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• Expanding Maritime Partnership: Thailand, U.S. 2022 CARAT Exercise US Navy 22 May 2022 -- Royal Thai and U.S. navies begin maritime training during the 28th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise, May 23.
• USS Porter arrives in Oslo, Norway US Navy 22 May 2022 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Oslo, Norway for a scheduled port visit May 22, 2022.
• USS Arlington (LPD 24), 22 MEU Arrives in Alexandroupoli, Concluding ATG22 US Navy 22 May 2022 -- The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Alexandroupoli, Greece for a scheduled port visit, May 21, 2022.
• Pentagon Reportedly Considering Sending US Special Forces Personnel to Kiev Embassy Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- At the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, the US embassy in Kiev had already been shuttered for several weeks, with its diplomatic staff relocated to Poland. A small number of officials made short journeys to a makeshift diplomatic post in Lvov, just inside the Ukraine border.
• US May Reportedly Keep Over 100,000 Troops in Europe Amid Tensions Over Ukraine Crisis Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- To support NATO and deter Russia, the US has expanded its overall posture in Europe from around 60,000 troops before the current Ukraine crisis escalation to around 100,000 troops now. Of those, thousands of troops have allegedly been deployed to NATO's Response Force, which was activated for the first time in NATO history earlier this spring.
• US, South Korea boost military cooperation, intensifying peninsula crisis Global Times 22 May 2022 -- The Saturday meeting between visiting US President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul has turned out to be quite troubling, as the two countries agreed to hold bigger combined military drills and deploy more US weapons including nuclear ones if necessary to boost the deterrence against the so-called evolving threat posed by North Korea, and clamored to what they called maintain peace and stability in not only the Korean Peninsula but also the rest of Asia and the world.
• Remarks by President Biden and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea at the Air Operations Center's Combat Operations Floor on Osan Air Base The White House 22 May 2022
• Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure | Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea The White House 22 May 2022
• Russia's Sarmat ICBM Can Change Trajectory, Will Make Interception Hardly Possible in Coming Decades Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- Sarmat, Russia's newest land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), can fly over the North and South Poles and along other trajectories, Col. Gen. Sergei Karakaev, commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, said.
• EU Depleted Military Stockpiles Helping Ukraine - Borrell Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- EU foreign and security policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that the bloc had run out of military hardware helping Ukraine and urged member states to bolster their defense capabilities.
• CSTO Chief Says Organisation Has Enough Power to Counter Threat From NATO Expansion Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization has enough capacities to respond to any potential threat coming from NATO as it continues to expand eastward, the bloc's secretary general said Sunday.
• Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22: Canadians and allies successfully tackle new challenges and complexities Canada 22 May 2022 -- Today, more than 3,200 soldiers from Canada, United States, and the United Kingdom successfully completed Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22 (Ex MR 22), which began here on May 10, 2022.
• Navies of Bangladesh and India to Undertake Coordinated Patrol India PIB 22 May 2022 -- The fourth edition of the Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) commenced in the Northern Bay of Bengal on 22 May 22. Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy units will undertake joint patrolling along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) till 23 May 22. The last IN-BN CORPAT was conducted in October 2020.
• US, Moldova Discuss Arms Deliveries to Chisinau, Congressman Says Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- The United States will consider delivering arms to Moldova if it receives a request from the country's government, US Congressman and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks said Sunday.
• Biden in Japan for Economic Talks, New US-Asia Trade Deal VOA 22 May 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Japan on the second leg of his first trip to Asia as president.
• Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route Tokyo, Japan The White House 22 May 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Call with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Colonna US Dept. of State 22 May 2022

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• Female Afghan TV Journalists Appear With Faces Covered Following Taliban Order RFE/RL Gandhara 22 May 2022 -- Female news presenters and other journalists appeared on Afghan television with their faces covered on May 22 in compliance with an order by the country's de facto Taliban authorities.
• Afghan Female TV Anchors Forced to Cover Faces on Air VOA 22 May 2022 -- Female program presenters in Afghanistan went on the air Sunday with their faces covered to comply with a fresh decree by the country's Islamist Taliban rulers.
• Drones target military base housing Turkish forces in northern Iraq, three dead: Report Press TV 22 May 2022 -- Drone attacks on a Turkish military base in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh have left three people dead, a report says.
• Syria: US must pay for atrocities, immediately withdraw troops Press TV 22 May 2022 -- Syria has firmly rejected a Pentagon report that the US military was not at fault for a 2019 deadly airstrike targeting civilians in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, saying American forces must pay for their atrocities and immediately withdraw from the war-battered country.
• Finland Can Promise No PKK Threat to Turkey Will Come From Finnish Soil, Foreign Minister Says Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Sunday his country can give Turkey guarantees that it will not harbor members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), labeled "terrorists" by both Ankara and Brussels.
• Leaders Of Azerbaijan, Armenia Meet In Brussels To Discuss Nagorno-Karabakh RFE/RL 22 May 2022 -- The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia met in Brussels to discuss a peace plan for Nagorno-Karabakh, even as opponents in Yerevan accuse Prime Minister Nicol Pashinian of what they say are unacceptable concessions made during negotiations with Baku over the disputed region.

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• US, Japan, Australia, India to launch system designed to track Chinese fishing activities: Report Press TV 22 May 2022 -- The US, Japan, Australia, and India plan to launch a tracking system designed to monitor Chinese fishing activities in the Indo-Pacific region.
• US GOP senators vow to kill domestic terrorism bill, despite spike in hate crimes Press TV 22 May 2022 -- US Republican senators are lining up against Senate-passed domestic terrorism legislation, in the wake of the racist mass shooting which killed ten people in New York last week.
