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• Air Force selects future aircrew helmet US Air Force 25 Jun 2022 -- The Air Force selected LIFT Airborne Technologies to continue with prototype development of a new helmet for Air Force fixed-wing aircrew.
• USS GRAVELY RETURNS HOME TO NORFOLK US Navy 25 Jun 2022 -- USS Gravely (DDG 109) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, June 24, 2022, after a scheduled deployment.
• Pentagon Awards BAE $12 Billion Contract to Modernize US Nuclear-Capable Missiles Sputnik 25 Jun 2022 -- Defense officials had earlier complained over the Biden administration's decision to scrap $813 billion in defense spending on nuclear capabilities from the 2023 budget. The slashing might force the Pentagon to do away with one of its most powerful nuclear bombs - the ageing megaton-class B83-1 gravity bomb.
• USS Sioux City Arrives in Bahrain during Historic Deployment CENTCOM 25 Jun 2022 -- USS Sioux City (LCS 11) arrived to Bahrain for a scheduled port visit, June 25, marking the completion of a 10,000-mile journey while becoming the first littoral combat ship to operate in the Middle East.
• US, UK, Japan, Australia, New Zealand form Pacific group to counter China Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- The US, the UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand have launched an informal group aimed at expanding economic and diplomatic ties with tiny Pacific island nations in a move to challenge China's regional influence.
• Turkey intent on blocking Nordic bids at NATO summit if security concerns persist People's Daily 25 Jun 2022 -- Turkey seems determined to block Sweden and Finland's NATO memberships in the alliance's upcoming summit as long as they do not address Turkey's security concerns, although the NATO chief has vowed "a common way forward" on the issue at stake, experts said.
• Israel to demand US funding of its laser weapons during Biden's visit Press TV 26 Jun 2022 -- The Israeli regime will demand a special budget for its development of new laser weapons and raise concerns about Saudi Arabia's nuclear ambitions when US President Joe Biden visits occupied Palestine next month, a report unveils.
• Jordan's king says he would support Middle East version of NATO with clear mission Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Jordan's monarch has announced he would support the formation of a Middle East military alliance similar to the US-led NATO.
• Commander of Royal Saudi Navy Chairs 20th Meeting of GCC Armed Forces Navies SPA 25 Jun 2022 -- Commander of the Royal Saudi Navy General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghufaili presided over here today the 20th Meeting of GCC Armed Forces Navies.
• HRH Crown Prince, Commander of Pakistan Army Review Bilateral Relations, Especially in Military Fields SPA 25 Jun 2022 -- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense received here today the Commander of the Pakistani Army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, currently on a visit to the Kingdom.
• New nukes: US military grants ICBM contract worth $12bn to UK Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- The US Defense Department has awarded top British weapons maker BAE Systems a contract worth $12 billion "to support" nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile systems (ICBM).
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Australian Foreign Minister Wong US Dept. of State 25 Jun 2022
• Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby En Route Munich, Germany The White House 25 Jun 2022

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• 'War On Education': Taliban Converting Secular Schools Into Religious Seminaries RFE/RL Gandhara 25 Jun 2022 -- Equipped with a science laboratory, library, and computer lab, the Abdul Hai Habibi High School was considered one of the most modern and prestigious government schools in southeastern Afghanistan.
• Relief Supplies Arrive As Rescue Efforts End Following Deadly Afghan Earthquake RFE/RL Gandhara 25 Jun 2022 -- Tents, food, and medical supplies are arriving in eastern Afghanistan following a deadly earthquake and powerful aftershock.
• Afghanistan receives Iran's 4th humanitarian aid IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Afghanistan has received the fourth consignment of humanitarian aid from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Remarks on China's Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for the Earthquake in Afghanistan PRC MofA 25 Jun 2022
• Taliban government calls for release of Afghanistan's frozen funds after deadly quake Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Afghanistan's Taliban government has called on foreign governments to roll back sanctions imposed on Kabul and unfreeze the country's central bank assets following the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless.
• Taliban Urges US to Lift Curbs and Unfreeze Funds to Help Quake-hit Afghanistan VOA 25 Jun 2022 -- The Taliban renewed their call Saturday for the United States to unfreeze Afghanistan's foreign funds and lift financial sanctions to help the war-torn country deal with its deadliest earthquake in more than two decades.
