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• Remarks by President Biden Before the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly The White House 21 Sep 2022
• At UNGA, Biden Condemns Russia's War on Ukraine as Putin Escalates Threats VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden called out Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations, as the Russian leader significantly escalated war efforts and threatened nuclear retaliation.
• Background Press Briefing on President Biden's Meetings at the United Nations The White House 21 Sep 2022
• Remarks by President Biden at the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference The White House 21 Sep 2022
• Remarks by President Biden and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 21 Sep 2022
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres The White House 21 Sep 2022
• USS Higgins (DDG 76) Conducts Operations with Royal Canadian Navy in South China Sea US Navy 21 Sep 2022 -- Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) concluded exercises in the South China Sea with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) Sept. 18.
• USS Jackson (LCS 6) Arrives in Tahiti US Navy 21 Sep 2022 -- Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) arrived in Papeete, Tahiti, for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 20.
• USS Bataan Celebrates 25th Birthday US Navy 21 Sep 2022 -- The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5) celebrated the ship's 25th birthday during a ceremony onboard the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 20.
• Saudi Arabia, U.S. Complete International Coalition Exercise US Navy 21 Sep 2022 -- Maritime forces from Saudi Arabia and the United States participated in a monthly international coalition exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 20.
• COMSUBPAC Visits JMSDF and U.S. Navy Leadership US Navy 21 Sep 2022 -- Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Japan Sept. 12 through Sept. 14, 2022 to meet with U.S. Navy leadership and strengthen existing ties with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
• Conflict With a Nuclear-Capable Peer Possible, Says Stratcom Commander DoD News 21 Sep 2022 -- Navy Adm. Charles "Chas" A. Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, today joined a panel discussion on important national security concerns.
• Army to test robotic vehicles on land and sea during PC 22 Army News 21 Sep 2022 -- Industry partners working with the Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency engineers will fly a pilotless UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying up to 3,000 pounds on supply runs as part of its annual Project Convergence experiments this fall. In addition, the range of the tests will expand significantly across the Pacific.
• Joint Statement on the Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department of Defense and the Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs DoD 21 Sep 2022 -- The text of the following statement was released by the U.S. Department of Defense and Kurdistan Regional Government
• Executive Order on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation President of Russia 21 Sep 2022 -- The President signed Executive Order On Declaring Partial Mobilisation in the Russian Federation.
• Address by the President of the Russian Federation President of Russia 21 Sep 2022 -- "The subject of this address is the situation in Donbass and the course of the special military operation to liberate it from the neo-Nazi regime, which seized power in Ukraine in 2014 as the result of an armed state coup."
• Putin Announces Mobilization of Russian Military Reserves VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday the partial mobilization of his country's military reserves in a move that follows Ukrainian gains in a counteroffensive in northeastern Ukraine.
• More Than 1,000 Arrests Reported After Putin's Partial Military Mobilization Sparks Protests RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- More than 1,000 people have been arrested in Russia during protests in several cities against a partial military mobilization announced by President Vladimir Putin on September 21.
• The Kremlin's Troop Mobilization US Dept. of State 21 Sep 2022 -- President Putin's call to partially mobilize Russian citizens, directing them to fight in Ukraine, reflects the Kremlin's struggles on the battlefield, the unpopularity of the war, and Russians' unwillingness to fight in it.
• Amid Setbacks In Ukraine, Putin Moves Toward Escalation And Raises The Threat Level. Is It A Bluff? RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking steps to escalate the invasion of Ukraine and his standoff with Kyiv and the West, including a “partial mobilization” that he announced on September 21, following a stunning military setback in Kharkiv that has sparked nationalist backlash at home and raised the prospect of defeat.
• North Korea Denies Selling Weapons to Russia VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- North Korea on Thursday denied sending weapons to Russia, accusing the United States of spreading rumors about such a sale to tarnish Pyongyang's image.
