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• Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing DoD 14 Apr 2022
• USS Arlington (LPD 24) Arrives In Reykjavik, Iceland US Navy 14 Apr 2022 -- The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Iceland relations and build NATO Alliance cohesion, April 14, 2022.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Slovakia's Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad' DoD Apr Mar 2022
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's Call With Croatia's Minister of Defence Mario Banožić DoD 14 Apr 2022
• Virginia National Guard aviators capitalize on Black Hawk helicopter capabilities during Kosovo mission Army News 14 Apr 2022 -- The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter has been the U.S. Army's go-to aircraft since the beginning of NATO's mission in Kosovo in 1999. Over the years, the iconic Army utility helicopter has been used in numerous applications, including its use as a troop transport, assisting with extinguishing wildfires and rapidly transporting injured personnel via medical evacuation, or MEDEVAC.
• Reserve Marines with 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines Conduct a Live-fire HIMARS Training Event USMC News 14 Apr 2022 -- The Marines that operate M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers hold a vital role within the future of the Marine Corps. With their rockets red glare, the Reserve Marines with Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, are able to provide rapid precision fire support anywhere in the world in coordination with Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force, aircraft.
• USS Momsen Conducts Underway Operations with Indonesian Navy US Navy 14 Apr 2022 -- The U.S. and Indonesian navies concluded three days of at-sea bilateral operations in the South China Sea from April 12-14.
• Allies practise air interoperability with Finland and Sweden NATO 14 Apr 2022 -- NATO Allies and partners Finland and Sweden, have had a week of intensive cooperation in the skies over Estonia in the just-concluded exercise Ramstein Alloy. The regular NATO exercise focused on real-world scenarios faced by NATO's Air Policing personnel deployed in the Baltic region.
• Analysis: Finland And Sweden's Steady March Toward NATO RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- It is almost a certainty now that Finland and Sweden will join NATO, making it the biggest political and military redrawing of the European map since the countries of Central and Eastern Europe joined the military alliance, as well as the European Union, in different waves in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine DoD 14 Apr 2022 -- The United States has committed more than $3.2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $2.6 billion since the beginning of Russia's unprovoked assault on February 24.
• DOD: Security Assistance Support to Ukraine Not Affecting U.S. Readiness DoD News 14 Apr 2022 -- Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 24, the U.S. government has provided $2.6 billion in security assistance to the Ukrainians to help them regain and defend their sovereignty. Much of what has been sent has come straight out of U.S. military stockpiles. Nevertheless, the U.S. military's own readiness has not been affected by having sent that gear overseas, said Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby during a briefing today.
• Biden announces additional 800 mln USD in aid to Ukraine People's Daily 14 Apr 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday his administration will provide Ukraine with an additional 800 million U.S. dollars' worth of military aid due to what Washington anticipated to be a "wider assault" by Russia in eastern Ukraine.
• Minister Anand announces the immediate deployment of Canadian Armed Forces Personnel to Poland in response to the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Canada 14 Apr 2022 -- The Canadian Armed Forces are engaged around the world in a number of military operations ranging from humanitarian and relief efforts to peacekeeping to keep Canada and North America safe and to support our partners and NATO allies.
• Russia will deploy nuclear arms in Baltic Sea if Finland, Sweden join NATO: Moscow warns Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned that Moscow will deploy nuclear weapons close to the Baltic States if Finland and Sweden join the US-led NATO.
• US Counters Chinese Outreach to Solomon Islands VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- The United States is increasing its diplomatic outreach and COVID-19 vaccine assistance to the Solomon Islands amid concerns over a security deal between the Pacific island nation and China.
• Guardians of the Spirit Australia DOD 14 Apr 2022 -- A unique visitor to RAAF Base Amberley has given No. 2 Security Forces Squadron the opportunity to enhance security interoperability by working with a foreign partner.
• 20th India-France Joint Staff talks held in Paris India PIB 14 Apr 2022 -- The 20th edition of India-France Joint Staff talks was held in Paris, France on April 12-13, 2022. The meeting was co-chaired by Assistant Chief of Integrated Staff, Int-C (Military Cooperation), Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) Air Vice Marshal B Manikantan and Head of Bilateral Cooperation South/Staff HQ Brigadier General Eric Peltier.
