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• Readout of President Biden's Meeting with President Andrzej Duda of Poland The White House 26 Mar 2022
• Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland Before Expanded Bilateral Meeting The White House 26 Mar 2022
• Romania Joins Major International Maritime Security Coalition in Middle East US Navy 26 Mar 2022 -- U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) announced March 26 that Romania has joined a multinational maritime coalition established in 2019 to deter attacks on commercial shipping in the Middle East.
• Putin Thanks Members of National Guard Taking Part in Spec Military Op Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- On February 24, Russia began a special military operation in Ukraine, responding to calls for help from the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, shelled by Ukrainian forces.
• No one wants war but 'nuclear threat' always exists, says Russia's Medvedev Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has said that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even though no one wants war.
• No One Wants War, However Threat of Nuclear Conflict Always Exists, Medvedev Says Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has told Sputnik that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even when no one wants war, therefore it is necessary to implement a responsible policy.
• China slams NATO's expansion strategies amid Ukraine war Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- China's embassy in Brussels has warned NATO against dragging the planet toward a new Cold War through its "outdated security" strategies.
• U.S., NATO should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start new Cold War: spokesperson People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start a new Cold War, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday.
• Australia Alarmed at China's Security Talks With Solomon Islands VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- The Solomon Islands has confirmed it is negotiating a security deal with China, which has caused alarm in neighboring Australia and New Zealand.
• Visit to Australia by Commander Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral John C. Aquilino Australia DOD 26 Mar 2022 -- U.S. Navy Admiral John C. Aquilino, commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, visited Australia this week to demonstrate unequivocally the strength and depth of the Australia-United States Alliance and our shared interests in ensuring an open, inclusive and resilient Indo-Pacific.
• Turkey Holds Talks With Russia and Ukraine After Mine Discovered in Bosphorus Strait Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- The Turkish Ministry of Defence previously urged ships in the Black Sea to beware of drifting mines, after the Ukrainian military installed around 420 mines on the approaches to the ports of Odessa, Ochakov, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhnoe.
• RAF deploy to Romania to conduct air policing mission UK MOD 26 Mar 2022 -- Typhoon jets and Royal Air Force personnel are deploying to Romania to join the long-standing NATO Air Policing mission for the Black Sea region.

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• Dozens Rally In Kabul To Protest Taliban Ban On Girls Attending School RFE/RL Gandhara 26 Mar 2022 -- Dozens of teachers, students, and women's rights activists rallied in Kabul on March 26 against a ban on girls attending school beyond the sixth grade.
• Yemen announces 3-day unilateral ceasefire, pausing retaliatory strikes on Saudi Arabia Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Yemen's Supreme Political Council has announced a voluntary and unilateral three-day pause in retaliatory strikes against targets in Saudi Arabia.
• 7 years of carnage in Yemen: Sana'a says Saudis, allies committed 'unprecedented war crimes' Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Yemen's Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf says Saudi Arabia and its allies have committed "unprecedented war crimes" against Yemenis, including overt attempts to starve them, while the international community has kept silent.
• Syria calls on Human Rights Council to hold Israel accountable for crimes against Golan locals Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Hussam Eddin Ala has called on the Human Rights Council to condemn Israel for its land expropriation, settlement construction and plunder of natural resources in the occupied Golan Heights, saying the regime must be held to account for its systematic crimes against locals there.
• Armenian PM Discusses Karabakh Escalation With Putin After Deadly Skirmish Reported RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- The Russian Defense Ministry says Azerbaijani armed forces entered a zone policed by Russian peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in violation of a Moscow-brokered cease-fire agreement that ended a six-week war in 2020.
• Ethiopia conflict: Rebels announce 'cessation of hostilities' in Tigray Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Ethiopia's Tigray rebels have announced a "cessation of hostilities" in the wake of a declaration by the government of an indefinite humanitarian ceasefire to about 17 months of conflict in the northern region.

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• Post-Cold War world order is over, former Russian president says (FULL INTERVIEW) RT 26 Mar 2022 -- The West's sanctions on Moscow are destroying its own economic order while bringing Russians together, according to Dmitry Medvedev
• No one wants war but 'nuclear threat' always exists, says Russia's Medvedev Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has said that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even though no one wants war.
• No One Wants War, However Threat of Nuclear Conflict Always Exists, Medvedev Says Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has told Sputnik that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even when no one wants war, therefore it is necessary to implement a responsible policy.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the causes of the crisis in Russia-US bilateral relations Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2022
• 'This Man Cannot Remain in Power,' Biden Says of Putin VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- President Joe Biden aimed squarely at Vladimir Putin in an impassioned address in Warsaw directed at Ukrainians, Europeans and the global community, blaming the Russian president for the monthlong siege on Ukraine and saying, "for God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
• Moscow: It's not for Biden to say if Putin stays in power, Russians choose their president Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- The Kremlin has fired back at US president over his apparent call for regime change in Russia, after Joe Biden said his Russian counterpart cannot remain in power.
