emphasizing that all nuclear activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are peaceful and are used for civilian purposes, the President said, "In this regard, our goals have been clear from the beginning and we have used nuclear technology in different parts of the country, including industry, agriculture, medicine and electricity".
• Araghchi : Iran favors JCPOA model, lifting every sanction by Trump IRNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Iran favors the JCPOA model and lifting every sanction by Trump's term.
• Iran's nuclear infrastructure maintained carefully: AEOI Chief IRNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that the infrastructure of Iran's nuclear industry has been kept carefully.
• There's no need for talks with US as full detail about JCPOA is negotiated: Khatibzadeh ISNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh in an interview with CNN stressed, "There were no direct or indirect talks in Vienna or anywhere else between Iran and the United States because there is no need for new talks as we negotiated in full detail about the JCPOA".
• Iran proposes logical path to full JCPOA compliance: Zarif ISNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed to the 18th Joint Commission of the JCPOA which was held in Vienna, saying that Iran proposes logical path to full JCPOA compliance.
• U.S. says Vienna nuclear talks productive, voicing hope for more "constructive attitude" from Iran People's Daily 10 Apr 2021 -- A senior U.S. official said Friday that the Vienna talks over the Iran nuclear deal were productive, and hoped that Tehran would show a more constructive attitude in talks scheduled next week.
• Tehran firm to make more nuclear achievements while adhering to intl. law: Iran nuclear agency Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic is determined to continue its path towards making more nuclear achievements and developing its peaceful nuclear program in line with international regulations.
• Delay in removing sanctions benefits Iran, harms West: Official Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says any foot-dragging in removing US sanctions on the Islamic Republic is in the interests of Tehran and to the detriment of the Western countries.
• Iran Launches Production Of New Centrifuges After Start Of Nuclear Talks In Vienna RFE/RL 10 Apr 2021 -- Iranian President Hassan Rohani oversaw the launch of a production line of advanced centrifuges on April 10 in an apparent new violation of the 2015 nuclear deal after talks began earlier this week in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States and Iran back into full compliance with the accord.
• Iran unveils 133 achievements on National Nuclear Technology Day Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- Iran has unveiled 133 new nuclear achievements made by the country's experts in different areas of the nuclear industry, including quantum, enrichment, heavy water and deuterium compounds, radiopharmaceuticals, lasers, and etc.
• Iran unveils 133 new achievements in nuclear technology field ISNA 10 Apr 2021 -- Marking the National Day of Nuclear Technology on Saturday, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) unveiled133 new achievements in the field of nuclear technology.
• Myanmar unrest: Over 80 protesters killed, 19 sentenced to death Press TV 10 Apr 2021 -- Myanmar security forces have shot and killed more than 80 people in a brutal crackdown that protest organizers say was like "genocide."
• Ethnic Army Alliance Kills 14 Myanmar Police in Dawn Raid as Death Toll Mounts in Bago Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2021 -- Three ethnic armed groups that support Myanmar's anti-junta protest movement killed 14 police officers and burned their station to the ground in a dawn raid on Saturday in northern Shan state, witnesses told RFA.
• Myanmar Security Forces Kill More Than 80 Anti-Coup Protesters, Reports Say VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- Myanmar security forces killed more than 80 anti-junta demonstrators Thursday and Friday, according to reporting Saturday, as activists demanding the restoration of the ousted civilian government again took to the streets in the southeast of the country.
• Russia Seen Advancing SE Asian Ambitions Through Myanmar Generals VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- Analysts say Russia is increasing arms sales to Myanmar's military and steadfastly standing by Myanmar's coup leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, an alliance they say will further Moscow's foreign policy ambitions across Southeast Asia through future weapons sales.
• Djibouti President Re-elected in Provisional Vote Count VOA 10 Apr 2021 -- The president of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, has been declared the winner of Friday's presidential election in the tiny but strategic Horn of Africa nation.