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• Remarks by President Biden Announcing the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget The White House 28 Mar 2022
• Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates, OMB Director Shalanda Young, and CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse The White House 28 Mar 2022
• On-the-Record Press Call by OMB Director Shalanda Young and CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse on the President's FY23 Budget The White House 28 Mar 2022
• Statement by President Joe Biden on the FY 2023 Budget The White House 28 Mar 2022
• The Department of Defense Releases the President's Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- "This $773 billion budget request reinforces our commitment to the concept of integrated deterrence, allows us to better sequence and conduct operations around the globe that are aligned to our priorities, modernizes the Joint Force, and delivers meaningful support for our dedicated workforce and their families."
• Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks Remarks on President Biden's Fiscal 2023 Defense Budget DoD 28 Mar 2022
• Comptroller Michael J. McCord and Vice Adm. Ron Boxall Hold a News Briefing on President Biden's Fiscal 2023 Defense Budget DoD 28 Mar 2022
• Department of the Air Force budget proposal focuses on transformation, modernization US Air Force 28 Mar 2022 -- The $194 billion combined budget proposal unveiled March 28 for the Air Force and Space Force carries a significant boost in spending that senior leaders say is essential to modernizing the services to better confront China and an array of national security threats worldwide.
• Missile Defense Agency Officials Hold a News Briefing on President Biden's Fiscal 2023 Missile Defense Budget DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- Navy Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, Director, Missile Defense Agency; Dee Dee Martinez, Comptroller, Missile Defense Agency
• Air Force Officials Hold a Press Briefing on FY23 Air Force Budget, March 28, 2022 DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones; Deputy Assistant Secretary For Budget Major General James D. Peccia III
• Navy Officials Hold a Press Briefing on FY23 Navy Budget, March 28, 2022 DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- Meredith A. Berger, Performing The Duties Of Under Secretary Of The Navy; Rear Admiral John Gumbleton, Deputy Assistant Secretary Of The Navy For Budget
• Fiscal 2023 Budget Funds Military for Today, Future DoD News 28 Mar 2022 -- President Joe Biden's $773 billion fiscal year 2023 Defense Budget Request funds the department for today's security environment and positions DOD to maintain its competitive advantage in the years ahead, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks said today.
• Biden's 2023 Budget Proposal Sees Another $6.9 Billion For Ukraine, NATO RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed spending another $6.9 billion to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia's unprovoked invasion and bolster European security through NATO.
• Army releases fiscal year 2023 presidential budget request US Army 28 Mar 2022 -- The U.S. Army released its portion of the fiscal year 2023 presidential budget.
• Fiscal 2023 Budget Funds Military for Today, Future DoD News 28 Mar 2022 -- President Joe Biden's $773 billion fiscal year 2023 Defense Budget Request funds the department for today's security environment and positions DOD to maintain its competitive advantage in the years ahead, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks said today.
• DNI Releases FY 2023 Budget Request Figure for the National Intelligence Program Director of National Intelligence 28 Mar 2022 -- The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is disclosing the aggregate amount of $67.1 billion in requested appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2023 National Intelligence Program (NIP).
• Department of Defense Releases 2023 Military Intelligence Program Budget Request DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- On March 28, 2022 the Department of Defense released the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) top line budget request for fiscal year 2023. The total is $26.6 billion and is aligned to strategic priorities of the Secretary of Defense.
• 6 Navy 'Growler' Aircraft Headed to Germany to Support Deterrence Mission DoD News 28 Mar 2022 -- Six U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State are on their way to Europe and are expected to arrive today in Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said.
• Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby on U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Deployment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- In coordination with the German government, six U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft from VAQ-134 based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, are scheduled to arrive at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany today. The purpose of this deployment is to bolster readiness, enhance NATO's collective defense posture and further increase air integration capabilities with our allied and partner nations.
• Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 28 Mar 2022
• DoD Transmits 2022 National Defense Strategy DoD 28 Mar 2022 -- The Department of Defense transmitted the classified 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) to Congress today.
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks at a Meeting Welcoming Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the Pentagon DoD 28 Mar 2022
• Marine Attack Squadron 214 Transitions to the F-35B USMC News 28 Mar 2022 -- Marine Attack Squadron 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted a re-designation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 25, 2022.
• U.S. and Israeli Navy Begin Exercise Intrinsic Defender US Navy 28 Mar 2022 -- U.S. 5th Fleet and the Israeli Navy kicked off a 10-day maritime exercise March 27 that will take place in and off the coast of Israel.
• USS Forrest Sherman Arrives In Gdansk US Navy 28 Mar 2022 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) arrived in Gdansk, Poland for a scheduled port visits to enhance U.S.-Polish relations and build NATO Alliance cohesion, March 27, 2022.
• South Carolina Guard receives new AH-64E Apache helicopters Army News 28 Mar 2022 -- Five AH-64E model Apache attack helicopters were delivered to the South Carolina National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base March 24.
• Alaska Army Guard conducts multiagency CBRNE exercise Army News 28 Mar 2022 -- Alaska Army National Guard's 103rd Civil Support Team, National Guard CST units from other states, and local and federal agencies participated in Van Winkle 2022, a biannual, all-hazards response exercise in Juneau March 22-23.
• Deployed Vermont National Guard MPs provide base security Army News 28 Mar 2022 -- Thirty-three Vermont National Guard Military Police Soldiers of the 172nd Law Enforcement Detachment conducted a law enforcement and inner-base security training mission at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania from March to November.
• Minnesota, Norway resume troop exchange after 2-year break Army News 28 Mar 2022 -- Nearly 100 service members from the Norwegian military's Home Guard, known as the Heimevernet, arrived at the Minnesota National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul March 25.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Meeting With Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong DoD 28 Mar 2022
• FACT SHEET: Posture Updates in Support of Allies in Europe - As of Mar. 28, 2022 DOD 28 Mar 2022
• Canada moves closer to delivering 88 advanced fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force as it begins negotiations with the top-ranked bidder, the United States government and Lockheed Martin, for the F-35 Public Services and Procurement Canada 28 Mar 2022 -- The Government of Canada has reached another milestone in the competitive process to purchase 88 advanced fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), which will ensure the requirements of the RCAF are met while also providing value for Canadians, generating high-value jobs in Canada as well as further growth for the Canadian aerospace and defence sector for decades to come.
• UK delivers NATO supplies and conducts patrols with JEF partners UK MOD 28 Mar 2022 -- Ships, aircraft and personnel from six JEF nations resupplied the UK-led NATO Battlegroup in Estonia and conducted freedom of navigation patrols and exercises.
• "Europe must step up its defence capabilities" Germany - Federal Government 28 Mar 2022 -- "We cannot and will not get used to this state of war," said the Federal Chancellor during his meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Andersson in Berlin on Monday. Europe had to step up its defence capabilities, said Scholz, adding that Russian president Putin should finally agree on a ceasefire and consent to serious negotiations.
• Large destroyer Nanchang holds live-fire cross-regional drills Global Times 28 Mar 2022 -- China's first 10,000 ton-class large destroyer, the Nanchang, recently conducted a series of live-fire cross-regional drills under realistic combat scenarios, in a move that analysts said on Monday prepared the warship for some impactful far sea exercises likely to come later this year.
• NZ 'grave concern' over proposed China-Solomon Islands pact Radio Free Asia 28 Mar 2022 -- New Zealand's leader voiced grave concern Monday over a draft security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands that, if approved, could see Beijing establish a military base in the South Pacific.
• Australia Sees Solomon Islands-China Security Deal as Step to 'Restrict Movement in Pacific' Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- The Solomon Islands has planned an agreement with Beijing covering Chinese deployments of "police, armed police, military personnel, and other law enforcement and armed forces" to the Pacific nation. Australia and New Zealand have expressed grave concerns and said this agreement would lead to the militarisation of the region.
