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• Leaders from South Korea, Japan learn about APS-4's role during contingency operations Army News 07 Aug 2022 -- Eighth Army conducted an Army Prepositioned Stock-4 tabletop exercise and terrain walk here, July 26.
• V Corps general visits 405th AFSB APS-2 turn-in site in Grafenwoehr Army News 07 Aug 2022 -- The V Corps deputy commanding general for support walked the turn-in site and saw first-hand the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 preparation for turn-in by the 405th Army Field Support Brigade and the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
• 405th AFSB command team conducts site visit to AFSBn-Mannheim, Coleman APS-2 worksite Army News 07 Aug 2022 -- The 405th Army Field Support Brigade's command team conducted an Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 site visit to Coleman APS-2 worksite in Mannheim, Aug. 5.
• US vows to defend Philippines in the face of China 'dangerous actions' Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised to defend the Philippines in the face of China's "destabilizing and dangerous" actions, during a visit to the Southeast Asian country.
• US to hold joint war games with India near Chinese border Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- US and Indian military forces will hold joint war games in the Himalayan mountains in October, less than 100 kilometers from India's disputed border with China, a report says.
• Sweden to train Ukrainian soldiers in UK Government Offices of Sweden 07 Aug 2022 -- The Government has decided that the Swedish Armed Forces will send instructors to the UK to give Ukrainian citizens basic military training to enable them to serve in Ukraine's armed forces. The aim is to make it possible for Ukraine to maintain and strengthen its defence capabilities.
• Sweden to Send Up to 120 Military Instructors to UK to Train Ukraine's Troops, Gov't Says Sputnik 07 Aug 2022 -- The Swedish military will send up to 120 military instructors to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian soldiers, the Swedish Government Office said on Sunday.
• Chinese aircraft, ships and drones circle Taiwan on final day of military drills Radio Free Asia 07 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese military continued joint air-naval exercises on Sunday, simulating attacks on Taiwan, the Taiwanese defense ministry said as China announced new drills north of the island in the Yellow Sea.
• China sends 66 warplanes, 14 warships around Taiwan Sunday CNA 07 Aug 2022 -- China deployed 66 warplanes and 14 warships into areas around Taiwan as of 5 p.m. Sunday in retaliation for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to the country, with 22 of the 66 aircraft crossing the Taiwan Strait median line.
• PLA bomber formations cross Taiwan Straits from two directions in latest drills Global Times 07 Aug 2022 -- The last day of scheduled military exercises around Taiwan island by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday featured island saturation attack drills and bomber deterrence flights in the Straits, a move experts said formed a powerful deterrence to "Taiwan independence" secessionists and external interference forces, greatly promoted the reunification process, and rehearsed a potential real operation.
• PLA Eastern Theater Command continues joint exercises around Taiwan PLA Daily 07 Aug 2022 -- The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) continued its joint combat exercises and training as scheduled on Saturday in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island.
• China wrapping up military drills around Taiwan, announcing fresh ones Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- China is wrapping up its largest-ever military drills around Taiwan which began on Thursday following a visit to Taipei by the US House speaker.
• Taiwan to hold live-fire artillery drills to test combat readiness CNA 07 Aug 2022 -- Taiwan's Army will conduct live-fire artillery drills in Pingtung County on Tuesday and Thursday to test combat readiness in response to recent Chinese live-fire military exercises surrounding Taiwan, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday.
• Taiwan denies Chinese warship intrusion into its territorial waters (update) CNA 07 Aug 2022 -- Taiwan's military on Sunday disputed Chinese state media reports saying that People's Liberation Army (PLA) warships had sailed into Taiwan's territorial waters, and urged Taiwanese not to fall for Beijing's disinformation campaigns.
