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• Puerto Rico National Guard rescues Hurricane Fiona victims Army News 19 Sep 2022 -- The Puerto Rico National Guard rescued dozens of people threatened by Hurricane Fiona, which knocked out power to the entire island and caused severe flooding.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Kendall draws direct connection to mission success, diverse, fulfilled, accomplished Total Force US Air Force 19 Sep 2022 -- In a departure from past speeches focusing on operations and modernization, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, placed a heavier emphasis Sept. 19 in a high-profile address on personnel issues ranging from recruiting to housing and pay, combatting sexual harassment and coping with the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion.
• Brown cites Air Force history as fuel for accelerating change, meeting today's complex security challenges US Air Force 19 Sep 2022 -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. delivers a keynote address on the state of the Air Force during the 2022 Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)
• USS Zumwalt Conducts Guam Port Call US Navy 19 Sep 2022 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Guam after a scheduled port call, Sept. 19.
• READOUT: Pacific Fleet commander's travel to Tonga, September 15-16 US Navy 19 Sep 2022 -- Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Nuku'alofa, Tonga, September 15-16, 2022 to affirm the longstanding partnership and bilateral relationship between the Kingdom of Tonga and the United States.
• READOUT: Pacific Fleet commander's travel to Fiji, September 14-16 US Navy 19 Sep 2022 -- Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Suva, Fiji, September 14-16, 2022 to deepen the relationship and strengthen the partnership between the Republic of Fiji and the United States.
• Seabees Renew Maritime Connections in Sao Tome and Principe US Navy 19 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. Embassy Office of Security Cooperation and engineers assigned to U.S. Navy Commander, Task Force Six Eight (CTF 68) attended the 47th annual Sao Tome Armed Forces Day celebration, Sept. 6, 2022.
• USS Farragut (DDG 99) arrives in Jijel, Algeria US Navy 19 Sep 2022 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) arrived in the commercial port of Djen Djen, Algeria near the city of Jijel, for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 18, 2022.
• International Naval Forces Partner in Seychelles to Build Cooperation US Navy 19 Sep 2022 -- The world's largest multinational naval partnership, Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), launched a two-week mission in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles with other international organizations Sept. 18 to strengthen regional collaboration and enhance operational readiness.
• US Carrier to Visit South Korea in Show of Strength Toward North VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group will visit South Korea this week, according to the U.S. military, a significant show of strength amid concerns North Korea will soon conduct a nuclear test.
• NY National Guard Sustainment Soldiers Heading for Middle East Army News 19 Sep 2022 -- Two hundred and fifty New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to New York City's 369th Sustainment Brigade said goodbye to family members Sept. 18 as they left for a 10-month deployment to Kuwait to provide logistical support to Army forces in the Middle East.
• US Army's 'Iron Eagles' assume aviation responsibility in Europe, bid farewell to 1st Air Cav Army News 19 Sep 2022 -- The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division officially cased its colors as the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, affectionately known as the "Iron Eagles," assumed responsibility over the aviation component of Atlantic Resolve in a historic Transfer of Authority Ceremony at the 33rd Air Base, Powidz, Poland, Sep. 12, 2022.
• MRF-D 22 Tests EABO Concepts on South Pacific Island USMC News 19 Sep 2022 -- Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 completed Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations Exercise, or EABOEX, to practice and refine expeditionary concepts in a realistic, South Pacific island environment from August 31 - September 4.
• Russian Security Council Touts 'Further Military Cooperation' With China RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- The Russian Security Council claimed on September 19 that Moscow and Beijing had agreed on "further military cooperation" with a focus on exercises and senior contacts.
• Senior Defense Official and Senior Military Official Hold a Background Briefing DoD 19 Sep 2022
• U.S. Official Says Russia Has Failed to Achieve Strategic Objectives DoD News 19 Sep 2022 -- The bottom line of the whole Russian invasion of Ukraine is that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin has failed to achieve any of his strategic objectives in launching the brutal and unprovoked attack, a senior defense official said on background today.
• Chinese Defense Minister meets Pakistani Chief of Army Staff PLA Daily 19 Sep 2022 -- Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe held a meeting with General Qamar Javed Bajwa, chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Monday morning.
• China Coast Guard wraps up law enforcement action during summer fishing ban PLA Daily 19 Sep 2022 -- China's four-and-a-half-month maritime fishing moratorium came to an end on September 16. Meanwhile, a law-enforcement action co-launched by the China Coast Guard (CCG), China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Ministry of Public Security to fight illegal marine fishery activities during the fishing moratorium, concluded with significant results.
• Military to spend over NT$190 million on precision airdrop systems CNA 19 Sep 2022 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense will be spending over NT$190 million (US$6.04 million) over the next two years on precision airdrop systems in a bid to improve the military's aerial delivery capability.
• INS AJAY DECOMMISSIONED AFTER 32 GLORIOUS YEARS OF SERVICE India PIB 19 Sep 2022 -- INS Ajay was decommissioned on 19 Sep 22 after rendering 32 years of glorious service to the nation. The ceremony was conducted at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai in the traditional manner, wherein the national flag, naval ensign and the decommissioning pennant of the ship were lowered for the last time at sunset, signifying the end of the ship's commissioned service.