• Nigeria - AH-1Z Attack Helicopter Related FMS Acquisitions DSCA 14 Apr 2022 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Nigeria of AH-1Z Attack Helicopter Related FMS Acquisitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of $997 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken Virtual Remarks on 21st Century Diplomacy and Global Challenges, The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan US Dept. of State 14 Apr 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Hoekstra US Dept. of State 14 Apr 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 14 Apr 2022
• Readout of Vice President Harris's Call with President Herzog of Israel The White House 14 Apr 2022
• Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House 14 Apr 2022
• Department Press Briefing – April 14, 2022 US Dept. of State 14 Apr 2022

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• 14 April 2022 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 14 Apr 2022
• UN Warns War In Ukraine Threatens To Devastate Many Poor Countries RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia's war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions, a UN task force has warned.
• UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen UN News 14 Apr 2022 -- The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the war in Ukraine threaten to push millions even closer to famine.
• West Africa: WFP working to feed millions amid record hunger, rising costs UN News 14 Apr 2022 -- The conflict in Ukraine is driving up global food and fuel prices which is affecting efforts to feed millions in West Africa, where hunger levels have reached a 10-year high, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.
• 350,000 Somali children face starvation: UN Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- The United Nations has warned that 350,000 children are at risk of starvation in Somalia unless the world rallies to provide food aid to the impoverished African nation.
• Afghan Prison Commander Sentenced For War Crimes By Dutch Court RFE/RL Gandhara 14 Apr 2022 -- A Dutch court has convicted an Afghan man of war crimes and torture for abusing political opponents in prison and sentenced him to 12 years, which his lawyer said he will appeal.
• Afghan Farmers Fear For Livelihoods As Taliban Bans Opium RFE/RL Gandhara 14 Apr 2022 -- Wali Jan, a farmer in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, is expected to soon harvest poppies from his half-hectare farm.
• Ansarullah slams UN Security Council stance on Yemen presidential council as cheap stunt Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Yemen's popular Ansarullah resistance movement has sharply criticized the UN Security Council for welcoming the transfer of power last week from fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, to a new presidential council, stating that Yemeni people view the world body's move as a cheap stunt.
• The truce in Yemen provides an opportunity that must be seized: UK at UN Security Council UK FCDO 14 Apr 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Yemen
• Yemen: 'Light at the end of the tunnel' as first nationwide truce in six years continues UN News 14 Apr 2022 -- A UN brokered two-month renewable truce between the warring parties in Yemen is holding, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Thursday, providing "light at the end of the tunnel", and the possibility of a lasting peace.
• Several militants dead, injured in clashes between rival Turkish-backed groups in Syria: SANA Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Amid brazen attempts by rival Turkish-backed Takfiri militants to consolidate their grip on areas under their control, the extremists have turned against each other and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah.
• Israeli Jets Launch Strikes Against Damascus, Syrian Air Defenses Engaged - State Media Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- No other details were immediately provided. The country's defense ministry stated that there was a destruction, but it was not clear of which scale. No casualties were reported either. However, the number and type of attacking projectiles has remained unknown.
• Junta forces burn Myanmar villages to weaken anti-coup resistance Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Satellite images have shown widespread torching of villages in the central part of Myanmar where junta forces are using arson to crush resistance in the Sagaing region.
• Kyrgyz, Tajik Foreign Ministers Discuss Border Issues After Latest Shoot-Out RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- The foreign ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have discussed the situation along disputed segments of the border between the two Central Asian nations after another deadly shoot-out involving border guards.
• Date Set For Runoff In De Facto Presidential Election In Georgian Breakaway Region RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- A runoff in the de facto presidential election in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, which Tbilisi and the West do not recognize, has been set for April 28.

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• Jury Convicts ISIS 'Beatle' for Role in Hostage-Taking Scheme that Resulted in the Deaths of American, British and Japanese Citizens US Dept. of Justice 14 Apr 2022 -- A federal jury convicted a militant fighter for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization, on all eight charges that were brought against him in the United States relating to his participation in a brutal hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens, as well as the deaths of British and Japanese nationals, in Syria.
• 'Justice Prevailed,' Say Families of Hostages Tortured in Syria VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- The families of American hostages kidnapped and killed in Syria by Islamic State militants welcomed a guilty verdict handed down Thursday by a U.S. court.
• Member of Daesh 'Beatles' Found Guilty of Kidnap and Murder of US Hostages in Syria Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- El Shafee Elsheikh was charged with several counts over his role in the murder of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as their aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.