• China sends new naval fleet on Gulf of Aden escort mission PLA Daily 21 Sep 2022 -- The 42nd fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy set out from a military port in east China's Shandong Province on Wednesday to take over an escort mission from the 41st naval fleet in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.
• Xi stresses new horizons for strengthening armed forces through reform PLA Daily 21 Sep 2022 -- President Xi Jinping has stressed better use of successful experience in the reform of national defense and the armed forces and striving for new horizons for strengthening the armed forces through reform.
• Xi's thought guides reform of armed forces PLA Daily 21 Sep 2022 -- The People's Liberation Army has been undergoing a historic reform guided by President Xi Jinping since late 2012, when Xi became the top leader of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese military. Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military has also made it clear that pursuing reform and encouraging innovation are key to military's strength.
• China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand launch 121st joint Mekong River patrol PLA Daily 21 Sep 2022 -- The 121st joint patrol and law enforcement operation on the Mekong River by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand was officially launched on September 20.
• Curtain Raiser: Launch Of Two Diving Support Vessels At Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Vizag On 22 Sep 2022 India PIB 21 Sep 2022 -- Two Diving Support Vessels (Nistar & Nipun) being built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Vishakapatnam for the Indian Navy, are scheduled to be launched on 22 Sep 22. Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, will be the Chief Guest at the launching ceremony. The vessels will be launched by Mrs Kala Hari Kumar, President Navy Wellness and Welfare Association (NWWA), who would also be performing the traditional honour and naming them.
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan The White House 21 Sep 2022
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with Prime Minister Liz Truss of the United Kingdom The White House 21 Sep 2022
• Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Liz Truss of the United Kingdom Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 21 Sep 2022
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France The White House 21 Sep 2022

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• Yemen: Marking 'significant milestone', UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin UN News 21 Sep 2022 -- The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said on Wednesday, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.
• Returning Pakistani Taliban Employs Extortion As Control Grows RFE/RL Gandhara 21 Sep 2022 -- Pashtun businessman Jamshid Khan (a pseudonym) invested several million dollars in his native Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwestern Pakistan seven years ago.
• Fighting between AA and military spreads southward in Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- Fighting between Myanmar's military and the ethnic Arakan Army (AA), which resumed in July after a two-year lull, has intensified and is spreading southward through Rakhine state, sources in the region told RFA Burmese on Wednesday.
• Bangladesh police: Suspected Rohingya rebels kill another refugee camp watchman Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- A Rohingya volunteer watchman was killed at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar allegedly by Rohingya insurgents, making him the fifth victim of such an attack by armed rebels, Bangladeshi police said Wednesday.
• Troops kill 2 civilians as they raid villages across Myanmar's regional borders. Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- Two locals were shot dead when junta troops launched an offensive at a village in Yesagyo township in Myanmar's Magway region, which borders Sagaing region.
• Over 10,000 locals flee as military seizes township in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- Over 10,000 residents from more than 10 villages in Sagaing region's Khin-U township have fled their villages after junta forces launched offensives in its eastern and western areas, locals told RFA.
• Tajikistan Says Kyrgyzstan Hides Military Hardware Close To Border, Despite Cease-Fire Deal RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Tajikistan has accused Kyrgyzstan of continuing to keep military hardware at the two Central Asian nations' common border following last week's deadly clashes, a charge denied by the Kyrgyz authorities, who say the situation along the border is calm.

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• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's participation in a Russia-Iran-Turkey trilateral ministerial meeting in the Astana format and consultations with UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Rogelio Mayta Mayta Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's conversation with President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Navalny Slams Putin's Mobilization Order As Opposition Group Calls For Protests RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has slammed Vladimir Putin and an opposition group has called for nationwide protests after the Russian leader ordered a military mobilization amid the country's recent military losses in Ukraine during a Ukrainian military counteroffensive.
• Biden Formally Nominates Veteran Diplomat To Serve As U.S. Ambassador To Russia RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden formally nominated a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia.