• Sri Lanka Asks China to Defer Arrival of PLA Surveillance Ship Over India's Concerns Sputnik 07 Aug 2022 -- In the past few years, China's PLA-Navy has increased its activities in the Indian Ocean, the region primarily dominated by the Indian Navy so far. In 2020, the Indian Navy chased away a Chinese research vessel after it came near India's strategic Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Blinken kicks off trip to Africa, 'unable to form a new Cold War club' to counter Russia, China Global Times 07 Aug 2022 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in South Africa on Sunday, beginning his trip to Africa that is widely described by the US media outlets as a renewed effort to bring back allies and a revival of Cold War-style politics. Although in an attempt to counter the influence of China and Russia, the US is unable to form a new club to achieve its goal of containing the two countries, considering the significant cooperation between China and Africa and Russia's deep engagement with the region, analysts said.
• Deputy Secretary Sherman at a Press Availability in Honiara, Solomon Islands US Dept. of State 07 Aug 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press US Dept. of State 07 Aug 2022
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Select Cabinet Members US Dept. of State 07 Aug 2022
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Solomon Islands Opposition Leader Wale and Member of Parliament Kenilorea, Jr. US Dept. of State 07 Aug 2022
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with New Zealand Defense Minister Peeni Henare US Dept. of State 07 Aug 2022
• Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa The White House 07 Aug 2022

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• Three Senior Pakistani Taliban Commanders Killed In Blast In Afghanistan RFE/RL Gandhara 07 Aug 2022 -- Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - also known as the Pakistani Taliban - have been killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan, dealing a heavy blow to the militant group, sources told RFE/RL Radio Mashaal on August 7.
• Four People Killed In Attack Targeting Lawmaker In Pakistan RFE/RL Gandhara 07 Aug 2022 -- Four people, including two police officers were killed in northwestern Pakistan in an attack targeting a provincial lawmaker from former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Tehreek-e Insaf Party (PTI), police said on August 7.
• Statement by President Biden on the Ceasefire in Gaza The White House 07 Aug 2022
• Egypt Brokers Truce in Israel-Gaza Border Violence VOA 07 Aug 2022 -- Egypt helped broker a cease-fire to end the fighting in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.
• Announcement from the Head of the National Public Diplomacy Directorate - A ceasefire will take effect at 23:30 Israel - Prime Minister 07 Aug 2022
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement agrees to truce with Israeli regime Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- Palestine's Islamic Jihad movement has agreed to a truce with Israel following three days of strikes on the Gaza Strip by the regime.
• Islamic Jihad Threatens to Resume Attacks Against Israel if Truce Conditions Not Respected Sputnik 07 Aug 2022 -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement has warned that it will abandon the ceasefire with Israel and will resume strikes from Gaza if the Israeli authorities violate the conditions of the truce, Ziyad Nakhalah, the leader of Islamic Jihad, said.
• Statement by a Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson on the situation in Gaza and Israel Germany Federal Foreign Office 07 Aug 2022
• PM Yair Lapid Visits IDF Southern Command HQ and the Area Adjacent to the Gaza Strip Israel - Prime Minister 07 Aug 2022 -- Prime Minister Yair Lapid, today visited IDF Southern Command headquarters and the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
• Joint Statement by PM Lapid and Defense Minister Gantz Israel - Prime Minister 07 Aug 2022 -- Regarding the statement by the IDF Spokesperson: Yesterday, the IDF and the ISA targeted senior Islamic Jihad terrorist and Gaza Strip southern division commander Khaled Mansour. This was a joint operational effort by the IDF, intelligence elements and the ISA, with the approval of the political echelon.
• Islamic Jihad made great achievement in the face of Israel: Movement's leader Nakhala Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- The Islamic Jihad's secretary general says the movement has made "a great achievement" in the face of Israel, lauding Palestinian people's resistance against the regime's aggression.
• Israeli military aircraft pound Gaza with fresh strikes amid retaliatory rocket fire Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- The Israeli military has carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against various areas across the besieged Gaza Strip, drawing retaliatory rocket fire from Palestinian resistance fighters in the impoverished coastal enclave.
