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• UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG Vanderberg SFB 07 Sep 2022 -- An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 1:13 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
• National Guard, Partner Nations Conduct Command Post Exercise Army News 07 Sep 2022 -- Allied and partner nations collaborated to conduct a command post exercise during Noble Partner 22 in August and September.
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supports readiness in Europe by modernizing Army's Prepositioned Stock facilities Army News 07 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. Army and its allies must be ready at all times for whatever challenges may arise, and that includes having the necessary equipment. Army Prepositioned Stock - 2 facilities have been a key element of that readiness in Europe since the early days of the Cold War, storing ready-to-deploy military vehicles and equipment at sites in Germany, Belgium and here in the Netherlands.
• Defense Official Speaks on Supply Chain Investments DoD News 07 Sep 2022 -- Investing in the supply chain is vitally important for the Defense Department and for national security, said the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
• F-35 Production Ground to a Halt After 'Made in China' Alloy Found in Key Component Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- US media warned earlier this year that China's control of nearly 90 percent of the world's supply of rare earth metals poses a major threat to the America's military-industrial complex.
• Littoral Combat Ships Conduct Joint Oceania Maritime Support Initiative US Navy 07 Sep 2022 -- Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Oakland (LCS 24) deployed to the Oceania region with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team detachments to conduct maritime law enforcement operations in support of U.S. and Pacific Island nations fisheries laws, August 2022.
• USS Ross (DDG 71) concludes time as a FDNF-E ship US Navy 07 Sep 2022 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of operations, marking the end of her time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) Destroyer, Sept. 6, 2022.
• CNO, Chief of Italian Navy Meet and Discuss Regional Security US Navy Press Release 07 Sep 2022 -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday hosted Chief of Italian Navy Adm. Enrico Credendino at the Pentagon for an office call, Sept. 7.
• CENTCOM to Build New High Tech Drone Defense Test Base in Saudi Desert, Reports Say Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- US Central Command (CENTCOM) is opening a new testing facility in Saudi Arabia to help develop new defense technologies against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drone attacks, NBC News reported on Wednesday.
• NATO nuclear experts discuss global nuclear challenges NATO 07 Sep 2022 -- NATO's annual Nuclear Policy Symposium got underway in Brussels on Wednesday (7 September 2022) with discussions on issues including Russia's nuclear threats and weapons development, China's rapid nuclear build-up and strategic arms control.
• NATO monitors Russian ships transiting Celtic Sea, English Channel and North Sea. NATO 07 Sep 2022 -- NATO ships are a part of a larger Allied military presence in the Atlantic and North Sea continually supporting maritime situational awareness activities. As part of these operations, NATO and its Allies have monitored three Russian Navy ships transiting the region.
• Contact Group Meeting Signals Long-Term Support for Ukraine DoD News 07 Sep 2022 -- The meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group tomorrow will signal to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin that nations around the world are ready to support Ukraine for the long haul, senior defense officials told reporters traveling with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today.
• Germany Has Reached Limit in Weapons Supplies to Kiev, Defense Minister Says Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Germany has given "unbelievably a lot" of weapons to Ukraine from its reserves, but reached its limit and is now trying other ways to support Kiev, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Wednesday.
• Main stage of "Vostok-2022" exercise conducted PLA Daily 07 Sep 2022 -- The main stage of Vostok (East)-2022 exercise officially kicked off on September 6 at the Sergeevsky training ground and in the waters of the Sea of Japan. Troops from countries including China, Russia, India, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, and Kyrgyzstan staged a modern joint operation.
• Fighter jets, helicopters conduct live-fire drill during Taiwan Army exercise CNA 07 Sep 2022 -- Apache helicopters and Taiwan's indigenous IDF fighter jets on Wednesday fired live ammunition during an Army exercise in southern Taiwan, which is being held over four days to test the combat readiness of the nation's troops amid rising tensions with China.
• China calls on US to immediately stop military contact with Taiwan Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- China has strongly objected to a potential sale of arms by the United States to Chinese Taipei, urging the US to immediately stop its military contact with the island.
• Arms sales to Taiwan to continue despite China protests: US spokesman CNA 07 Sep 2022 -- The United States will continue to provide defensive weapons to Taiwan despite protests by Beijing over the recent approval by Washington of the sale of weapons systems to Taipei, a U.S. government spokesman said Tuesday.
• Iran Army's Ground Force to measure strength in face of 'new threats' Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- The Iranian Army's Ground Force is to stage a two-day-long set of military drills that are aimed at measuring its strength in the face of "new threats."