• German Police Raids Houses Reportedly Linked To Putin's Close Ally, Tycoon Usmanov RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Police in Germany have raided 24 houses and apartments across the country reportedly linked to Uzbek-born Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov, who is known as a close ally of President Vladimir Putin.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Newsweek, September 21, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Carlos Faria on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly session Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's participation in the working meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member countries Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Sep 2022
• Beijing police ban drones, expel petitioners, migrant workers ahead of CCP congress Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- Authorities in the Chinese capital have issued a ban on low-altitude flights and drones over the city ahead of a five-yearly congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) next month.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on September 21, 2022 PRC MofA 21 Sep 2022
• UN Urged to Act on China's Reported Rights Violations in Xinjiang VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, rights activists and several Western diplomats attended a meeting to urge the U.N. to take action over China's reported mistreatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
• Students turn out in protest over power cuts at university in China's Wuhan Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- Hundreds of students at a business school in the central Chinese city of Wuhan have protested in recent days amid power shortages and a COVID-19 campus-wide lockdown.
• Canadian warship makes rare Taiwan Strait transit CNA 21 Sep 2022 -- A Canadian warship made a rare transit through the Taiwan Strait, a narrow waterway separating Taiwan and China, with a U.S. counterpart on Tuesday, marking the first time a Canadian military vessel has done so in nearly a year.
• Chinese military slams US, Canadian warships' transit through Taiwan Strait PLA Daily 21 Sep 2022 -- The US navy destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) and Canadian navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331) sailed through the Taiwan Strait on September 20 and hyped it up publicly. Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese PLA, denounced such provocative move in a written statement released on Wednesday.
• China calls US-Canada Taiwan Strait transit 'provocative' Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- China on Wednesday denounced a Taiwan Strait transit conducted the previous day by two warships from the U.S. and Canada, calling it a “provocative move.”
• US Opposes Unilateral Changes in Taiwan Strait Status Quo, Biden Says VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- The United States seeks peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and continues to "oppose unilateral changes in the status quo by either side,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.
• Iran Demands Guarantees Of U.S. Adherence To Any Revived Nuclear Deal RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has reiterated his demand for guarantees from the United States that it will not again withdraw from a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program should negotiations to revive the deal be successful.
• Protesters, Police Killed In Iranian Unrest Sparked By Young Woman's Death RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Four police were injured and a police assistant died from injuries in growing protests in Iran after a 22-year-old woman died while being held by the morality police for violating the country's strictly enforced Islamic dress code.
• UN 'Alarmed' At Iranian Detainee's Death, Pressure On Tehran Mounts Amid Protests RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Pressure mounted on Iran on September 20 over the death in custody of a young Iranian woman as the UN's top rights official and an Iranian lawmaker issued separate public appeals over the tragedy and the deadly unrest it has sparked.
• Iran Cracks Down Violently on Nationwide Protests; at Least 6 Killed VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- Iran is responding with a violent, deadly crackdown to nationwide protests triggered by last week's death in police custody of a young woman accused of not wearing her hijab properly, with authorities acknowledging at least six people have been killed in several days of unrest.
• US Slams Iran for 'Brazen' Attacks on American People, Infrastructure VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- The United States is warning of an "increasingly brazen" Iran, accusing the government in Tehran of using its growing network of proxies and hackers to target both America and Americans, even on U.S. soil.
• President Raisi: Iran sees no practical behavior in US admin IRNA 21 Sep 2022 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said, "We have not yet seen practical and serious behavior that is a sign of compensating for past behavior and lifting oppressive sanctions".
• Iran reacts to meddlesome stance of US, EU ISNA 21 Sep 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has reacted to the meddling stance of some officials of the US, EU and other countries regarding the death of Mahsa Amini.
• US withdrawal from JCPOA, Europe's non-fulfilment of its obligations prove Iran's request for guarantees rational: Raisi ISNA 21 Sep 2022 -- Referring to the issue of nuclear negotiations and the need to provide confidence-building guarantees, Iranian President said, "It was the Americans who withdrew from the agreement, and other European countries did not fulfil their obligations towards Iran, so Iran has the right to demand confidence-building guarantees".