• U.S. Warns Of Malware That Could Allow Access To Critical Industrial Controls RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Several U.S. government agencies have issued a joint alert warning of the discovery of malicious cybertools capable of gaining access to industrial control systems.
• The Role of Intelligence at a Transformational Moment - Speech by CIA Director William Burns CIA 14 Apr 2022
• US Spy Chief Warns of Russia's Nuclear Threats, 'Potential Desperation' VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia's nuclear saber-rattling has the attention of top U.S. intelligence officials, some of whom are expressing growing concern about the Kremlin's willingness to unleash some of its nuclear arsenal as it faces "potential desperation" in Ukraine.
• Russian Legislator and Two Staff Members Charged with Conspiring to Have U.S. Citizen Act as an Illegal Agent of the Russian Government in the United States US Dept. of Justice 14 Apr 2022 -- Russian Legislator Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Babakov and Staff Members Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vorobev and Mikhail Alekseyevich Plisyuk, Allegedly Conspired to Violate U.S. Sanctions, Have a U.S. Citizen Act as an Unregistered Agent of Russia, and Fraudulently Obtain Visas to Enter the U.S. in Furtherance of a Global Foreign Influence Scheme for the Russian Government
• Russian Lawmaker, Staffers Charged With Spreading Disinformation To Sway U.S. Public Opinion On Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- A Russian State Duma legislator and two aides have been charged in the United States with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions over an alleged international foreign influence and disinformation network to advance Russian interests.
• Meeting on current situation in oil and gas sector President of Russia 14 Apr 2022 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the current situation in the oil and gas sector, via videoconference.
• Russia to redirect energy exports to East amid European threats Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country will need to create infrastructure to redirect its massive energy exports eastward amid rising threats by European countries that they will reduce or cut natural gas imports from Russia in the future.
• Putin Accuses Western Banks Of Failing To Pay For Russian Gas In Rubles RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Western banks of failing to pay for Russian gas supplies after he demanded that European Union member states and other countries pay for Russian gas in rubles.
• Russia imposing tit-for-tat sanctions on US, Canadian lawmakers: Ministry Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia says it is imposing sanctions on hundreds of US lawmakers and dozens of Canadian senators in retaliation for similar measures by Washington and Ottawa against more than 300 Russian legislators last month.
• Commerce Department Identifies First Belarusian and More Russian Aircraft Exported to Belarus and Russia in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls US Dept. of Commerce 14 Apr 2022 -- Updated List Continues Effort to Notify Public that Providing Any Form of Service to These Aircraft is Also a Likely Violation of U.S. Law
• EU Kills Last Opportunity for Weapons Exports to Russia, Reports Say Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- The fifth package of EU sanctions imposed on Russia over its special military operation in Ukraine has killed the last opportunity for the bloc to supply weapons to the country, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported on Thursday.
• UK hits key Russian oligarchs with sanctions worth up to £10 billion UK FCDO 14 Apr 2022 -- The government announces that the UK has today sanctioned Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich.
• Cyprus Starts To Strip Citizenship From Four Russian Billionaires RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Cyprus has started the process of stripping citizenship from four Russian billionaires and 17 members of their families.
• Russian Media Say Popular Computer Fonts Blocked Amid Sanctions Over War In Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Monotype Imaging, the U.S. company that owns several of the most popular fonts used on computers, says it has blocked access to its catalogue for users in Russia amid ongoing international sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
• Navalny Lawyer Sobol's Suspended Sentence Converted To Prison Term RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- A court in Moscow has replaced the 18-month parole-like sentence handed to opposition politician Lyubov Sobol, a close associate of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Aleksei Navalny, to actual prison time, saying she had violated the terms of her punishment by leaving the country.
• Xi orders building world-leading spacecraft launch site PLA Daily 14 Apr 2022 -- President Xi Jinping demanded efforts to elevate a spacecraft launch site in southern China's island province of Hainan into world-leading standards when he inspected the site on Tuesday.
• China's BDS accuracy comparable to GPS, even better in Asia-Pacific region: authorities Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- Some 15 years after the first BeiDou-2 navigation satellite was launched, China is providing the world with an all-round, multifunctional satellite navigation system, with a worldwide positioning accuracy equal to the US' GPS, and even better performances in the Asia-Pacific region, authorities said at the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference on Thursday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on April 14, 2022 PRC MofA 14 Apr 2022
• Yellen's threats against China prompt calls for precautions to protect Chinese interests Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- After US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued threats against China over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Chinese experts on Thursday cautioned about the rising risk of potential US actions against Chinese businesses and called for precautions, including possible counter-measures, to safeguard China's legitimate rights and interests.
