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• Bahrain, U.S. Sharpen Maritime Skills at Sea CENTCOM 25 Sep 2022 -- Ensuring maritime security and stability locally requires more than written agreements and handshakes. The mission needs skilled Sailors who are knowledgeable in operating their vessels amid the region's vast geography and challenging climate.
• NextGen 2.0 helmets on the way to security forces across DAF US Air Force 25 Sep 2022 -- Security forces Airmen at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces NextGen Helmet 2.0 later this year.
• Carrier Strike Group 12 Completes Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training US Navy 25 Sep 2022 -- Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12) completed its Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) Sept. 22, 2022.
• USS Charleston participates in Exercise Kakadu 2022 US Navy 25 Sep 2022 -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) participated in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) ashore in Darwin, Australia, and at sea in the waters off Northern Australian, Sept. 12-24.
• First U.S. Coast Guard cutter visits Maldives since 2009 US Navy 25 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) and crew arrived in the Maldives, Friday, and this is the first Coast Guard ship to visit the Maldives since the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell did in 2009.
• Joint Statement on the U.S.-Romanian Bilateral Defense Relationship DoD 25 Sep 2022 -- On September 24, 2022, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander and Romanian State Secretary Simona Cojocaru met in Romania to discuss a range of bilateral defense and regional security issues.
• US Warns Russia of 'Catastrophic Consequences' If It Launches Nuclear Attack in Ukraine VOA 25 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. has warned Russia of "catastrophic consequences" if it launches a nuclear attack on Ukraine, President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Sunday.
• White House: US will 'respond decisively' if Russia uses nuclear weapons Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said the United States will "respond decisively" if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, while Moscow has advised Washington of its nuclear "red line".
• Ukraine Says U.S. Decision To Provide NASAMS Air-Defense Systems 'Already Made' RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that U.S. President Joe Biden's administration had already decided to provide Ukraine with sophisticated air-defense systems known as NASAMS as Kyiv fights off a seven-month-old Russian military invasion.
• Ukraine acknowledges receiving sophisticated American missile systems Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine acknowledges being in receipt of advanced American missile systems, despite Russia's warnings that "pumping" the ex-Soviet republic with arms would only exacerbate the conflict there.
• UK Armed Forces kick off major series of exercises in the Indo-Pacific UK MOD 25 Sep 2022 -- RAF participates in large-scale air exercise in Australia for the first time since the Covid pandemic.

Defense Industry

• US Air Force grants Raytheon $1bn hypersonic cruise missile contract Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- Major US weapons maker Raytheon has beaten fellow giant military contractors Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) contract, worth $985 million, from the Air Force.

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News
• Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Trade Accusations At UN Over Recent Border Clashes RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have continued to blame each other for recent deadly clashes along their border.
• High-level independent panel on security and development in crisis-torn Sahel region launched at UN UN News 25 Sep 2022 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African leaders have launched a high-level panel to assess the situation in the Sahel and make recommendations on ways to foster international engagement and map out responses to the region's complex challenges.