• MoD signs Rs 473 crore contract with GSL for construction of eight Fast Patrol Vessels for Indian Coast Guard India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for construction of eight Fast Patrol Vessels for Indian Coast Guard at a total project cost of Rs 473 crore. The contract was signed by Joint Secretary (Maritime & Systems) Shri Dinesh Kumar and Chairman & Managing Director, GSL Cmde BB Nagpal (Retd) in New Delhi on March 28, 2022.
• Indigenous Defence Production India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- Two Positive Indigenisation Lists comprising 101 and 108 items were promulgated by Department of Military Affairs (DMA)/Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 21st August, 2020 and 31st May 2021 respectively. The lists have been hosted on Ministry of Defence website to give wide visibility to the Defence Industrial base in enabling them to effectively meet requirement of the Armed Forces. Of these, 153 items are planned to be indigenized upto December, 2022. There is no stoppage on their exports.
• Promotion of MSMEs in Defence Sector India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- The Government has taken the following policy initiatives for promotion of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in defence sector:
• UPGRADING THE FUNCTIONING OF COAST GUARDS India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- The Government has established a robust maritime search and rescue framework to address and respond to various contingencies in deep sea and in coastal areas of India, which includes distress onboard fishing boats and merchant vessels, safety of life during marine incidents and Search & Rescue (SAR) response during cyclones etc.
• Nodal Agency to test and Certify Defence Equipment India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- As part of the annual Budget for 2022-23 an announcement has been made to set up an independent nodal umbrella body for meeting wide ranging testing and certification requirements. The nodal body is envisaged to be an autonomous body to permit, promote, hand-hold, monitor & supervise and act as a Single-Window Nodal agency to enable and regulate the existing facilities of Trial, Testing and Certification of Defence Products, besides creating new facilities.
• TASK FORCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AI India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- To study the whole gamut of issues surrounding strategic implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in national security perspective, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Department of Defence Production (DDP) set up a multi-stakeholder Task Force in March 2018 under the Chairmanship of Sh. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons. The Task Force submitted its report in June 2018. Following were the major recommendations of the Task Force:
• INDIGENISATION IN DEFENCE MANUFACTURING India PIB 28 Mar 2022 -- The Government has taken several policy initiatives in the past few years under 'Make in India' program and brought in reforms to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country, thereby reducing import of defence equipment.
• New signals intelligence agency opened Australia DOD 28 Mar 2022 -- Defence Minister Peter Dutton marked the 75th anniversary of the Australian Signals Directorate by opening a new facility for the signals intelligence agency in Canberra last week.
• US, Philippines hold largest joint military drills in years 'with different goals' Global Times 28 Mar 2022 -- The US and the Philippines kicked off one of their largest joint exercises in years on Monday in a region where US media hyped them as facing Taiwan and the South China Sea, but experts pointed out that the Philippines will not become a pawn of the US after seeing what the US has done in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
• Philippines, U.S. kick off large-scale joint military drills People's Daily 28 Mar 2022 -- The Philippines and the United States on Monday kicked off their large-scale annual joint military drills in the Southeast Asian country.
• Bulgarian Navy to Check Reports on Stray Mine Spotted in Black Sea Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- The Bulgarian navy will look into reports that a stray mine has been seen in the Black Sea, the national defence ministry said.
• Briefing with Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon, U.S. Agency for International Development Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources Paloma Adams-Allen, and Experts On the Administration's Budget Request for the Department of State and USAID for Fiscal Year 2023 US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022
• U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development FY 2023 Budget Request US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022 -- The President's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request includes $60.4 billion for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $1.9 billion or 3 percent above the Fiscal Year 2022 Request, and $7.4 billion or 14 percent above FY 2021 enacted levels.