• White House: Biden Was Not Discussing Regime Change in Russia in His Speech in Poland Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- During his much-advertised "major" speech in Poland, the American president praised Ukraine's fight against Russian troops carrying out a special military operation on its territory and called on the West to prepare for a long confrontation between democracies with "autocracies".
• Russia, Poland May Close Embassies Amid Diplomatic Expulsions Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev suggested on Saturday that Russia might be forced to temporarily close its embassy in Warsaw, which would lead to a similar step by Poland.
• Central Asian Migrants Losing Work As Russian Businesses Downsize Or Close RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Tooken Erkinov is one the four cooks who kept their jobs in a major restaurant at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport after it laid off most of its staff due to a lack of customers.
• Leaving Russia? Expect 'A Complete Shakedown' At Passport Control RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- "When I left Russia, I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing," said 28-year-old Artyom Saprykin, an IT specialist from Ufa, the capital of Russia's Bashkortostan region. "Now, I am sure."
• Russia restricts flow of funds to "unfriendly" countries, regions People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Russia has imposed restrictions on the movement of funds that could be transferred to "unfriendly" countries and regions, its central bank said on Friday.
• U.S.,EU leaders divided on new sanctions against Russia in hasty meetings People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Three intensive summits in two days -- U.S. President Joe Biden squeezed his schedule for Thursday and Friday when he rushed to Brussels to shake hands, pose for pictures and tried to coax a display of unity with European partners, but he nonetheless failed to talk them into more sanctions against Russia.
• MOFA receives Lithuania application to open office in Taiwan CNA 26 Mar 2022 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday confirmed it has received an application from Lithuania to open a representative office in Taiwan.
• Top US official: North Korea has 'more in store' after intercontinental ballistic missile test Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- A top US official said has said that North Korea likely has "more in store" after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile.
• US pushes to 'update, strengthen' UN sanctions on North Korea; China, and Russia oppose Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- The United States has said it will push United Nations to "update, strengthen" sanctions on North Korea over "increasingly dangerous provocations," but China and Russia have opposed such efforts.
• Iran says has reached a point of agreement IRNA 26 Mar 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday that Iran has reached a point of agreement in the talks in Vienna while noting that a number of significant issues still remain in place.
• Iranian Foreign Ministry Calls Saudi-Kuwaiti Deal on Gas Field in Persian Gulf Illegal Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned on Saturday the agreement between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on the joint development of the al-Durra gas field in the Persian Gulf and called the deal illegal as Tehran also has a share in the field.
• EU coordinator to visit Tehran to close gaps on JCPOA revival Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- European Union deputy foreign policy chief Enrique Mora, who also acts as the coordinator for the Vienna talks, says he will travel to Iran as the pause continues in the negotiations aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran deal.
• Joint Statement on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar US Dept. of State 26 Mar 2022 -- Following is a joint statement on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar issued by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union and the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• Readout of President Biden Call with Opposition Leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya of Belarus The White House 26 Mar 2022
• France to Build New LNG Receiving Terminal in Le Havre, Reports Say Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- The French government, together with large energy companies, are planning to install a new terminal for receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the port of Le Havre in order to reduce dependence on Russian gas, French news agency Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing sources close to the matter.
• Iraqi parliament fails again to elect new president after session boycotted Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Iraq has once again failed to elect a new president due to a lack of quorum in the parliament, prolonging a bitter deadlock in Iraqi politics months after a general election considerably changed the make-up of the parliament.
• Civil Society Under Siege in Libya as Crackdown Intensifies, UN Officials Say VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- U.N. human rights officials warn a deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya is creating a chilling effect on human rights defenders and other activists, who are subject to arbitrary arrests and other forms of government intimidation.
• Pakistani Prime Minister Facing No-Confidence Vote VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- Ahead of a serious challenge brewing in Pakistan's lower house, the National Assembly, embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former cricket celebrity, has distanced his country from the United States and strained a fragile domestic political culture with verbal salvos against political rivals.
• Iran FM assures Lebanon president of readiness to supply wheat amid Ukraine crisis Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Lebanese President Michel Aoun says Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has assured him of Tehran's readiness to support Beirut in all fields, "most notably in the provision of wheat" amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two main exporters of wheat.
• Southern Malawi Records Continued Rise in Cholera Cases VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- Southern Malawi has started recording a rise in cholera cases, which health authorities blame on flooding from a recent tropical storm and cyclone. More than 30 people have been infected and two have died. UNICEF is intervening to reduce the spread of the disease.