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• Chief of Naval Operations Visits Spain and United Kingdom, Meets with Sailors and Focuses on Partnerships US Navy Press Release 21 Aug 2022 -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and his wife, Linda Gilday visited Spain and the United Kingdom, Aug. 16-21, to meet with Sailors, government and military leaders.
• US developing counter-hypersonic capabilities: Sr. Pentagon official Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- The US military is developing counter-hypersonic capabilities as part of its approach to hypersonic technology on the battlefield, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks has claimed without offering meaningful details.
• Chinese PLA's two newly commissioned large destroyers 'ready for combat' with latest drills Global Times 21 Aug 2022 -- Two of China's newly commissioned Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyers, the Anshan and the Wuxi, recently carried out a series of drills involving a wide variety of training objectives, prompting analysts to suggest that the powerful warships are expected to achieve proper combat capability by the end of the year and join their sister ships in island chain-breaking far sea operations like encircling Japan and patrolling near Alaska.
• Beijing to Hold New Military Drills in East China Sea on August 22, Maritime Authority Says Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Beijing will hold new live-fire military exercises in the East China Sea not far from Zhejiang province in the country's east on August 22, the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) said on Sunday.
• Japan mulls deploying long-range missiles 'to counter China' Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Japan has been considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its ability "to counter the growing regional military clout of China."
• Japan Considering Adopting 1,000 Long-Range Missiles Amid Regional Tensions, Report Says Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Japan is considering increasing the number of long-range cruise missiles in service to 1,000 amid the deteriorating security situation in the Asian region and rising tensions with China and North Korea, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing military sources.
• Concerns over escalating tensions in Asia-Pacific intensified as US, S.Korea to begin biggest military drills in years Global Times 21 Aug 2022 -- As Washington is seeking to bolster strategic ties with one of its closest Asian allies, the US and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military exercise in four years from Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula escalate. Chinese observers warned the exercise would raise tensions in the peninsula and wider Asia, and regional countries including China would be on high alert.
• Hercules-2" Joint Military Training Kicks off with Saudi Arabia's Participation SPA 21 Aug 2022 -- The Hercules-2 joint military training started, at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, with the participation of units of the Royal Saudi Land Forces, the USA, Greece, Cyprus, the UAE and Jordan.

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• Floods Kill At Least 22 People In Eastern Afghanistan RFE/RL Gandhara 21 Aug 2022 -- Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 22 people and injured 80 others, swept away homes, and destroyed livestock and agricultural land, officials and villagers said August 21.
• Taliban warns UN Security Council of 'stern stance' in response to Western sanctions Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Afghanistan's Taliban government has warned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of a stern response to Western sanctions against the country's officials, warning the world body not to use the bans as a "pressure tool."
• Saudi-led coalition violates Yemen's truce over 200 times in 24 hours Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- The Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militant groups have over the past 24 hours breached more than 200 times a UN-brokered nationwide truce that took effect in war-ravaged Yemen in April.
• Ninth Anniversary of the Ghouta, Syria Chemical Weapons Attack US Dept. of State 21 Aug 2022 -- Nine years ago, early in the morning of August 21, 2013, the Assad regime released the nerve agent sarin on Syrian civilians in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 people — many of them children. Today, we recall with continuing horror this tragic event and we recommit ourselves to accountability for the perpetrators.
• Turkey Reportedly Neutralizes Dangerous PKK Militant in Syria Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- The Turkish intelligence services have neutralized a dangerous militant of the Kurdistan Workers' Party* (PKK) in northern Syria, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Sunday.
• Somali Forces End Hotel Siege, Heavy Casualties Reported VOA 21 Aug 2022 -- Somali federal police said Sunday that security forces had ended the Mogadishu hotel siege by the al-Qaida-affiliated militant group al-Shabab after nearly 30 hours of operations. Officials say more than 20 people were killed in the attack.
• Somalia: Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest attack in Mogadishu European External Action Service (EEAS) 21 Aug 2022 -- The attack against a hotel in Mogadishu came at a critical juncture as the new Federal Government of Somalia is announced and seeking to pursue its duties.
• In Mogadishu, hotel attack death toll hits 21 Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Death toll from the fatal siege of a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, by the al-Shabab Takfiri militant group has gone up to 21.
• Somali forces end al-Shabaab terrorists' deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by al-Shabab Takfiri militant group at a hotel in the country's capital which left at least 13 civilian dead.