• Reassuring guarantees, closing Iran's security cases in IAEA imperative for achieving stable agreement: Iran President ISNA 21 Sep 2022 -- In the meeting with his French counterpart on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President said that the improvement of Iran's relations with Europe depended on the independence of the countries of this continent from the will and opinion of the United States, and explained the conditions for achieving a fair and stable agreement from the perspective of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Exclusive: Kanaani ready to exchange prisoners with US ISNA 21 Sep 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani in an exclusive interview with ISNA News Agency declared that independently of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran was ready to exchange prisoners with the US.
• Junta threatens prison, execution for supporting Myanmar opposition Radio Free Asia 21 Sep 2022 -- Anyone in Myanmar found to have provided as little as one kyat in financial support to anti-junta groups or engaged with anti-junta content on social media now faces anywhere from two years in prison to execution, according to a spokesman for the military regime.
• Myanmar spiralling 'from bad to worse, to horrific', Human Rights Council hears UN News 21 Sep 2022 -- Since the Myanmar military launched its “disastrous” coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, “by any measure”.
• Kazakh President Sets November 20 As Date For Early Presidential Election RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has set November 20 as the date for an early presidential election.
• Kazakhstan's Largest Bank Suspends Russia's Mir Payment System RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- Kazakhstan's largest bank, Halyk Bank (People's Bank), has suspended the use of Russia's Mir payment cards amid warnings by the U.S. Treasury Department about possible sanctions to be imposed on institutions supporting Russia's payment system outside of Russia.
• Flooding In Pakistan Claims More Lives Amid Growing Threat Of Waterborne Illness RFE/RL Gandhara 21 Sep 2022 -- Flooding in Pakistan has killed 17 more people in the past two days, officials said on September 21 as the United Nations Children's Fund renewed its appeal for $39 million to help the most vulnerable flood victims.
• PM meeting with President Joe Biden: 21 September 2022 Gov.UK 21 Sep 2022
• Biden Holds First Sit-Down With New British PM on UN Sidelines VOA 21 Sep 2022 -- President Joe Biden sat down with his British counterpart for the first time Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, calling Britain “our closest ally in the world” and resolving to work together on issues from dealing with the conflict in Ukraine to maintaining peace in Northern Ireland as Britain exits the European Union.
• Foreign Secretary trilateral meeting with Poland and Ukraine UK FCDO 21 Sep 2022 -- Readout from Foreign Secretary James Cleverly's trilateral meeting with his Polish and Ukrainian counterparts at UNGA tonight.
• Foreign Secretary James Cleverly meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, September 2022 UK FCDO 21 Sep 2022 -- The Foreign Secretary met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
• Foreign Secretary James Cleverly meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, September 2022 UK FCDO 21 Sep 2022 -- Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
• PM meeting with President of the European Commission: 21 September 2022 Gov.UK 21 Sep 2022
• PM meeting with Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth: 21 September 2022 Gov.UK 21 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Mikati US Dept. of State 21 Sep 2022
• Joint Statement of Support for Lebanon from the United States, France, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia US Dept. of State 21 Sep 2022 -- Today, representatives from the United States, France, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia met to discuss Lebanon on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The following statement is attributable to the Ministers of the three countries.
• Dodik Travels To Moscow For Meeting With Putin Ahead Of Elections RFE/RL 21 Sep 2022 -- The Serb member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's tripartite presidency, Milorad Dodik, met in Moscow on September 20 with Russian President Vladimir Putin and received the Russian leader's backing in his upcoming bid for reelection.
• Famine looms in Somalia, but many 'hunger hotspots' are in deep trouble UN News 21 Sep 2022 -- The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise steeply in coming weeks, the UN said on Wednesday, in a new alert about looming famine in the Horn of Africa and beyond.