• Second Islamic Jihad commander, eight children killed in Israel's latest assault on Gaza Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- The latest bout of airstrikes by the Israeli regime in the north and the south of the besieged Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of eight Palestinian children, and the second senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement.
• Hezbollah Warns It Is 'In Contact' With Gaza Fighters Amid Clashes Between IDF, Islamic Jihad Sputnik 07 Aug 2022 -- Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded in clashes between the Israeli military and Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a Gaza-based militia. Two Israeli troops have also been injured. The conflict began after Israel arrested a PIJ leader in Jerusalem and the group threatened retaliation, prompting Tel Aviv to launch "preemptive" strikes.
• Israel's Prime Minister Meets With Netanyahu Over Military Operation in Gaza Sputnik 07 Aug 2022 -- Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday met with opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu amid the ongoing Breaking Dawn operation in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister's office said.
• No: 253, 7 August 2022, Press Release Regarding Israel's Airstrikes on Gaza and Raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Aug 2022 -- In addition to the attacks launched by Israel on Gaza, on 5 August, which resulted in the death of many civilians, including children, we received the news that today, Israeli parliamentarian Itamar Ben-Gvir and fanatical Jewish groups raided Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police.
• Kosovo Accuses 'Illegal Serbian Groups' Of Attack On Border Patrol; Russian Journalist Detained RFE/RL 07 Aug 2022 -- Kosovar Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla has blamed "illegal Serbian groups" allegedly seeking to "disrupt the work of the Kosovo authorities" for an August 6 attack on border police, while also claiming that the arrest of a Russian journalist trying to cross into the country from Serbia was a sign that Russia was supporting alleged Serbian efforts to destabilize Kosovo.
• Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Georgia US Dept. of State 07 Aug 2022 -- Fourteen years ago today, Russia invaded the sovereign nation of Georgia. As we have done since 2008, we remember those killed and injured by Russian forces. For decades, the citizens of Georgia in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have lived under Russian occupation and tens of thousands have been displaced, persecuted, and impoverished. Lives and livelihoods have been taken from them.
• Somali Parliament Endorses New Cabinet Amid Al-Shabab Attacks VOA 07 Aug 2022 -- Somali members of parliament gathered at the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu, Sunday and overwhelmingly endorsed new Cabinet ministers appointed by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre last week. During the vote, several mortar explosions hit the capital.

News Reports

• Monkeypox keeps spreading fast in U.S. with government response remaining sluggish People's Daily 07 Aug 2022 -- During the past days, monkeypox has been spreading at a faster pace across the United States, exacerbating the country's ongoing health crisis that results from the still-ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.
• Well-Known Russian Reformer Chubais Discharged From Italian Hospital RFE/RL 07 Aug 2022 -- Post-Soviet reformer Anatoly Chubais, who left Russia following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, has reportedly been discharged from a hospital in Italy where he was being treated for a rare immunity disorder.
• Sherman visits South Pacific to 'sabotage' region's growing ties with China Global Times 07 Aug 2022 -- US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman continued her visit to South Pacific countries and met with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara on Sunday, in what Chinese experts call a sinister attempt to sabotage China's growing ties with Pacific island countries as part of Washington's broad containment strategy against China.
• Central China's Zhengzhou plans real estate fund worth up to 10 billion yuan for distressed sector Global Times 07 Aug 2022 -- The city of Zhengzhou, of Central China's Henan Province, has announced a real estate fund worth up to 10 billion yuan ($1.47 billion) to leverage social funds and default mortgage risks. This is the first Chinese city to implement a regional real estate fund after a number of Chinese homebuyers decided to suspend loan repayments for unfinished projects since July, chinatimes reported on Sunday.
• Chinese drills forcing flights near Taiwan to re-route CNA 07 Aug 2022 -- China's recent live-fire military exercises in waters and airspace around Taiwan have forced many passenger flights in the country's vicinity to take different routes but have not forced many cancellations of flights to and from Taiwan.