• Air-to-air refuelling a success Australia DOD 07 Sep 2022 -- A mid-air refuelling exercise has demonstrated Japan and Australia's commitment to Pacific cooperation at Exercise Pitch Black 2022.
• Engineers bridging the gaps Australia DOD 07 Sep 2022 -- Soldiers from 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (2 CER) conducted a series of bridging and rafting exercises at Gallipoli Barracks during August to test their skills moving armoured vehicles across waterways and dry gaps.
• Pakistan - F-16 Case for Sustainment DSCA 07 Sep 2022 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Pakistan of F-16 Case for Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $450 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Kenyan President-elect Ruto US Dept. of State 07 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Polish Foreign Minister Rau US Dept. of State 07 Sep 2022
• Department Press Briefing - September 7, 2022 US Dept. of State 07 Sep 2022
• Remarks by Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg at The Brookings Institution US Treasury 07 Sep 2022

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• 7 September 2022 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 07 Sep 2022
• Climate Change, Conflict Forcing More People in Africa to Flee VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, is warning that the displacement crisis in the Horn of Africa and Sahel is getting worse as the impact of climate change and conflict are forcing more people to flee in search of safety and humanitarian assistance.
• 'No One To Protect Us': Afghan Journalists Who Fled To Pakistan Say Western Nations Have Abandoned Them RFE/RL Gandhara 07 Sep 2022 -- Speaking truth to power was a lifeline for Nasrin Shirzad, who made her mark on Afghanistan's media scene by covering issues that often conflicted with the Taliban's extremist views.
• Taliban Claim Media Reform as Journalists Decry Censorship VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Taliban leaders are touting the success of so-called media reforms which bar state and private TV channels in Afghanistan from showing programs considered indecent — such as foreign movies or songs by female singers — or any content that is critical of Islam or the Taliban themselves.
• Israeli F-16 Jets Attacked Airfield in Aleppo on Tuesday, Russian Military Says Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Four Israeli F-16 fighter jets launched five missiles at the Nayreb airfield in Syria's Aleppo on Tuesday and caused minor damage, Maj. Gen. Oleg Egorov, the deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Wednesday.
• Syrian Foreign Ministry Calls Israeli Strikes on Aleppo Airport War Crime Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- The Syrian foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes on Aleppo International Airport are war crimes and Syria will defend its sovereignty by all necessary means.
• U.S. sanctions have "catastrophic effects" on peoples: Syrian FM People's Daily 07 Sep 2022 -- Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Tuesday that the U.S. sanctions and economic siege have had "catastrophic effects" on peoples in the targeted countries.
• Mozambique Struggling to Contain Violence in Troubled Northern Regions VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Mozambique's president said Islamist militants in the country's northern Nampula province have killed six people, all by beheading, and abducted three others. The Islamist militant movement in northern Mozambique is spreading to new territory despite efforts by government and regional forces to contain it.
• Togo Extends State of Emergency Due to Militant Attacks VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- The West African nation of Togo has extended a state of emergency in its northern Savanes region for another six months due to continued attacks by Islamist militants.
• Cameroon Separatists Attack Bus, Kill 6 Civilians VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Military officials in Cameroon say armed separatists killed at least six people and wounded nine when they attacked a bus on a highway in the country's troubled Southwest region.
• Cameroon Separatists Infiltrate Town, Abduct Youths VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Authorities in Cameroon say anglophone separatists have attacked a francophone village that was hosting people displaced by the five-year separatist conflict. Officials in the town of Bongourain say the rebels torched homes and markets and abducted at least five youths. Hundreds of English-speaking displaced fled into the bush for fear they would be blamed by the host community, underscoring tensions with Cameroon's French-speaking majority.
• Somali President Fires Mayor of Mogadishu, Appoints Replacement VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has fired and replaced the mayor of the capital, Mogadishu, Omar Filish. Analysts say the president wanted to install his own ally in the capital, where Islamist militants killed 21 people at a hotel last month.
• Somalia: UN envoy calls for collaboration to achieve new administration's goals UN News 07 Sep 2022 -- Following the end of the "contentious" electoral process in May, the political climate in Somalia is now more conducive to addressing key national priorities, UN Special Representative James Swan told the Security Council on Wednesday.

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• Report: Document at Trump Resort Included Information About Foreign Government's Nuclear Capabilities VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- The Washington Post reported Tuesday that among the documents found by FBI agents at former U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida resort last month was one describing another country's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.
• Trump kept foreign nuclear secrets at Mar-A-Lago residence: Report Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found material on nuclear capabilities of an unnamed foreign country among the documents it seized from former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida, a report has revealed.
• Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference In or Undermining Public Confidence in United States Elections The White House 07 Sep 2022
• Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference In or Undermining Public Confidence in United States Elections The White House 07 Sep 2022
• Department of State Cybersecurity Training Series Boosts Global Resilience Against Democratic People's Republic of Korea Malware US Dept. of State 07 Sep 2022 -- The Department of State's Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) is strengthening international capacity to counter Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) malware by sponsoring a training series for allies and partners around the world.
• Eastern Economic Forum plenary session President of Russia 07 Sep 2022 -- The President took part in a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum. The theme this year is On the Path to a Multipolar World.
• Meeting with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu President of Russia 07 Sep 2022 -- Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Congress.
• Putin To Meet Xi Jinping In Uzbekistan Next Week RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will meet next week during a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan.
• Meeting with Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrain President of Russia 07 Sep 2022 -- Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrain discussed the current state of bilateral relations in trade, the economy, humanitarian and other spheres.
• Meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan President of Russia 07 Sep 2022 -- Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan discussed Russian-Armenian bilateral cooperation and interaction within integrational associations.
• Meeting with Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing President of Russia 07 Sep 2022 -- Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the State Administration Council, Prime Minister of the Caretaker Government, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
• Foreign Ministry statement on Russia's response to the European Union's decisions on sanctions Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Sep 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to media questions on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, Vladivostok, September 7, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Sep 2022
• White House Rejects Branding Russia A State Sponsor Of Terrorism RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- The White House says it would be counterproductive to brand Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, rejecting calls from Ukraine and some U.S. lawmakers to take the step.
• Putin Says Nord Stream Gas Pipeline To Europe 'Practically' Closed, Blames West For Crisis RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected Western accusations that Moscow is using its energy exports as a "weapon" while boasting that it can easily sell oil and gas around the world and blaming Europeans for current interruptions in gas supplies to the continent.
• EU To Seek Price Cap On Russian Gas Despite Czech Warning, Russian Threats RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- EU officials have indicated their intention to seek a price cap on Russian gas alongside other measures to curb negative fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine, despite criticism of such a move from inside the EU's Czech presidency and a Russian threat to halt supplies.
• Hungary Said To Have Dropped Demand To Remove Three Russian Oligarchs From Sanctions List RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Hungary will support the renewal of the European Union's sanctions regime against Russia, diplomatic sources say, after dropping a threat to derail the move if three oligarchs weren't removed from a list that takes restrictive measures against more than 1,000 people in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in late February.
• West's 'provocative' policies against Russia not correct, says Turkey's Erdogan Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he does not think the "provocative" policies adopted by the West against Russia were correct after the European Union and Group of Seven (G7) nations proposed a price cap on Russian gas.
li>Russia's Navalny Placed In Solitary Confinement For Fourth Time Since Mid-August RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been placed in punitive solitary confinement for the fourth time since mid-August.
• White House explains Biden's decision not to label Russia 'state sponsor of terror' Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- The White House has offered justification for US President Joe Biden's decision not to label Russia "a state sponsor of terror," claiming the designation would have harmed Ukraine.
• Russia blames US for Europe's energy crisis Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Russia has blamed the United States for triggering the worst gas supply crisis in Europe by pushing European leaders toward the "suicidal" step of imposing sanctions on Moscow over its military offensive in Ukraine.
• Expert calls for cross-border collaboration to tackle EU gas crisis People's Daily 07 Sep 2022 -- If European countries build on their experiences from their recent collaboration in vaccinating their populations against COVID-19 to find a common energy strategy, it will become easier for them to soften the blow from record gas and electricity prices brought about by Russia's decision to cut off gas flows to Europe, an Italian climate and energy analyst has said.
• US in no position to mention 'responsible behavior' in space as Pentagon doc a grave threat to peace, security: Chinese FM Global Times 07 Sep 2022 -- The US is in no position to talk about formulating so-called code for responsible behavior in outer space, given the fact that for a long time, the US has openly regarded outer space as a combat domain, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday.
• China's state media urged not to stray from party line, dumb down ideology Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- The head of China's state news agency has pledged never to swerve from the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line or from supporting incumbent leader Xi Jinping as he gears up to seek an unprecedented third term in office at the 20th CCP National Congress in October.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on September 7, 2022 PRC MofA 07 Sep 2022
• China eyes mobilizing nationwide resources for breakthroughs in core tech, a way of combating US pressure on domestic chip industry Global Times 07 Sep 2022 -- As China takes action to improve a new system to mobilize national resources to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies, mostly chip development, software and industrial materials, experts said the country is sending a clear message as to how it is preparing to cope with the intensifying crackdown from the US and its allies as they attempt to choke China's chip and other high-tech industries.
• China's Xi promises a nationalized scientific and high-tech industry amid chip bans Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- As the United States imposes further bans on the export of high-tech software and chips to China, ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping has unveiled plans to focus resources on homegrown high-tech products and processes.
• China, Russia to strengthen cooperation on the way to a 'multipolar world' Global Times 07 Sep 2022 -- China will strengthen cooperation with Russia and work together with other members of the international community to boost the multipolarization of the world, Chinese experts said, as the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) is being held in Vladivostok, Russia. Russia also harshly criticized Western sanctions against it over the Ukraine crisis as they have brought great damage to everyone around the world including their own people in the West.
• Hong Kong Court Convicts 5 Over 'Seditious Sheep' Books VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- A Hong Kong court Wednesday convicted five speech therapists of sedition after they published a series of children books with stories that were deemed anti-government.
• UN experts urge action on findings of Uyghur abuse in China Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- A collection of human rights officials on Wednesday said the international community must not ignore the systematic abuses allegedly perpetrated against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and repeated a call for the U.N. Human Rights Council to review the charges.
• Rights experts urge China to address grave violations in Xinjiang province UN News 07 Sep 2022 -- China must address grave human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and the international community must not turn a blind eye, more than 40 UN independent experts said on Wednesday.
• 'Beijing's strategy is to exploit a power vacuum': Expert on Chinese expansionism Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- Senior U.S. officials are traveling to India this week for talks among the so-called Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or "Quad." This grouping compromises Australia, India, Japan, and the United States and is widely viewed as a move by like-minded democracies to contend with an increasingly assertive China and its rising military power.
• RMB stability intact, rebound possible People's Daily 07 Sep 2022 -- Although the renminbi might continue to face downward pressures against the US dollar in the short term, the Chinese currency is capable of maintaining overall stability and may bounce back by the end of the year, currency market experts said on Tuesday.
• Imported monkeypox case in HK 'not surprising, little threat to communities' Global Times 07 Sep 2022 -- Imported monkeypox cases are unsurprising and they pose a low threat to communities as long as cluster infections among the high-risk group are prevented and strict customs quarantine inspection is conducted, experts said, as China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported its first imported case of monkeypox while the city is preparing to resume travel with the Chinese mainland.
• Efforts to Cope with Disastrous Abnormal Weather KCNA 07 Sep 2022 -- The emergency anti-epidemic sectors across the country strongly wage the emergency anti-epidemic campaign while increasing rapid counter-action and command control to cope with periodic disastrous abnormal weather and sudden threat.
• North Korea requests Chinese investment for solar power plant Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- North Korea is seeking Chinese investment to build a solar power plant that would add more capacity to its tapped out electricity grid, government sources in the isolated country told RFA.
• North Korea Turns to India for Rice Amid Food Shortages VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Pyongyang appears to be seeking rice donations from India as the regime of Kim Jong Un alerted the nation to prevent flood damage to farmlands from a typhoon passing across its eastern coast.
• Albania Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Iran Over Cyberattack; Tehran Condemns Decision RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Albania has ordered Iranian officials out of the country and severed diplomatic relations with Tehran following an investigation into a cyberattack that it concluded was Iranian "state aggression" when it hit the Balkan country in July.
• UK condemns Iran for reckless cyber attack against Albania UK FCDO 07 Sep 2022 -- The UK has condemned the Iranian state for a cyber attack against Albania's government that destroyed data and disrupted essential government services.
• Statement by NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Iran's Cyberattack against Albania The White House 07 Sep 2022
• FM: Iran red lines never to be crossed in nuclear issue IRNA 07 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday that his ministry will never cross the country's red lines in the nuclear issue.
• Iran will not back down even 'an iota' on its red lines in nuclear issue: FM Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Iran says it would not budge even "an iota" on its red lines during ongoing talks aimed at potential revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with world countries.
• In Latest Reports, UN Watchdog Says Questions Swirl Over Iran's Nuclear Program RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium is nearing the level where further enrichment could be enough for a nuclear bomb and that Tehran has failed to provide credible answers on the origin of uranium particles found at three undeclared sites that the UN's nuclear watchdog has been investigating for years.
• Iran gives written warning to countries hosting US Army IRNA 07 Sep 2022 -- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri said on Wednesday that Iran has issued written warning to the states hosting the Army of the United States.