• Army safeguarding Iran's territorial integrity: Army cmdr. IRNA 19 Sep 2022 -- Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi has underscored that the Army's main mission is to preserve the independence and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Canada Plans to Increase Spending on North American Defense DoD News 19 Sep 2022 -- The Defense Department welcomes Canada Defense Minister Anita Anand's June 20 announcement of plans to enlarge Canada's defense budget and make significant investments in North American Aerospace Defense Command modernization and continental defense, said Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command.
• The 3rd Annual Caspian Business Forum US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken And Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the United Nations LGBTI Core Group Event US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Al-Alimi US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Freedom of Expression Roundtable US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• First Meeting of Artemis Accords Signatories US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022 -- On Monday, September 19, 2022, representatives of Artemis Accords signatory nations met at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris for the first in-person meeting since the launch of the Accords.

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• Welcoming the Release of Mark Frerichs US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022 -- After more than two years in captivity, U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs is safe and on his way home from Afghanistan.
• Taliban Releases U.S. Engineer In Prisoner Swap That Freed Drug Trafficker RFE/RL Gandhara 19 Sep 2022 -- The Taliban has released U.S. engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Washington freeing a senior Taliban figure convicted of drug trafficking.
• Taliban Free Last American Hostage in Afghanistan in Prisoner Swap VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- The Taliban Monday freed Mark Frerichs, the only American hostage remaining in Afghanistan, in exchange for a Taliban drug lord, Bashir Noorzai, who was serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.
• Junta forces arrest 31 Rohingya in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region Radio Free Asia 19 Sep 2022 -- A total of 31 Rohingya and five boatmen were arrested as they neared a beach at Nwei Nyo Chaung village in Ayeyarwady region's Pathein township, locals told RFA.
• Secretary Blinken's Trilateral Meeting with Azerbaijan and Armenia US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2022
• Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Meet In New York With Blinken RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- The Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers have met in New York in their first talks since recent deadly border clashes claimed more than 200 lives.
• Kyrgyz Leader Says To Ignore Online 'Speculations' Regarding Deadly Clashes Along Tajik Border RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has called on citizens to ignore unconfirmed web reports about last week's deadly clashes along the Kyrgyzstan's border with Tajikistan as his nation observes a mourning day for those killed in the fighting.
• War, Grief, And The Risk Of Repeat On The Kyrgyz-Tajik Border RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- In the early morning hours of September 16, Elzada Mannanova, a 15-year-old Kyrgyz citizen, was killed amid shelling by Tajik forces as she fled from her home village of Dostuk.
• Somali Military Recaptures Villages, Kills over 100 al-Shabab Fighters VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Somali army commanders say their forces killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants during weekend offensives to retake territory from the Islamist militant group. Witnesses say the troops also recaptured two villages that al-Shabab had held for more than a decade.
• Cameroon Says Separatists Are Keeping 8 Abducted Clergy and Christians on Nigerian Border VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Cameroonian authorities have accused armed separatists of abducting five Catholic priests, a nun, and two worshippers from a church on its western border with Nigeria. The Catholic Church in Cameroon says the gunmen torched the church, in the town of Nchang, Friday, before fleeing toward the Nigerian border.

News Reports

• Meeting on economic issues President of Russia 19 Sep 2022 -- The President chaired a meeting on economic issues, via videoconference.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's introductory remarks at the opening of the exhibition of archive records on the 250th anniversary of the reunification of the peoples of Russia and Belarus, Moscow, September 19, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Sep 2022
• Kremlin Lauds Orban Government's 'Sovereign Positions' Within EU RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- A Kremlin spokesman has praised a stubbornly allied Hungarian leadership for what it describes as Budapest's willingness to take "sovereign positions" on issues within the European Union.
• Poland, Baltics Impose Entry Bans On Most Russians With EU Visas RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were scheduled to begin enforcing a ban on access to their countries for most Russians with EU visas on September 19, moving all four beyond the curbs recently agreed by all 27 EU members.
• Baltic Countries to Stop Russian Citizens from Entering VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- As of midnight, Lithuanian border control stopped 11 Russian citizens from entering the country, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry reported. This comes after the prime ministers of four of the five Baltic nations bordering Russia — Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — agreed earlier this month to stop admitting Russian citizens, a move in support of Ukraine.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on September 19, 2022 PRC MofA 19 Sep 2022
• Hong Kong police charge outspoken head of journalists' union with 'obstruction' Radio Free Asia 19 Sep 2022 -- The head of Hong Kong's journalists' union has been charged with obstructing a police officer in the course of their duty, amid an ongoing crackdown on critics of the government under the national security law.
• US President reaffirms pledge to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion Radio Free Asia 19 Sep 2022 -- Taiwan once again expressed its “sincere gratitude” after U.S. President Joe Biden said during an interview his country's military would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
• Biden's Taiwan Comments Raise Questions About US Stance VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Officials in the administration of President Joe Biden keep insisting that nothing about the United States' policy toward Taiwan has changed, but the president's own repeated statements that the U.S. would defend the self-governing island in the event of an attack by China are making those assurances difficult for many to accept.