• SVG PM urges China to stop military exercises CNA 07 Aug 2022 -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Sunday called on China to stop its ongoing military exercises surrounding Taiwan, stressing that his visit is meant to show solidarity with Taipei amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
• New Honduran envoy gives reassurance on Taiwan diplomatic ties CNA 07 Aug 2022 -- The new Honduran ambassador to Taiwan has reaffirmed that the Central American country will maintain diplomatic ties with Taipei instead of switching to Beijing.
• China frequently introduces historical context and the merits of Taiwan question to the world, reinforces 'one-China principle' as internationally recognized consensus Global Times 07 Aug 2022 -- As Chinese military forces have been conducting massive drills around the island of Taiwan in response to the serious provocations made by the US on the Taiwan question in recent days, Chinese diplomats around the globe are also make great efforts to introduce the historical context and the merit of the Taiwan question to reinforce the one-China principle as an international consensus. This is to let the world understand how the tensions emerged and why the US is one who provoked first, and to let the world be prepared to understand the national reunification of China which will be realized one day in the near future.
• Chinese FM expounds on China's position on Taiwan question People's Daily 07 Aug 2022 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a press conference for Chinese and foreign media here on Friday afternoon after attending the meetings of foreign ministers on East Asia cooperation.
• Production Goes up in DPRK KCNA 07 Aug 2022 -- All the sectors and units in the DPRK are waging a fierce collective emulation drive for putting the production processes on a modern basis and realizing local production of raw and other materials and recycling.
• Efforts for Preventing Flood Damage Made in DPRK KCNA 07 Aug 2022 -- The forestry sector of the DPRK makes efforts for preventing flood damage.
• Farms in Kaesong City Focus on Urgent Farming KCNA 07 Aug 2022 -- Farms in Kaesong City concentrate all efforts on urgent farming.
• Measures Taken to Promptly Cope with Natural Disasters KCNA 07 Aug 2022 -- Measures are being taken to prevent the damages by heavy rain in Ryanggang Province of the DPRK, true to the idea of the Workers' Party of Korea on preventing natural disasters in advance.
• FM: Nukes have no place in Iran's doctrine IRNA 07 Aug 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Sunday that nuclear weapons have no place in the Islamic Republic's doctrine and are in contrast with its policies and religious beliefs.
• Iran FM: Agreement on JCPOA revival depends on US showing realism in practice Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says achieving an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), depends on the US showing realism in practice.
• Iran Says Revival Of Nuclear Deal Depends On Washington RFE/RL 07 Aug 2022 -- Iran's foreign minister has said the outcome of the ongoing talks in Vienna aimed at reviving a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers depends on Washington's flexibility.
• Iran rejects reports Russia will control its satellite Press TV 07 Aug 2022 -- Iran has denied media reports suggesting that Russia will briefly maintain control of an Iranian satellite that will be sent into space next week from a Russian space station in Kazakhstan.
• Tehran Says It Will Control 'From Day One' Iranian Satellite To Be Launched By Russia RFE/RL 07 Aug 2022 -- Tehran says Iranian experts will control "from day one" an Iranian satellite due to be launched by Russia next week, rejecting reports that it will be first used by Moscow to "enhance its surveillance of military targets" in Ukraine.
• Play it loud: The return of Hanoi's loudspeakers speaks volumes Radio Free Asia 07 Aug 2022 -- Authorities in Hanoi announced recently that the once-ubiquitous loudspeakers, a staple of government news and propaganda, relics of the past and left to disrepair in the early 2000s, would be reinstalled.
• How Viktor Orban Is Using Sport To Expand Hungary's Influence Abroad RFE/RL 07 Aug 2022 -- Since 2016, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has doled out millions of euros to sports clubs in Szekely Land, a mostly ethnic Hungarian region of Romania, financing the construction of soccer stadiums, sports academies, hockey rinks, and other infrastructure, all as Bucharest looks on.