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• USS Paul Ignatius Departs Mayport for Inaugural Patrol, Homeport Shift US Navy 28 Apr 2022 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) departed Naval Station Mayport, April 27, for a routine patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations and a homeport shift to Rota, Spain. After completing the ship's inaugural patrol, Paul Ignatius will join destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS Ross (DDG 71), USS Porter (DDG 78) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) as Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe (FDNF-E) ships homeported in Rota, Spain, fortifying the enduring relationship between the U.S. Navy and NATO.
• USS Momsen Conducts Underway Operations with India Navy US Navy 28 Apr 2022 -- The U.S. and Indian navies concluded at sea bi-lateral operations off India's West Coast in the Arabian Sea, April 27.
• First T-7A Red Hawk rolls out US Air Force 28 Apr 2022 -- The first T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building at Lambert International Airport.
• NC Guard trains in Operation Sage Eagle in New Mexico Army News 28 Apr 2022 -- North Carolina National Guard Soldiers from Detachment 2, Charlie Company of the 1-126th Aviation Regiment, took part in Operation Sage Eagle in White Sands, New Mexico, in an exercise that supported the 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Regiment.
• USS America completes integrated industrial firefighting drill US Navy 28 Apr 2022 -- USS America (LHA 6), the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, successfully completed an integrated firefighting drill with base firefighters onboard U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, April 27.
• Pentagon Downplays $7B in US Military Equipment Left in Afghanistan VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- The fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan gave Taliban fighters access to more than $7 billion worth of American military equipment, according to data in a report submitted this week to U.S. lawmakers and confirmed by the Pentagon.
• Joint Statement on the United States - Iceland Strategic Dialogue US Dept. of State 28 Apr 2022 -- The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of the United States of America and Iceland following their strategic dialogue in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 26.
• Tough Fighting in Donbas as Biden Asks for More Aid to Ukraine DoD News 28 Apr 2022 -- Tough fighting continues in the Donbas region of Ukraine with 92 Russian battalion tactical groups now operating in the area, a senior defense official said today.
• Remarks by President Biden on the Request to Congress for Additional Funding to Support Ukraine The White House 28 Apr 2022
• Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Ukraine Supplemental Budget Request The White House 28 Apr 2022
• FACT SHEET: White House Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Support for Ukraine The White House 28 Apr 2022
• Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Fiscal Year 2022 Emergency Supplemental Funding The White House 28 Apr 2022
• Pelosi Floor Speech on S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 US House Speaker Pelosi 28 Apr 2022 -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
• Biden Will Request $30 Billion In Additional Funding To Support Ukraine's 'Fight For Freedom' RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden will request $33 billion from Congress to support Ukraine, a move that represents a dramatic escalation of U.S. funding for the country in its war against Russia.
• Biden asks Congress for a whopping $33 billion in aid package for Ukraine Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- US President Joe Biden formally asked Congress for a whopping $33 billion aid package for Ukraine, including more than $20 billion in new military aid and other security assistance over the next five months to use in the regime's war with Russia.
• Biden: US Not Attacking Russia But Defending Ukraine, Will Send Military Aid Until End of Operation Sputnik 28 Apr 2022 -- US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States will continue to provide military aid to Ukraine until Russia's special military operation in that country stops.
• NATO Secretary General meets with European Parliament leaders NATO 28 Apr 2022 -- On Thursday (28 April 2022) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the European Parliament in Brussels to meet President Roberta Metsola and the conference of presidents of the seven political groups in the Parliament. This is the first time that a NATO Secretary General has met with the group of European Parliament party leaders.
• More Allies join NATO's multinational capability cooperation initiatives NATO 28 Apr 2022 -- National Armaments Directors from 18 NATO Allies and the General Manager of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) reaffirmed their commitment to work together to develop, acquire and store capabilities in a way that's cheaper, improves access to state-of-the art military technology, and makes Allies more interoperable.
• Greece Blocks Turkey From NATO Air Drill VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- It was billed as a promising breakthrough — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting last month and agreeing to try to resolve their countries' age-old differences, keeping, at least, a lid on tensions as the conflict in Ukraine rages.
• Sweden, Finland to be welcomed to NATO with open arms: Stoltenberg Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- Finland and Sweden will be welcomed to NATO with open arms and their accession process will expectedly take place quickly if they decide to join the Western military alliance, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says.