• The President's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022 -- President Biden believes deeply in the ability of U.S. global leadership to solve challenges, and the Administration recognizes that diplomacy and development are vital tools for advancing U.S. interests and values. That is why the Fiscal Year 2023 President's Budget requests $60.4 billion for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $1.9 billion, or 3 percent, above the Fiscal Year 2022 Request, and $7.4 billion, or 14 percent, above FY 2021 enacted levels. With these resources, we can advance our foreign policy agenda and deliver for the American people.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Israeli Knesset Speaker Levy US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken Joint Press Statements at the Conclusion of the Negev Summit US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022

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Ukraine Conflict News
• Taliban Detain Journalists, Issue Bans in Media Crackdown VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- The Taliban on Monday detained six Kandahar radio journalists for several hours and briefly shut down their stations for violating a ban on music.
• UN Expresses 'Deep Concern' Over Taliban's Latest Moves To Further Restrict Girls, Women, And Media RFE/RL Gandhara 28 Mar 2022 -- The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern after the Taliban-led government ordered girls be denied access to high school education amid reports of further restrictions on women and media, including a fresh ban on news bulletins by the BBC and Voice of America (VOA).
• China to host meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors to tackle humanitarian needs, urge US return Afghan assets Global Times 28 Mar 2022 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the third Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan's Neighboring Countries in China on March 30 and 31. Analysts said the meeting will focus on humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and call on the US to return the Afghan people's assets.
• Media Access and Fundamental Freedoms in Afghanistan US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022 -- The United States and the international community are paying close attention to the Taliban's actions inside Afghanistan, and it is with alarm and deep concern we learned of the Taliban's decision to stifle the Afghan people's access to independent, objective, international media sources.
• Ansarullah leader says Riyadh will be regretful if it misses three-day truce opportunity to end war Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- The leader of Yemen's popular Ansarullah resistance movement has urged the Riyadh regime to seize on the movement's announcement of a three-day truce with the Saudi-led coalition to immediately halt all military operations and brutal siege against the impoverished country.
• Israel-Arab Summit Brings Pledges of Cooperation, Countering Iran VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- Foreign ministers from Israel, the United States, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt highlighted efforts to cooperate and expand ties in the Middle East, while noting the rapid thawing in relations between Israel and the Arab nations as they closed a summit in southern Israel Monday.
• Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought impact worsens UN News 28 Mar 2022 -- The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives of millions of Somalis in danger.

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• Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on the President's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget DHS 28 Mar 2022 -- The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2023. The President's Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and delivers the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address—to build a better America, reduce the deficit, reduce costs for families, and grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.
• US Judge Says Trump Likely Committed Obstruction of Congress on 6 January 2021 Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- US District Judge David Carter said on Monday that former President Donald Trump likely committed obstruction of Congress on 6 January 2021, according to a court ruling.
• North Macedonia Expels Five Russian Diplomats For 'Inappropriate' Activities RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- North Macedonia has expelled five Russian diplomats for what Skopje described as "inappropriate" diplomatic activities.
• Kremlin condemns Biden's remark that Putin cannot remain in power as cause of alarm Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- The Kremlin has blasted as "alarming" recent remarks by US President Joe Biden that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," amid Moscow's ongoing military operation in neighboring Ukraine.
• Biden: Putin Comment Was Expression Of 'Moral Outrage' Not Call To Remove Him From Power RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden has told reporters he makes "no apologies" for saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power."
• Kremlin Says Biden's Remarks on Putin 'Alarming', 'Personal Insult' Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said US President Joe Biden's remarks that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" were alarming and represent a person insult.
• G-7 Dismisses Putin's Demand for Natural Gas Payments in Rubles VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- The Group of Seven industrialized nations rejected the Kremlin's demand that they pay for natural gas in rubles, the German energy minister said Monday.