• Biden's statement meant to assure Taipei, deter Beijing: Scholars CNA 19 Sep 2022 -- United States President Joe Biden's latest statement that U.S. troops would help defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion is meant to reaffirm Washington's commitment to Taipei and to deter Beijing, two Taiwanese scholars said Monday.
• U.S. troops will defend Taiwan if China attacks, Biden reaffirms CNA 19 Sep 2022 -- United States President Joe Biden on Sunday reaffirmed that U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, in the clearest statement he has made on this issue since taking office.
• North Korea installs more complaint boxes to tackle corruption Radio Free Asia 19 Sep 2022 -- North Korea has started installing complaint boxes at all government facilities as part of an effort to root out corruption, but North Koreans are balking at reporting graft through a system that requires them to provide their names.
• AEOI chief: IAEA intends to close case of alleged locations IRNA 19 Sep 2022 -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami stressed on Monday that messages delivered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to us show that they intend to close the case of alleged locations.
• Iran spox doesn't rule out talks on JCPOA in New York IRNA 19 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman doesn't rule out the possibility of talks on the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in New York, as the Iranian president is on the way to the United Nations seat to attend the 77th General Assembly.
• Deal without guarantees is meaningless, Raisi tells CBS IRNA 19 Sep 2022 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said ahead of his travel to New York to participate in the 77th United Nations General Assembly that a deal without guarantees was meaningless for Iran because of the United States broke its promises.
• Iran: Statement by the Spokesperson on the death of Mahsa Amini European External Action Service (EEAS) 19 Sep 2022 -- Last week, 22 years old Mahsa Amini died following injuries suffered in police custody after being detained for not observing veil laws in Iran. Our thoughts are with the family of Mahsa Amini and her friends.
• Expert Says Iran's Passenger Aircraft Fleet Operating At Less Than Half-Capacity RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- More than half of Iran's fleet of passenger aircraft has been grounded due to aging and a lack of spare parts and engines, an aviation expert has told Iranian media.
• Raisi Seeks Nuclear 'Guarantees' As Iran Rules Out Bilateral U.S. Meeting At UN RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Iran on September 19 ruled out any bilateral meeting between Iranian and U.S. officials on efforts to revive a seven-year-old nuclear deal and floated a demand for "guarantees" as the UN General Assembly prepares to gather in New York this week.
• Targeted sanctions on arms sales key to ending violence in Myanmar: observers Radio Free Asia 19 Sep 2022 -- Myanmar's junta is using weapons purchased from abroad to commit “war crimes” against its people and must be targeted with new sanctions to end violence in the country, former military officers and political observers said Monday.
• Junta chopper attack on school kills 7 in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 19 Sep 2022 -- Military helicopters fired on a village school in Myanmar “for nearly an hour” before junta foot soldiers let loose with guns, killing at least seven children, residents said Monday, in what appeared to be the deadliest attack on children since last year's coup.
• VOA Interview: Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Responding to a series of questions on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, told VOA that the democratic world should not be “putting the [Alexander Lukashenko] regime and the Belarusian people into one basket.”
• Pakistani Court Drops Terrorism Charges Against Ex-PM Imran Khan RFE/RL Gandhara 19 Sep 2022 -- A Pakistani court has ordered that terrorism charges be dropped against former Prime Minister Imran Khan over comments he made about law enforcement and court officials, his defense lawyer said.
• Pakistan Floods: 'Colossal' Reconstruction Ahead VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Pakistan's foreign minister said Monday that recent deadly floods are a disaster on a scale the country has never experienced, and that recovery will cost at least $30 billion.
• Kazakh President's Decree On Renaming Capital Comes Into Force RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- The presidential decree to change the name of Kazakhstan's capital city back to Astana from Nur-Sultan came into force on September 19 after its text was officially published in state media.
• South African Energy Crisis Sees Rolling Blackouts VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- South Africa's state power utility, Eskom, has implemented its highest level of nationwide power cuts to reduce pressure on the grid after two more of its aging power plants broke down.
• OSCE Mission publishes report on handling of terrorism cases by Kosovo courts OSCE 19 Sep 2022 -- The prosecution of terrorism offences has proved challenging around the world, and Kosovo is no exception. Nonetheless, judicial institutions have to make sure they adjudicate these cases fairly, effectively and in full respect of human rights standards, concludes the latest thematic report published by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today.
• Hungary Submits Proposals Aimed At Avoiding Loss Of EU Funds RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Hungary's government has submitted a bill to parliament aimed at avoiding the loss of billions of euros from the European Union, Justice Minister Judit Varga has said.
• Is The EU's Pressure On Hungary Starting To Work? RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- On September 18, the European Commission proposed a suspension of 7.5 billion euros ($7.5 billion) from the EU budget earmarked for Hungary, a response to what the union sees as Budapest's poor record on human rights and the rule of law. The move is just the latest salvo in a years-long battle between Brussels and Budapest, and one that shows no sign of letting up any time soon.