• Swedish Authorities Reject Proposal for Referendum on NATO Membership Sputnik 28 Apr 2022 -- Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Thursday that the Swedish authorities, including Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Moderate Party Leader Ulf Kristersson, rejected the Left Party's proposal for a referendum on NATO membership.
• Norway to Boost Military Activity in the North, Citing Russia's Ukraine Op Sputnik 28 Apr 2022 -- Following the start of Russia's special operation to demilitarise Ukraine and protect the People's Republics of Donbass, many European nations announced military budget increases, citing shifts in the overall security situation.
• Beijing: US, Japan policy of 'fabricating China space threat' aimed at space militarization Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- The Chinese government has accused the US and Japan of "fabricating" China's space threat, saying it is aimed at advancing their own space army expansion.
• China-Solomon Islands security cooperation benefits common interests of South Pacific region: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 28 Apr 2022 -- The security cooperation between China and Solomon Islands benefits the Solomon Islands' long-term peace and order, and also serves the common interests in the South Pacific region, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Thursday.
• Strategic goals of Chinese defense minister's visit to Tehran Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- Western media are making every attempt to use the Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe's visit to Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on regional and international developments as well as issues of mutual interests as a ploy to indoctrinate a false notion that the 25-year partnership agreement signed between Iran and China has a military nature.
• NATO must ensure Taiwan's self-defense: U.K. foreign secretary CNA 28 Apr 2022 -- U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss highlighted the need to assist Taiwan and other democracies in the Indo-Pacific with self-defense to forestall threats in the region, as she spoke to diplomats in the United Kingdom on Wednesday.
• Mainland slams Taiwan's DPP for arms purchases People's Daily 28 Apr 2022 -- Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority will, step by step, push Taiwan into the disaster of war by wantonly squandering the money of the Taiwan people on buying arms and creating confrontation across the Taiwan Strait, said a mainland spokesperson on Wednesday.
• HMAS Maitland decommissions in Darwin Australia DOD 28 Apr 2022 -- The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decommissioned Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Maitland at a ceremony at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin, following 16 years of service.
• Australia and Vietnam: Strengthening peacekeeping cooperation Australia DOD 28 Apr 2022 -- Australia is committed to deepening bilateral ties with its regional and strategic partners, including the shared and growing peacekeeping relationship with Vietnam.
• Regiment gets its guns out Australia DOD 28 Apr 2022 -- Ground crew aircraft support (GCAS) soldiers provided vital functions for helicopters on Exercise Griffin Guns.
• Readout of a meeting in Washington between Defence Minister Anita Anand and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Canada 28 Apr 2022
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Canadian Minister of National Defence Anita Anand to the Pentagon DoD 28 Apr 2022
• Canada, U.S. in Lockstep for Support to Ukraine, NATO DoD News 28 Apr 2022 -- Canada and the United States are in lockstep in their support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia, defense leaders said following Pentagon meetings today.
• Statement by NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defense Simon Coveney of Ireland The White House 28 Apr 2022
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Coveney US Dept. of State 28 Apr 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Omani Foreign Minister Al-Busaidi US Dept. of State 28 Apr 2022
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 28, 2022 The White House 28 Apr 2022

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• 28 April 2022 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 28 Apr 2022
• At Least Nine Killed In Two Explosions In Afghanistan's North RFE/RL Gandhara 28 Apr 2022 -- Two explosions have killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in an apparent coordinated attack on two minibuses in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh.
• Twin Blasts in Northern Afghanistan Kill 9 VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- Explosions ripped through two separate passenger vehicles in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring 13 others.
• China says Taiwan 'playing with fire' over alleged Taiping Island plans Radio Free Asia 28 Apr 2022 -- China has reacted strongly against Taiwan's alleged plans to extend a runway on the contested Taiping Island in the South China Sea, saying it was "playing with fire."
• Junta troops torch 500 homes in 3 days in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 28 Apr 2022 -- Junta troops torched more than 500 homes in five villages over the past three days in Myanmar's Sagaing region, residents said Thursday, where nearly three-fourths of townships have been cut off from internet access since early March amid ongoing military raids.
• Bringing an end to impunity in Libya: UK Statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 28 Apr 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council briefing on Libya
• Justice must prevail over alleged Libya war crimes, ICC Prosecutor tells Security Council UN News 28 Apr 2022 -- Outlining a new four-pronged investigation strategy to the Security Council on Thursday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) pledged his commitment to delivering justice against crimes committed in Libya.