• US should introspect and reform itself, stop interfering in HK affairs under guise of 'human rights': official Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- Spokesperson of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the US' so-called 2021 Human Rights Reports, which again pointed fingers at Hong Kong affairs, smeared the National Security Law for Hong Kong and the new electoral system, slandered the SAR governance and blatantly interfered in China's internal affairs.
• Financial stability guarantee fund offers double protection against systemic risks: central bank official Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- China's financial risks are diminishing and controllable, a central bank official said on Thursday, noting that the newly introduced financial stability guarantee fund will work in a coordinated manner with existing safeguards such as the deposit insurance fund and will be used at the discretion of the central government.
• Shanghai's Lingang New Area loosens curbs on property sale Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- Shanghai's Lingang New Area loosened its housing sale policy for talent, shortening the required work time for residents applying for talent verification to three-six months and becoming the latest Chinese city to relax restrictions for property sales in April.
• Online gambling, cryptocurrencies deployed in money laundering: says Ministry of Public Security Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- An official from China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said that a large number of money laundering cases are correlated with online gambling platforms and cryptocurrencies, which was the subject of a special campaign targeting telecommunication and cyber fraud launched by the ministry.
• China to expand rare-earth permanent magnet material application: MIIT Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- China will further promote the expansion of rare-earth permanent magnet material application, in a bid to enhance the development of rare-earth permanent magnet materials and the high-end application industry, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday.
• U.S. human rights report reveals hypocrisy, double standards: FM spokesperson People's Daily 14 Apr 2022 -- China on Wednesday said it deplores and firmly opposes the China-related content in the 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and relevant remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which have revealed hypocrisy and double standards of the U.S.
• Beijing Strongly Opposes Visit of US Congressmen to Taiwan, Calls to Stick to 'One China' Policy Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday that Beijing firmly opposes any official contact between the United States and Taiwan after the arrival of a US delegation on the island earlier in the day.
• Senior U.S. congressional delegation arrives in Taiwan CNA 14 Apr 2022 -- A bipartisan group of American lawmakers, led by the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee Lindsey Graham, arrived in Taiwan on Thursday evening for a brief visit that will involve meetings with top-level Taiwanese officials.
• Mainland denounces DPP's denial of cross-Strait cultural ties People's Daily 14 Apr 2022 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for its denial of the profound cultural connections across the Taiwan Strait.
• US provocations before N.Korea's vital event 'would worsen situation' Global Times 14 Apr 2022 -- Despite North Korea's vital festivals in the coming days, the US and NATO, instead of making encouraging gestures to ease the situation on the Korean Peninsula, have intensified threats, including sending an aircraft carrier group near South Korea and urging the UN to slap new sanctions to provoke the country citing so-called nuclear and missile threats. However, Chinese experts warned that the moves would only worsen tensions on the Peninsula.
• North Korea on high alert ahead of late founding father's birth holiday Radio Free Asia 14 Apr 2022 -- North Korea has declared a five-day military-wide special security period as the people prepare to celebrate the life of the country's late founder, sources in the country told RFA.
• Order of Chairman of WPK Central Military Commission Issued KCNA 14 Apr 2022 -- Kim Jong Un , chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), Thursday gave an order to promote the military ranks of commanding officers on the occasion of the 110th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung .
• Iran Opens New Centrifuge-Parts Workshop At Natanz, UN Watchdog Says RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- A report by the UN's nuclear watchdog says Iran is starting to operate a new workshop at its Natanz nuclear facility that will make parts for uranium-enriching centrifuges with machines recently moved there from its Karaj facility.
• IAEA won't have access to surveillance cameras: Iran IRNA 14 Apr 2022 -- Iran's Acting Representative to the Vienna-based International Organizations said that the United Nations nuclear watchdog wouldn't be allowed to have access to footages of surveillance cameras in Iran's nuclear sites until the nuclear deal is revived.
• Iran envoy: IAEA will have no access to surveillance camera data until JCPOA revived Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Iran's acting ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the Agency will have no access to data recorded by its surveillance cameras installed in Iranian nuclear facilities until the 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is fully restored.