• Teachers in Myanmar caught in crossfire as conflict rages Radio Free Asia 25 Jun 2022 -- Schoolteachers in Myanmar, many of whom joined a national strike to protest the ruling military regime, have been increasingly caught in the crossfire following the February 2021 coup that overthrew the elected government.

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• Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak WHO 25 Jun 2022
• Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO UN News 25 Jun 2022 -- The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, though "intense response efforts" are needed to control further spread.
• Ukraine Says It Uncovered Russian Spy Network Involving U.S.-Sanctioned Lawmaker RFE/RL 25 Jun 2022 -- Ukrainian authorities said they have uncovered a Russian spy network involving Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach, who has previously been accused by Washington of being a Russian agent.
• Russia Removes Polish Flag From Katyn WWII Memorial Amid Tensions Over Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL 25 Jun 2022 -- Russian authorities have removed a Polish flag from a memorial in the Katyn Forest marking the area where the mass killings of Polish officers by Soviet forces took place in April-May 1940.
• Belarus' Lukashenko Calls Lithuania's Blockade of Kaliningrad 'De Facto Declaration of War' Sputnik 25 Jun 2022 -- Lithuania earlier banned the transportation of goods from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad both via railway and road, despite having an outstanding agreement with Moscow that transportation corridors must remain open at all times. Lithuania claims that it was simply fulfilling EU sanctions against Russia.
• Civics Groups Slam 'Rigid' Kimberley Process as Russia Emerges Unscathed VOA 25 Jun 2022 -- Activists in Botswana have slammed the Kimberley Process, which is intended to prevent diamonds from financing wars, after meetings this week failed to censure Russia.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article on the 30th anniversary of the Organisation of Black Sea Economic Cooperation published in the International Affairs journal on June 17, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jun 2022
• Amid COVID Battle, China Pledges to Bolster Economies of 4 Nations, Including Russia VOA 25 Jun 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged this week to help advance four economic powers, despite pandemic problems at home and knock-on effects from Russia's war in Ukraine. Analysts expect the pledges to take time, with no immediate results.
• Xi to attend meeting marking 25th anniversary of HK's return to motherland, 'charting city's future course of devt' Global Times 25 Jun 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a meeting marking the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and will also attend the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
• President Xi Jinping Chairs and Delivers Important Remarks at the High-level Dialogue on Global Development PRC MofA 25 Jun 2022 -- Xi stressed the need to forge a united, equal, balanced and inclusive high-quality global development partnership and jointly foster a new era of global development featuring benefits for all, balance, coordination, inclusiveness, win-win cooperation and common prosperity.
• Greater success expected for Hong Kong under "one country, two systems" People's Daily 25 Jun 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has published an official commemorative book to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR.
• Chinese military slams US warplane's Taiwan Strait flyover PLA Daily 25 Jun 2022 -- The US sent a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft to fly over the Taiwan Strait on June 24 and hyped it up publicly. The air and ground forces of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) tracked and monitored the US aircraft's passage and remained alert in the whole course, said Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, in a written statement released on Saturday.
• U.S. flies aircraft over Taiwan Strait to counter China's military expansion: analysts CNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Local military experts say the recent passage of a United States Navy P-8A Poseidon through the Taiwan Strait is a move aimed at countering China's claims to the waterway as its internal waters and its "systematic expansion" in the region.
• China condemns US military flyover over Taiwan Strait Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- China's military says the recent flight of a US maritime plane over the Taiwan Strait posed a threat to regional security, noting its forces are closely monitoring the situation.
• Chinese Army Expresses Protest to Washington Over Flight of US Military Plane Near Taiwan Sputnik 24 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese army has expressed protest to the United States over a flight of a US military plane P-8A Poseidon over the Taiwan Strait.
• PLA monitors US spy aircraft flyover in Taiwan Straits, vows to safeguard national sovereignty Global Times 25 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) monitored the flyover of a US spy aircraft over the Taiwan Straits on Friday, vowing to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity amid large-scale military drills in the region in response to repeated provocations by the "Taiwan independence" secessionists and US, Japanese interference forces.
• Much Rainfall to Be Anticipated in DPRK KCNA 25 Jun 2022 -- According to information from the State Hydro-meteorological Administration, this year's rainy season in the DPRK is anticipated to start in late June with much rainfall, which would be observed in most areas of the country.