• Iran views Israel-CENTCOM coordination as national security threat: Top general Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Iran's top general has warned of the ramifications of the growing military coordination between the US Central Command (CENTCOM) and the Israeli military, saying the Islamic Republic interprets the development as a direct threat to its national security.
• Iran, Israel Issue Back-to-Back Threats as Nuclear Tensions Escalate Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- The arch rivals severed diplomatic relations in 1979, and have waged a decades-long proxy conflict against one another ever since. In recent years, Tel Aviv has accused Tehran of pursuing nuclear weapons capability. Iran has dismissed these claims, and pointed to Israel's own status as the Middle East's sole suspected nuclear weapons state.
• Iran Foreign Ministry strongly condemns Albania decision to cut ties IRNA 07 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned Albania for cutting diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic and called the anti-Iran allegations levelled by the southeastern European country unfounded.
• Iran denounces 'MKO host' Albania's move to sever ties as 'shortsighted' Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Iran has denounced the Albanian government's decision to sever diplomatic ties with Tehran as "shortsighted", dismissing the allegations of orchestrating the July cyber attack against the south European country as "baseless".
• Albania, host of anti-Iran terrorists, snaps diplomatic ties with Tehran Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Albania, which has for years hosted anti-Iran terrorists in criminal collusion with the US, on Wednesday severed diplomatic ties with Tehran, accusing it of orchestrating a "cyberattack" against Tirana.
• Albania Accuses Iran of Cyberattack and Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations, Prime Minister Says Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Albania has severed diplomatic relations with Iran after accusing the latter of attempting a cyberattack against the Albanian public services online portal, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Wednesday.
• Myanmar's junta leader heaps praise on Putin at meeting in Russia Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- Myanmar junta leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing lauded Russian President Vladimir Putin as a world leader bringing international stability as they held their first face-to-face meeting Wednesday in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, state media reported.
• Myanmar Leader Says Russian President Putin Ensures Stability in the World Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Russian leader ensures stability around the world.
• Myanmar to Import Fertilizers, Fuel From Russia, Prime Minister Says Sputnik 07 Sep 2022 -- Myanmar is ready to purchase fertilizers and fuel from Moscow, and is also interested in Russian investment in various sectors, including gas, Myanmar's Prime Minister and State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing said Wednesday.
• OSCE human rights office alarmed by court verdicts against human rights defenders in Belarus OSCE 07 Sep 2022 -- Following verdicts against a number of human rights defenders in Belarus in a trial held behind closed doors, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed alarm about the increasing repression of human rights defenders in the country as well as the lack of fair trial guarantees.
• Chinese premier congratulates new UK PM, calls on both countries to advance ties on right tack Global Times 07 Sep 2022 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has sent a message to Liz Truss to congratulate her on taking office as British prime minister, stressing a stable and healthy development of China-UK relations is in line with both countries' interests and hoping the two countries work together to advance the bilateral ties on the right track.
• Prime Minister Liz Truss's call with Chancellor Olaf Scholz: 7 September 2022 Gov.UK 07 Sep 2022 -- The Prime Minister spoke to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
• Pakistan looks 'like a sea' after devastating floods, says PM Sharif Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Many parts of the country appear "like a sea," Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting flood-hit areas that cover almost a third of the South Asian nation, with the death toll reaching 1,343.
• Climate Official: Floods Turn South Pakistan Into 'Veritable Ocean of Water' VOA 07 Sep 2022 -- Officials in Pakistan said Wednesday weeks of nationwide flooding had turned southern parts of the country into an "ocean of water" and relief workers were struggling to find dry ground to place tents for millions of displaced families.
• Pakistan floods still affect over 33 mln people: UN People's Daily 07 Sep 2022 -- The aftermath of Pakistan's devastating floods is continuing to impact over 33 million people, including Afghan refugees, a United Nations (UN) official said on Tuesday.
• In a snub to Sadr, Iraq's top court says it can't dissolve parliament Press TV 07 Sep 2022 -- Iraq's supreme court says it lacks the constitutional authority to dissolve the country's parliament as demanded by influential Shia cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr.
• Laos limits high-ranking government officials to only 2 state-owned vehicles Radio Free Asia 07 Sep 2022 -- A new decree from Laos' Prime Ministerial Office further limits personal use of state-owned vehicles among high-ranking officials, the latest effort by Vientiane to root out government corruption.
• Turkey's Erdogan In Serbia On Balkan Tour To Boost Mutual Travel, Decry 'Adversity' RFE/RL 07 Sep 2022 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade on the middle leg of a Balkan tour that has already taken him to Bosnia-Herzegovina and finishes up in Croatia.