News Reports

• UN Warns of Growing Criminal Threat from Mekong Region Casinos, SEZs VOA 25 Sep 2022 -- The unchecked growth of freewheeling business enclaves and casinos in and around Laos is opening new money laundering and drug trafficking options for crime networks using the country to push spiraling volumes of narcotics across Asia, the United Nations warns.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the General Debate of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 24, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Sep 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's news conference following the High-Level Week of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, September 24, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Sep 2022
• Lavrov vows 'full protection' for regions that will join Russia Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says regions of Ukraine where referendums are being held will be under Moscow's "full protection" if they join Russia.
• Mongolia Also Reports Thousands Of Russian Men Entering Since Putin Ordered Call-Up RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- There were long lines of cars at a border crossing from Russia to Mongolia on September 25, with thousands of new arrivals to that East Asian country since a Kremlin call-up announcement threatened Russian men with conscription.
• Russian Crackdown On Anti-Mobilization Protests Continues; Nearly 800 Detained RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- Nearly 800 people have been detained in Russia as protests against the country's partial military mobilization continue in cities across the country.
• China launches two new experimental satellites PLA Daily 25 Sep 2022 -- China on Sunday launched a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket to place two satellites in space.
• China vows 'most forceful steps' to oppose external interference in affairs of Taipei Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- China has vowed to strongly confront any foreign support for the Chinese Taipei's independence from the mainland as the United States keeps courting the separatist forces on the Chinese-owned island.
• Taiwan delegation signs US$2.6 billion deals for U.S. corn, soybeans CNA 25 Sep 2022 -- An agricultural delegation from Taiwan has signed letters of intent (LOI) with U.S. representatives to purchase more than US$2.6 billion of corn and soybeans from farmers in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.
• Taiwan accuses China of misinterpreting U.N. Resolution 2758 CNA 25 Sep 2022 -- The Republic of China (Taiwan) government has condemned the People's Republic of China (PRC) for "intentionally misinterpreting" a 1971 United Nations resolution and using it as a pretext to argue against Taiwan being part of the U.N. system.
• Taiwan thanks Philippine president for cross-strait peace appeal CNA 25 Sep 2022 -- Taiwan's government has thanked Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his speech in New York on Friday in which he appealed for a peaceful solution to the situation across the Taiwan Strait.
• Tehran Claims U.S. Signaled 'Will' For New Nuclear Deal; Washington Silent RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- Iran's top diplomat says Tehran received a new signal from the United States that the "will and goodwill" exist in Washington to reach an agreement to replace the nuclear deal that fell apart after a U.S. pullout four years ago.
• Iran: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU European Council 25 Sep 2022 -- Over the last week, following Mahsa Amini's abuse by the morality police and her death in custody, women and men across Iran have exercised their fundamental right to assemble and protest.
• Iranians Protest For 10th Night Despite 'No Leniency' Warnings RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- Anti-government protests have erupted in Tehran and other cities for a 10th night over the death of a young Iranian woman after a reported beating at the hands of morality police, despite official warnings that an already deadly crackdown would toughen.
• Tehran Rebukes Britain, Norway Over Commentary on Protests VOA 25 Sep 2022 -- Iran has rebuked Britain and Norway over what it claimed was interference and hostile news coverage of the extensive unrest in Iran triggered by the death of a young woman held in captivity by the country's morality police for failing to properly wear a hijab, the semi-official IRNA news agency said Sunday.
• Iran President Calling for Firm Measures Against Countrywide Protests VOA 25 Sep 2022 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi insisted Saturday that the government react firmly to the widespread protests across the country over the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of the regime's morality police.
• Iran FM says US sent message on JCPOA IRNA 25 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister said on Saturday that the United States has sent a message in recent days on their determination and goodwill to reach a deal and that Iran urged the Americans to show their goodwill.
• Iran FM: American officials send messages to Iran recently ISNA 25 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced that during the recent days American officials have sent messages about the good gesture of will to reach an agreement and Iran had urged them to show their own realistic will in this path.
• Attempts at violating Iranian sovereignty won't go unanswered: Kanaani ISNA 25 Sep 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani stressed that attempts at violating the Iranian sovereignty will not go unanswered.
• Iran rejecting any change in borders, geopolitical map of region: FM ISNA 25 Sep 2022 -- Foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia, who are in New York to take part in the 77th meeting of the UN General Assembly, have met and held talks on mutual ties and the key issues in the Caucasus region.
• Iran's Judiciary indicts 14 individuals over Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's assassination Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- Tehran's chief prosecutor says the Iranian Judiciary has filed an indictment against 14 individuals for involvement in the 2020 assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
• Iran, US continue to exchange messages on JCPOA revival: FM Amir-Abdollahian Press TV 25 Sep 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran and Washington continue to exchange messages on reviving the US-abandoned nuclear deal through the European Union's coordinator and foreign ministers of certain countries.
• Flood-Stricken Pakistan Gets $2 Billion Aid Pledge From World Bank RFE/RL Gandhara 25 Sep 2022 -- The World Bank has pledged to provide about $2 billion in aid for Pakistan as the country tries to recover from record rainfall and deadly flooding.
• Moldovan Anti-Government Protesters Set Up Tents Outside President's Residence RFE/RL 25 Sep 2022 -- Supporters of a fugitive businessman's pro-Russian party have led thousands in a protest outside the Moldovan president's official residence in Chisinau to complain about gas and other price hikes and press their demands for early elections.