• Somali Law Enforcement Claim End to Al-Shabaab Group's Siege of Mogadishu Hotel Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- The Hayat Hotel, a popular resort for legislators and government officials, was the scene of three explosions and gunfire on Friday night between Somali security forces and al-Shabaab* militants. Local media reported the firing between attackers and security officials endured for approximately 30 hours.
• Serbian President Says Serbs May Leave Kosovo Institutions Unless Deal Is Clinched RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on August 21 that minority Serbs working in Kosovo institutions will leave their jobs unless a deal is reached to end their "persecution."
• Serbian President Vucic Vows to Protect Kosovo Serbs if NATO Won't 'Do Their Job' Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Late last month, when the Kosovo government, led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, decided that Serbian identity certificates and vehicle registration plates would no longer be acceptable in the breakaway territory, tensions between Serbia and Kosovo erupted once more.
• Colombian President Suspends Arrest Warrants for Chief ELN Negotiators Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended arrest warrants for chief negotiators of the radical left-wing armed group National Liberation Army (ELN).

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• 'Make sure that victims of terrorism are never forgotten': UN chief UN News 21 Aug 2022 -- On Sunday, UN Secretary-General António paid tribute to victims of terrorism, marking the international day established to ensure that "victims and survivors are always heard and never forgotten."
• Two Russians, One Ukrainian Arrested As Alleged Spies In Albania RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- Albanian authorities have arrested two Russians and one Ukrainian who were trying to enter a military plant in the central Albania, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement on August 20.
• Four Czech Nationals Detained in Albania While Photographing Military Site - Reports Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Four Czech nationals were detained in the Albanian city of Polican, allegedly for taking photographs of a military facility, the Czech Television reports.
• Indonesia announces first case of monkeypox People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- Indonesia has announced its first case of monkeypox, an international traveler returning home from a country with confirmed cases, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
• Cuba Reports Its First Monkeypox Case Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- The first monkeypox case has been registered in Cuba, the patient is a tourist from Italy, the Cuban Public Health Ministry informs.
• Putin: Russia to Pursue Only Those Policies That Meet Its Vital Interests Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Russia will remain faithful to traditional values and, as a powerful and independent nation, will pursue only those policies that meet its fundamental interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
• Russian Authorities: Daughter of Putin Ally Killed by Car Bomb VOA 21 Aug 2022 -- Russian authorities said Sunday a car bomb killed the adult daughter of Alexander Dugin, a national political theorist and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
• Daughter Of 'Putin's Brain' Ideologue Dugin Killed In Car Explosion RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- The daughter of prominent Kremlin-connected far-right ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, one of the main architects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was reportedly killed when the car she was traveling in exploded in the Moscow region on August 20, Russian investigators said.
• Just Who is Daria Dugina's Father, Described by West as 'Putin's Brain'? Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Russian authorities opened a murder case Saturday after Daria Dugina, daughter of political philosopher and geostrategic theorist Alexander Dugin, was killed in an apparent car bombing. Who is Mr. Dugin, and does he really have the fantastical influence on contemporary Russian domestic and foreign policy that the West seems to think he does?
• Daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin killed in car explosion outside Moscow People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, died in a car explosion outside Moscow on Saturday evening when she was travelling home from an event.
• Commissioner's office of Chinese Foreign Ministry in HKSAR urges external forces to stop meddling with Hong Kong's rule of law People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly disapproved and firmly rejected attempts of a handful of U.S. and British politicians to interfere in Hong Kong's rule of law and to whitewash anti-China forces by making irresponsible rhetoric about judicial proceedings of the HKSAR.
• KMT vice chairman calls for restart of mini-three links in visit to China CNA 21 Aug 2022 -- Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia (夏立言), who is on a trip to China to support Taiwanese businessmen there, has urged the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to restart the "mini-three links."
• Another US official arrives in Taiwan, escalating tensions with China Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- The Republican governor of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, has landed in Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), becoming the latest US official to visit the self-ruled island amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.
• Pakistan Bans Ex-PM Khan's Live Speeches, Books Him on Terrorism Charges VOA 21 Aug 2022 -- Pakistan has banned live broadcasts of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's speeches and booked him on terrorism charges in what critics swiftly denounced as "repressive policies."
• Brazilians will remove far-right Bolsonaro from power, says Lula Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Brazil's former two-term president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says Brazilians are "tired" of incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and will topple him in the Oct. 2 election.
• Guinea's Interim Prime Minister Takes Up Post on Permanent Basis Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Guinea's Acting Prime Minister Bernard Gomou has been appointed to the post on a permanent basis, the president's office informed on social media on Saturday.