• Kremlin says Russia will not supply gas to Europe for free as tensions rise over method of payment Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- The Kremlin says Russia will not supply gas to Europe for free as Moscow is at odds with the West over the method of payment, more than a month after Russia began a military operation in neighboring Ukraine.
• Putin Orders Preparation Of Proposals For 'Unfriendly Countries' To Pay In Rubles For Gas RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian central bank, the government, and Gazprom to present proposals by March 31 for gas payments in rubles from "unfriendly countries," including all European Union states.
• Petro-Ruble: Why Western States Will End Up Buying Russian Gas for Rubles Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- Russia will not supply gas for free if the EU refuses to pay in rubles, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 28 March in response to resistance demonstrated by Western countries obliged by Moscow to use rubles in the energy trade with Russia.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the Serbian media, Moscow, March 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the meeting of the United Russia Party General Council Commission on International Cooperation and Support for Compatriots Living Abroad, Moscow, March 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2022
• Russia Expels Three From Slovak Embassy In Tit-For-Tat Move RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Russia has expelled three Slovak Embassy staff members in retaliation for a similar move by Bratislava earlier this month.
• Russia's Novaya Gazeta Suspends Publication After Warnings VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- Russia's Novaya Gazeta said on Monday it was suspending its online and print publications until the end of the war in Ukraine.
• Russia's Novaya Gazeta Announces Suspension RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Leading independent Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta, which is edited by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, says it is suspending operations after receiving official warnings.
• Investigative Report Suggests FSB Agents Followed Nemtsov Before His Murder RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- A new investigative report alleges opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was followed by agents linked to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) for almost a year before he was assassinated on a bridge leading to the Kremlin in 2015.
• Beer Giants Heineken, Carlsberg Latest Western Businesses To Abandon Russia Amid War Against Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Danish brewery Carlsberg has joined Dutch brewing giant Heineken in announcing that it will pull out of Russia entirely amid Moscow's ongoing war against Ukraine.
• Russian Cargo Ships Spotted 'Going Dark' to Evade Sanctions VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- In a sign that sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine may be starting to bite, Russian tanker ships carrying oil and petroleum products have been observed turning off systems that broadcast their identity and location, a practice known as "going dark" and which is often associated with efforts to evade sanctions.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on March 28, 2022 PRC MofA 28 Mar 2022
• International lawyers call for suspension of extradition to Hong Kong amid crackdown Radio Free Asia 28 Mar 2022 -- The International Bar Association (IBA)'s human rights wing has called on countries to suspend any extradition agreements with Hong Kong amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent in the city.
• 'Taiwan is not Ukraine,' linking the two is to create new crisis across Taiwan Straits: Chinese FM Global Times 28 Mar 2022 -- The Taiwan question is fundamentally different from the Ukraine issue and linking the two is to intentionally create a new crisis across the Taiwan Straits, said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, at a press conference on Monday.
• North Korea's Kim vows 'overwhelming' power in the face of Western threats Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to bolster the country's defense capability in the face of threats from Western countries, the country's state media said.
• North Korean capital Pyongyang cracks down on citizens illegally moving downtown Radio Free Asia 28 Mar 2022 -- Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang are on the look-out for residents who have illegally moved from the city's outskirts to downtown in search of the good life, sources told RFA.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Those Who Contributed to Successful Test-Fire of Hwasongpho-17 Type KCNA 28 Mar 2022 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, had a photo session with the officials, scientists, technicians and workers in the field of the defence industry who contributed to the successful test-fire of new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-17.
• Iran to start drilling at Arash gas field after Saudi-Kuwaiti move Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji says Iran will soon begin drilling at the Arash natural gas field shared with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia after the two Arab states signed a document to build the offshore reservoir without Tehran's participation.
• Gaps on practical guarantees, sanctions removal must be closed before JCPOA revival: Top Iranian diplomat Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- A senior Iranian diplomat says the remaining differences between Tehran and other parties to the 2015 Iran deal over the provision of guarantees and full removal of sanctions must be resolved in order to revive the deal.