• Industrial Establishments in Kaesong City of DPRK Boost Production KCNA 25 Jun 2022 -- More industrial establishments in Kaesong City of the DPRK have fulfilled their production plans for the first half of the year, amid a vigorous drive for increased production, true to the idea and spirit of the 8th Congress of the Party and its plenary meetings.
• Iran: Remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell at the press conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Hossein Amirabdollahian European External Action Service (EEAS) 25 Jun 2022
• Iran: Remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell at the press conference in Tehran European External Action Service (EEAS) 25 Jun 2022
• Shamkhani: Iran after strong, reliable, lasting JCPOA revival deal IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said that Tehran is after a strong, reliable and lasting agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
• Pres. Raisi tells nation: Improper act by US, E3 to submit IAEA resolution IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi criticized the US and the three European member states of the 2015 nuclear deal for pushing for an anti-Tehran resolution at the IAEA while negotiations for the revival of the deal still awaited a final outcome.
• Iran FM says talks with EU's Borrell 'Fruitful' IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called his talks with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell fruitful.
• Borrell announces deal with Iran to resume talks IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- The European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday in a series of tweets announced a deal with Iran to resume nuclear talks.
• Iran says ready to resume talks IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Saturday referred to his inclusive talks with the EU representative and said that Iran is ready to resume negotiations with P4+1 in the coming days.
• EU's Borrell in Tehran to give diplomacy a chance IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Western political analysts are of the opinion that the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal can end up in an escalation of tension and chaos in the international energy market, so Europe is expected to follow up the diplomatic path to deal with such a scenario.
• Vienna talks to be resumed soon: Iran FM ISNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stressed that Iran is ready to resume Vienna talks in coming days.
• Pres. Raeisi: Iran will not stop talks on removal of sanctions, will not back down from its positions Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi says the country will not stop the negotiations on the removal of sanctions imposed on the country, adding that the other parties to the talks must return to their commitments under the 2015 deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
• Iran to continue remedial nuclear measures until West changes illegal approach: Top security official Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Iran's top security official has slammed Europe's inaction and the US's lack of commitment to its obligations as per the 2015 agreement, saying Tehran will continue its remedial nuclear measures until the West changes its illegal approach.
• Iran ready to resume Vienna talks within days to revive JCPOA: FM Amir-Abdollahian Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran is ready to resume the stalled talks with the P4+1 group of countries in Vienna to revive the 2015 deal that the US abandoned in defiance of international criticism.
• Talks On Reviving Stalled Iranian Nuclear Deal To Resume RFE/RL 25 Jun 2022 -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that negotiations aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal will resume shortly.
• EU's Borrell Says US-Iran Nuclear Talks to Resume in Coming Days Sputnik 25 Jun 2022 -- The European Union will facilitate the resumption of talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the coming days, as per an agreement reached between EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Saturday.
• Iraqi PM Traveling To Iran, Saudi Arabia In Bid To Revive Talks Between Bitter Rivals RFE/RL 25 Jun 2022 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is traveling to Saudi Arabia and Iran in an effort to broker new talks between the two bitter rivals, officials said.
• Iran's daily gas production surpasses 1,000mn cubic meters IRNA 25 Jun 2022 -- Iran's Oil Ministry on Saturday announced that the country's production of crude gas, for the first time ever, surpassed 1,000 million cubic meters a day during last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2022).
• Iraqi top politician Khazali calls for new parliamentary elections Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Iraq's senior politician Qais al-Khazali has called for new parliamentary elections after dozens of legislators loyal to influential leader Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew from the assembly.
• Somalia Parliament Approves New Prime Minister VOA 25 Jun 2022 -- Members of Somalia's Parliament have approved the appointment of Hamza Abdi Barre as the new prime minister.
• Bangladesh Unveils Padma River Bridge VOA 25 Jun 2022 -- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country's longest bridge, which took eight years to build and was plagued by delays, political conflict, high costs and graft allegations.
• Cabo Verde faces spike in food insecurity as a result of drought, Covid-19 and the crisis in Ukraine WFP 25 Jun 2022 -- The number of people affected by food insecurity in Cabo Verde is set to spike with more than 46,000 women, men and children - almost 10 percent of the population - facing an acute deterioration in food security between June and August this year. This represents a threat to the country's hard-won gains in food security over recent years forcing the Government to declare a social and economic national emergency on 20 June. If not urgently addressed, this will severely disrupt food access and agricultural production, putting more lives at risk as the country depends largely on imports to meet its food needs.