• At least 21 children reported killed in violence in Sudan's West Darfur UNICEF 28 Apr 2022
• West Darfur: Health workers, children, among 200 killed in 'senseless and brutal attacks' UN News 28 Apr 2022 -- Recent intercommunal violence in areas of West Darfur, Sudan, that has left scores dead, including two health workers, must stop immediately, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
• UNHCR, States vow to step up support for solutions for those displaced by Central African crises UNHCR 28 Apr 2022 -- A new declaration calling for more concerted action to help nearly 1.4 million displaced Central Africans has been signed after a key regional conference organized by the Government of Cameroon and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

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• Annual Statistical Transparency Report - Calendar Year 2021 Director of National Intelligence 28 Apr 2022 -- Today, consistent with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), as amended (codified in 50 U.S.C. § 1873(b)), and the Intelligence Community's (IC) Principles of Intelligence Transparency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the ninth annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities.
• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, April 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Apr 2022
• Foreign Ministry statement on the publication of the names of Canadian citizens added to the stop list Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Apr 2022
• Blinken: US Considering Possibility of Seizing Sanctioned Assets of Russian Government Sputnik 28 Apr 2022 -- The United States is considering the possibility of seizing sanctioned assets of the Russian government and putting them towards projects to help Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.
• FACT SHEET: President Biden's Comprehensive Proposal to Hold Russian Oligarchs and Elites Accountable The White House 28 Apr 2022
• US, EU Warn Against Giving In to Russian 'Gas Blackmail' VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- The United States and the European Union have warned against giving in to what they called Russian "blackmail" over gas supplies to Europe.
• The expulsion of Russia from the Council of Europe was inevitable, Di Maio tells PACE Council of Europe 28 Apr 2022
• Russia bans 287 British MPs in tit-for-tat move over Ukraine Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- Russia has banned the entry of 287 members of the British parliament in response to the sanctions imposed on Russian lawmakers over Moscow's military offensive against Ukraine.
• France Impounds Villa Belonging To Putin's Former Son-In-Law RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- French authorities say they have impounded a villa in the city of Biarritz belonging to Kirill Shamalov, the former husband of Katerina Tikhonova, a daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Former U.S., NATO Commander Says Putin's War In Ukraine Has Left Russia 'Vulnerable As A Nation' RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- The former commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe has said Russia is "not in a good position" as the 2-month-old Ukraine war grinds on, but that its newer focus on the east of the country will make it "a different fight."
• Russia Nearly Doubled Its Income From Energy Sales To The EU During Wartime, Study Shows RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- Moscow continues to benefit from Europe's energy dependence on Russian oil despite a reduction in sales due to sanctions imposed to pressure it to end its war against Ukraine, according to experts with a Finland-based research organization.
• Jailed Former Sakhalin Governor Sentenced To 15 Years In Second Corruption Case RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- A Russian court has sentenced the former governor of the Sakhalin Oblast to 15 years in prison after convicting him on corruption charges for the second time in four years.
• Russia Fines Twitter 3 Million Rubles For Failure To Delete 'Banned Content' RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- A court in Moscow has fined Twitter for failing to delete content the government deems illegal amid Russia's crackdown on social-media networks.
• Is it Possible to Make a Deal with Putin? VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- As Russia's war on Ukraine enters its third month, questions have swirled about whether a negotiated solution with Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible.
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 28 Apr 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
• EU prepared for Russian gas cut-off: von der Leyen People's Daily 28 Apr 2022 -- The European Union (EU) is ready to face the suspension of Russian gas deliveries to its member states, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 28, 2022 PRC MofA 28 Apr 2022
• Unfavorable US views of China 'at new high': report Radio Free Asia 28 Apr 2022 -- Negative views of China are growing among U.S. citizens, with around two-thirds of those surveyed in a recent poll considering China's rising power and influence in the world a "major threat," according to a new report released on Thursday.
• Intl rules not the rules of a small circle: Chinese FM on Truss warning China Global Times 28 Apr 2022 -- International rules should be the norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, rather than the rules of a small circle or clique, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded on Thursday to UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss' "warning" that China must play by international rules.
• Canadian, UK lawmakers advance measures on China's repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 28 Apr 2022 -- A Canadian parliamentary committee advanced a motion to offer special immigration procedures now granted to Ukrainian refugees to Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities fleeing persecution in Xinjiang, while lawmakers in the United Kingdom moved to ban medical imports from the region in western China.
• Pakistan urged to fix counter-terror shield for all Chinese projects and personnel, especially during political reshuffle Global Times 28 Apr 2022 -- After claiming responsibility for the terror attack that struck the Confucius Institute within the University of Karachi on Tuesday and killed three Chinese teachers and a Pakistani driver, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, warned China of more deadly attacks, and Chinese experts urged the Pakistani government to take immediate and firm actions on protecting Chinese nationals and projects and to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts.
• Pakistan's new FM visits Chinese Embassy to mourn victims of bombing, 'willing to learn Chinese experience in fighting terrorism' Global Times 28 Apr 2022 -- Pakistan's newly appointed Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday, the day he was sworn into the post, visited the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan to send condolences to the Chinese victims of the terror attack at the Confucius Institute in the University of Karachi in Pakistan.
• Attack on Chinese Workers in Pakistan Challenges New Government VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- This week's suicide attack in Karachi that killed three Chinese nationals poses a challenge for Pakistan's new leaders at a time when they may be looking to improve ties with Beijing.
• China will not tolerate any provocation by DPP authorities for seeking "independence": Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 28 Apr 2022 -- "Taiwan question is different from the Ukraine issue in essence. It is China's internal affair and brooks no outside interference," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a regular press conference on Thursday.
• U.S. lawmakers pass bill to help Taiwan regain WHA observer seat CNA 28 Apr 2022 -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to ask Washington to help Taiwan to regain observer status in the World Health Organization (WHO), a month before this year's World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the WHO, is scheduled to be held in late May.
• US Congress passes bill to help Taiwan secure WHO status in open defiance of China Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- In an act of defiance against China, the United States House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill calling on the State Department to file a plan to help Chinese Taipei to once again secure its observer status at the World Health Organization (WHO).
• One-China principle an anchor for peace, stability across Taiwan Strait: FM spokesperson People's Daily 28 Apr 2022 -- The one-China principle is what underpins peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.
• Mainland to continue supporting cross-Strait exchanges despite COVID-19 People's Daily 28 Apr 2022 -- A spokesperson on Wednesday said the Chinese mainland will continue to support cross-Strait exchanges despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Low interest in events hailing North Korea's warm relationship with Russia Radio Free Asia 28 Apr 2022 -- While much of the Western world views Russia as a pariah state over its invasion of Ukraine, North Korea's autocratic government called on its people to focus on the Cold War comradeship it shared with its powerful neighbor and sponsor.
• Iran definitely collected UK payment to settle historic debt: CBI Press TV 28 Apr 2022 -- Iran has rejected media reports claiming that Tehran has yet to receive a payment made by the United Kingdom last month to settle a historic debt.
• Iranian Authorities Accused Of Imposing 'Stone Age' Restrictions At Universities RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- As tens of thousands of Iranian students flocked back to university this month, following a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, many were greeted with new restrictions.
• Erdogan Goes to Riyadh to Seal Rapprochement VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Saudi Arabia Thursday for a two-day visit aimed at easing old tensions between Ankara and Riyadh.
• Energy: Bulgaria to set up first regional platform as part of the EU's Energy Purchase Platform European Commission 28 Apr 2022 -- Following yesterday's announcement by Gazprom on the disruption of gas deliveries to Bulgaria, Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev had a series of meetings in the Commission.
• Lula trial in Brazil violated due process, says UN rights panel UN News 28 Apr 2022 -- The prosecution of Brazil's former President, Luiz da Silva, violated his right to a fair trial, his right to privacy and his political rights, the UN Human Rights Committee has found.
• Cambodia arrests leader of opposition political party who was in hiding Radio Free Asia 28 Apr 2022 -- Authorities in Cambodia on Thursday arrested the president of a small Cambodian political party who had been on the run since last week after being charged with forging documents to compete in local elections in June.
• Montenegro Elects New Minority Government That Aims To Speed Up EU Membership Process RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- Montenegro's parliament on April 28 approved a new minority government led by Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, who said a main goal of the new government is to unblock the process of European integration.
• After Publicly Backing Ukraine's Sovereignty, Uzbek FM Steps down RFE/RL 28 Apr 2022 -- Weeks after publicly supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov has left his post.
• Somali Lawmakers Facing Tough Task of Electing President VOA 28 Apr 2022 -- Adan Nuur Madobe made a comeback as speaker of Parliament Wednesday night following his ouster from the same seat in 2010. His election was seen as a victory for the opposition, which marshaled forces to defeat Hassan Abdi Nur, who had the backing of outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.