• US Envoy to Iran Pours Cold Water on Claim Nuclear Deal 'Imminent' Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- High-ranking US officials caution the Iran nuclear deal may not be as close as it seems, as a skeptical Israeli government promises to play by its own rules.
• Israel, U.S. to cooperate to prevent nuclear-armed Iran: FM People's Daily 28 Mar 2022 -- Israel and the United States will "work together" to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons despite their disagreements over the emerging nuclear deal, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
• Military tribunals hand down harshest sentences to young adults for opposing junta Radio Free Asia 28 Mar 2022 -- Many of the 175 activists sentenced to death or long prison terms by the Myanmar junta's secret military courts operating inside the country's most notorious prison are between the ages of 23 and 27 — an apparent effort to undercut the youth activism driving the resistance to the country's military rulers — according to data compiled by RFA.
• Myanmar ruler defiant, but observers see negotiations as only way to end turmoil Radio Free Asia 28 Mar 2022 -- Junta chief Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing vowed to crush the country's opposition in an address marking Armed Forces Day over the weekend, but the shadow government vowed to resist and observers said negotiation was the only answer to the current turmoil.
• Pakistani Opposition Parties Present No-Confidence Motion In Bid To Oust PM Khan RFE/RL Gandhara 28 Mar 2022 -- Major opposition parties in Pakistan have presented a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
• Pakistan's opposition lawmakers launch no-confidence motion to remove PM Khan Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- Pakistan's parliament has taken up a no-confidence motion by opposition lawmakers in a bid to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan from power amid the severe economic crisis facing the country.
• Pakistan's Parliament Takes Up No-Trust Motion Against PM Khan VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- Pakistan's parliament Monday began a no-confidence vote process aimed at ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan for allegedly misruling the country.
• Pakistan PM Imran Khan accuses US of funding 'conspiracy' to topple his government Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan accused an unnamed "foreign power" - in a clear reference to the United States - of funding a "conspiracy" to topple his democratically elected government.
• Blinken vows "ironclad commitment" to Israel People's Daily 28 Mar 2022 -- U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken said on Sunday that his country has an "ironclad commitment" to Israel.
• Arab FMs arrive in Israel for conference with Blinken People's Daily 28 Mar 2022 -- A two-day conference began on Sunday night between Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his visiting counterparts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt in southern Israel's Negev desert.
• Hamas slams Arab FMs participating in conference in Israel People's Daily 28 Mar 2022 -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Sunday slammed the participation of several Arab countries' foreign ministers in a conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held in southern Israel.
• Republic of Singapore Signs the Artemis Accords US Dept. of State 28 Mar 2022 -- In August 2021, as part of Vice President Kamala Harris's trip to Singapore, the United States and Singapore agreed on the importance of creating a safe and transparent environment that facilitates space exploration, science, and commercial activities for all of humanity to enjoy.
• UAE defies US, Europe to reaffirm oil alliance with Russia Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has underscored its commitment to an oil alliance with Russia, defying a Western push for the global sanctioning of Russia over the country's long-running military operation in Ukraine.
• Rebuilt dam near site of devastating collapse releases water, scaring residents Radio Free Asia 28 Mar 2022 -- The company responsible for Laos' worst ever dam collapse more than three years ago announced last week that its rebuilt dam would begin releasing water, scaring downstream residents, including survivors of the disaster.
• Azerbaijan's First President, Ayaz Mutallibov, Dies At 83 RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Ayaz Mutallibov, Azerbaijan's first president following the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died in Baku at the age of 83.
• The United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Sudan's journey to democracy: UK at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 28 Mar 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on Sudan and South Sudan
• Consensus emerging on many issues, UN's Sudan envoy tells Security Council UN News 28 Mar 2022 -- The United Nations envoy for Sudan told the Security Council today that consensus has emerged on many issues towards establishing a functional government, warning that Khartoum could lose out on billions of external aid without such an administration.