• Monkeypox: UNAIDS 'concerned' about stigmatizing language against LGTBI people UN News 22 May 2022 -- As a significant portion of the recently reported Monkeypox cases has been identified among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) expressed concern on Sunday about some public media reporting and commentary reinforcing homophobic and racist stereotypes.
• WHO Confirms 92 Monkeypox Cases, 28 Suspected Cases Across 12 Countries Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday that a total of 92 confirmed monkeypox cases and 28 suspected cases have been recorded in 12 countries.
• Chinese Top Diplomat Says US Indo-Pacific Strategy Undermines Peace, Bound to Fail Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- The US-proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which aims to foment confrontation and undermine peace in the region, is bound to fail, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.
• China pushes the 'Sinicization of religion' in Xinjiang, targeting Uyghurs Radio Free Asia 22 May 2022 -- When Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), visited the largest mosque in Urumqi before the Eid al-Fitr holy day marking the end of Ramadan, he used the opportunity to promote Beijing's policy of assimilation of non-Chinese people in its far western regions.
• Chinese cities exercise caution in relaxing house purchase restrictions Global Times 22 May 2022 -- The Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone in Central China's Hubei Province has deleted a post on social platform Sina Weibo stating that the zone has completely removed restrictions on home purchases, one week after the country's central bank lowered interest rate on mortgages for first-time homebuyers.
• Taiwan not part of new Indo-Pacific economic initiative: White House CNA 22 May 2022 -- Taiwan has not been invited to join the Indo-Pacific economic framework (IPEF) set to be launched by the United States President Joe Biden on Monday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday.
• Taiwan, WHA need each other: President Tsai CNA 22 May 2022 -- Both Taiwan and the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), need each other in the face of COVID-19 challenges, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Sunday, in response to yet another year of Taipei being left out of the WHA.
• China's refusal for Taiwan's participation in WHA gains support People's Daily 22 May 2022 -- China's decision not to agree with the Taiwan region's participation in this year's World Health Assembly (WHA) has received broad-based support and understanding from the international community, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.
• Iran rejects 'compromise' in Vienna talks to bring US to compliance Press TV 22 May 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry has unequivocally ruled out any prospect of "compromise" in Vienna talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal which is on life support since the US withdrawal in 2018.
• Member of Iran's IRGC assassinated in armed attack in Tehran Press TV 22 May 2022 -- One of the members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has been assassinated in an armed attack by two motorcyclists in Tehran.
• Former PM Khan Calls On Pakistani Supporters To March On Islamabad RFE/RL Gandhara 22 May 2022 -- Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted from power in Pakistan last month, has called for his supporters to march on Islamabad on May 25 to protest against the country's new government.
• Pakistani Ex-PM Khan Calls for Anti-Government March in Islamabad VOA 22 May 2022 -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Sunday he would lead a massive anti-government "peaceful march" on the national capital, Islamabad, later this week to press his demand for fresh elections.
• Chinese, Pakistani FMs agree to launch 'enhanced plan' to safeguard security of Chinese in Pakistan Global Times 22 May 2022 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday reached consensus on enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation, including formulating "enhanced plan" to safeguard the security of Chinese personnel and projects in Pakistan and further exploring the potential of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), during their meeting in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province.
• Quad summit tests new Aussie PM's political wisdom Global Times 22 May 2022 -- Shortly after Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese is sworn in on Monday, the country's new prime minister will head for Japan for a Quad summit where he will "renew" his acquaintance with US President Joe Biden and meet other leaders of the group including the Indian and Japanese prime ministers.
• Australian PM-elect Albanese vows to repair Canberra's image overseas Press TV 22 May 2022 -- Australia's incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to mend Canberra's relations with the world and sweep aside the country's reputation as a climate laggard.
• Australian Federal Election US Dept. of State 22 May 2022
• Readout of President Biden's Call with Prime Minister-Designate Anthony Albanese The White House 22 May 2022
• Australian PM concedes defeat in federal election People's Daily 22 May 2022 -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded defeat in the country's 2022 federal election held on Saturday.
• Germany's Scholz Seeks To Pursue Energy Projects With Senegal Amid Russian Supply Uncertainties RFE/RL 22 May 2022 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country wants to "intensively" pursue gas and renewable energy projects with West African nation Senegal amid uncertainties with Russian supplies following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
• Liz Truss Defies US Pressure Not to Review Northern Ireland Protocol, Report Says Sputnik 22 May 2022 -- Earlier this week, US House speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that Congress would not support her country's free-trade agreement with the UK if the British government persists with what she described as "deeply concerning" plans to "unilaterally discard" the Northern Ireland Protocol.
• Sudanese security forces kill protester during fresh anti-coup demonstrations Press TV 22 May 2022 -- Sudanese security forces have gunned down one protester during fresh demonstrations against last year's military coup d'état that impeded transition of power to a civilian ruling structure in the country.
• Somalia's New President Faces Familiar Political, Security Challenges VOA 22 May 2022 -- Somalia's new president is starting his four-year term facing familiar top issues such as the country's political divide and rising attacks by al-Qaida-linked insurgent group al-Shabab.
• Lebanon's Reform MPs Want Long-Standing Speaker Out VOA 22 May 2022 -- Lebanon's newly elected parliament begins its mandate Sunday, and one of its first acts is to elect a speaker and deputy speaker.
• Malawi Faces Shortages of Foreign Exchange Currency VOA 22 May 2022 -- Malawi is facing acute shortages of foreign exchange currency, forcing two international airlines to suspend some of their services in the country. The situation has negatively affected the operations of many more local and international cross-border businesses.