• Iran atomic agency's great stride in securing nuclear facilities Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- On April 14, it was announced that, based on new planning at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the special machinery used for manufacturing rotors and bellows had been transferred from the industrial TESA Karaj Complex to the Shahid Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan nuclear facility in the city of Natanz. The machinery began manufacturing centrifuge parts at the new workshops after having the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s seals removed from it.
• Iran tightens rules on carrying foreign cash Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- The Iranian government has issued new regulations governing the supply, possession and carrying of foreign cash as the country seeks to crack down on foreign currency trafficking amid sanctions that have hampered its access to the international banking system.
• Iran will harshly confront Israel wherever it deems necessary: Senior IRGC commander Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- The commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns the Islamic Republic will harshly confront the Israeli regime wherever it deems necessary.
• Iranians Express Alarm As Drug Prices Skyrocket Amid Plan To Cut Major Subsidy RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Prices of pharmaceutical drugs have skyrocketed in Iran amid plans by the cash-strapped government to cut a major subsidy.
• U.S. Says Seven Boeing Planes Belonging To Belarus's National Airline Violate U.S. Export Controls RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- The U.S. Commerce Department has identified seven Boeing 737 Planes operated by Belarusian national carrier Belavia that are in apparent violation of U.S. export controls.
• Nearly 100 arrested ahead of Thingyan in Myanmar's Yangon, Mandalay Radio Free Asia 14 Apr 2022 -- Authorities in Myanmar arrested nearly 100 people in the country's two largest cities and the Myawaddy township in Kayin state in the first 10 days of April as part of a pre-Thingyan crackdown, according to data compiled by RFA's Myanmar Service.
• Le Pen outlines foreign policy vision, seeks rapprochement between NATO, Russia Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said she would pull France out of NATO's military command and push for closer links between the military alliance and Russia once the war in Ukraine is over.
• Pakistan Army: No US Conspiracy Behind PM Khan's Ouster VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- Pakistan's military Thursday dismissed allegations by ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan that the United States had conspired with his political opponents to force him from office but said the U.S. had used language that amounted to interference in Pakistani affairs.
• Pakistan's Military Dismisses Khan's Allegation That U.S. Conspired In His Ouster RFE/RL Gandhara 14 Apr 2022 -- Pakistan's military has dismissed the accusation of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan that the United States conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence.
• Pakistan Army Claims It Backed Imran Khan's Visit to Russia Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- The US has made several overtures to Pakistan after the ouster of ex-PM Imran Khan, who had been critical of Washington's 'War on Terror'. Secretary of State Blinken on Wednesday called Pakistan an "important partner". The Pentagon, meanwhile, has said that it expects to continue its "healthy military-to-military relationship" with Islamabad.
• Pakistani General Urges Public Not to Drag Army Into Political Disputes Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- Major General Babar Iftikhar, the head of the Inter-Services Public Relations of the Pakistani military, urged politicians and the public not to drag the army into the dispute between the Tehreek-e-Insaf party led by the ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, and the government led by the new prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif.
• Imran Khan Kicks Off Nation-Wide Rallies for Early Elections While US Congratulates Shehbaz Sharif Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- Tensions are continuing to simmer after the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Earlier this week, over 100 lawmakers from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party resigned from the National Assembly before the scheduled voting for the new PM, according to Dawn, the oldest English-language newspaper in Pakistan.
• Japan PM set to visit SE Asia in late April Radio Free Asia 14 Apr 2022 -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning a visit to Southeast Asia later this month to counter China's growing assertiveness in the region, according to news reports and a government official.
• Central Asian Neighbors To Feel The Pain As Kazakhstan Suspends Wheat, Flour Exports RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Kazakhstan's decision to ban wheat exports is really bad news for the country's poorer Central Asian neighbors, which get some 90 percent of their wheat imports from their northern neighbor.
• Cambodian officials move against opposition activists ahead of June elections Radio Free Asia 14 Apr 2022 -- Cambodian authorities moved this month to block members of political opposition groups from challenging the country's ruling party in local elections set for June, arresting some on contested charges and disqualifying others from running, Cambodian sources say.
• New Members of Somalia's Parliament Sworn In VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- More than 80% of Somalia's new parliament members were sworn in Thursday, following repeated poll delays and an ongoing feud between the president and the prime minister.
• Humanitarians Cheer Generous Aid to Ukraine but Fear Cost to Other Crises VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- International relief agencies say they welcome the global outpouring of aid for Ukraine since Russia's invasion but worry that the crisis is diverting attention and finances from equally urgent humanitarian emergencies in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere.