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• Remarks by President Biden on Hurricane Ian and Ongoing Federal Response Efforts The White House 29 Sep 2022
• Thousands of Guardsmen Supporting Hurricane Ian Response Army News 29 Sep 2022 -- More than 5,000 National Guardsmen from multiple states are positioned across southwest and central Florida to help communities devastated by Hurricane Ian.

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• U.S. Navy Warship Seizes $10 Million in Drugs in Gulf of Oman CENTCOM 29 Sep 2022 -- A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer seized 7,200 kilograms of hashish worth an estimated $10 million from a fishing vessel transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 28.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Denmark's Minister of Defense Morten Bødskov DoD 29 Sep 2022
• U.S. Marines simultaneously launch major bilateral exercises with Japan, Philippines USMC News 29 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. Marine Corps commences two concurrent large-scale bilateral exercises with key allies across the first island chain, from northern Japan through the Philippines, Oct. 1-14.
• RAAF, USAF leaders sign Joint Vision Statement in Washington US Air Force 29 Sep 2022 -- The future of the long-standing relationship between the U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force was further strengthened Sept. 14 in Washington, D.C. with the signing of a Joint Vision Statement by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., and Air Marshal Robert Chipman.
• U.S. and Spain: Allied Nations Strengthen Interoperability in the Ionian Sea US Navy 29 Sep 2022 -- Spanish and U.S. Navy Sailors capped off two days of combined operations with aircraft flying over the Spanish Navy ship ESPS Juan Carlos I (LHD 61) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Ionian Sea, Sept. 27, 2022.
• Ford conducts pre-deployment ammunition onload US Navy 29 Sep 2022 -- USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted an ammunition onload on the open seas with the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 and dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Sept. 25-27, 2022.
• US Army Exercise Paints Long Range Picture with HIMARS Demonstration Army News 29 Sep 2022 -- Two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) were deployed via rapid aerial insertion by combined forces working alongside U.S. Army Europe and Africa to demonstrate the movement capabilities of the missile systems to locations in Ādaži and Liepāja, Latvia, Sept. 26 - 27, 2022.
• Pisa Ammunition Storage Area upgrades unveiled Army News 29 Sep 2022 -- Guests honor American and Italian anthems, played by the Folgore band, during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the revolving bridge over the Navicelli Canal at Camp Darby, Pisa Ammunition Storage Area Italy, Sep. 22, 2022.
• 'Cold Steel' Builds on 40th Infantry Division Partnership Army News 29 Sep 2022 -- This month, the Cold Steel Brigade conducted its third Command Post Exercise with California National Guard's 40th Infantry Division partners to prepare the division for operational readiness at the Battle Simulation Center at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., Officer in Charge, Republic of the Philippines Department of National Defense, Hold a News Conference in Hawaii DoD 29 Sep 2022
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With the Republic of the Philippines Department of National Defense Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge Jose Faustino, Jr. DoD 29 Sep 2022
• USS Port Royal Decommissions during Pearl Harbor Ceremony US Navy 29 Sep 2022 -- USS Port Royal (CG 73), the 27th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, recognized more than 28 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony Sept. 29 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
• USS Gerald R. Ford Set to Depart on First Deployment US Navy 29 Sep 2022 -- The Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) will deploy and operate alongside a coalition of allied forces together in the Atlantic area of operations, Monday, October 3.
• Readout of National Armaments Directors Meeting Under the Auspices of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group DoD 29 Sep 2022 -- Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William A. LaPlante chaired the first meeting of the National Armaments Directors (NADs) from member nations of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) on September 28 in Brussels.
• Pentagon Announces $1.1 Billion More in Military Aid for Ukraine VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The Pentagon is providing an additional $1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, bringing the total U.S. military assistance to nearly $17 billion since the Biden administration took office.
• Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership The White House 29 Sep 2022
• United States, Pacific island nations cap summit with declaration of partnership Radio Free Asia 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States and Pacific Island nations signed a declaration of partnership, capping a summit in Washington with a win for the U.S. in the region after countries rejected China's push for a wide-ranging pact earlier this year.
• US promises Pacific island nations a big boost in economic aid Radio Free Asia 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States plans more than U.S. $800 million in assistance to Pacific island nations over a decade, the White House announced on Thursday, as Washington seeks to counter China's greater influence in the region.
• US, Pacific Island Leaders Reach Partnership Deal at Historic Summit VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States and Pacific leaders have reached a nine-point Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership as Washington hosts its first summit with leaders from Pacific Island nations.
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken and President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands David Kabua, President of the Federated States of Micronesia David Panuelo, and President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. Before their Meeting US Dept. of State 29 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera US Dept. of State 29 Sep 2022
• Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 29 Sep 2022
• Readout of Vice President Harris's Meeting with President Yoon of the Republic of Korea The White House 29 Sep 2022
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 29 Sep 2022 -- Vladimir Putin talked by telephone with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
• Department Press Briefing - September 29, 2022 US Dept. of State 29 Sep 2022

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• 29 September 2022 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 29 Sep 2022
• Iran Reportedly Fires On Iraqi Kurdish Regional Capital RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) has fired on targets in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Irbil, and the eastern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, the Iranian state news agency IRNA has reported.
• IRGC commander: 73 ballistic missiles destroy terrorists' positions in Northern Iraq IRNA 29 Sep 2022 -- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said that the positions of the terrorist outfits in northern Iraqi Kurdistan region were hit and destroyed by 73 ballistic missiles.
• 13 Killed In Iraqi Kurdistan As Iran Escalates Attacks Amid Unrest At Home RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- An Iranian bombing campaign targeted Iraq's northern Kurdish region on September 28, killing least 13 people and wounding 58 others, Iraq's state news agency said.
• Iran Conducts Missile Attacks in Kurdistan Region of Iraq VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Officials in Iraqi Kurdistan say casualties from Iran's missile and drone attacks in the region have risen to at least nine deaths and 32 injuries.
• Facebook contributed to abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya: Amnesty International Radio Free Asia 29 Sep 2022 -- Facebook owner Meta's use of algorithms to promote user engagement and increase ad revenue contributed to anti-Rohingya sentiment in Myanmar ahead of a brutal military campaign against the ethnic group in 2017, rights group Amnesty International said Thursday.
• Junta troops kill 9 civilians and torch 800 homes in fortnight of raids in Sagaing Radio Free Asia 29 Sep 2022 -- More than 800 houses in 20 villages have been destroyed by junta troops and nine civilians killed over the past two weeks in junta raids on Taze township in Myanmar's Sagaing region according to locals.
• Armenia Says Three Soldiers Killed In Fresh Cross-Border Clash With Azerbaijani Troops RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Renewed fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces broke out on September 28, killing three Armenian troops, Yerevan said as the two sides again blamed each other for shooting first across their shared border.
• Disengagement of Chinese, Indian troops in Jianan Daban conducive to peace in border areas: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 29 Sep 2022 -- The disengagement of Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan Daban is conducive to promoting peace and tranquility in the border areas, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
• The Trial of Félicien Kabuga for Genocide in Rwanda US Dept. of State 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States welcomes the opening statements in the trial of Félicien Kabuga at the Hague branch of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), the successor mechanism to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
• ICC Trial of Alleged Rwandan Genocide Financier Begins VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague opened the trial Thursday of one of the last major suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, an 87-year-old businessman and radio station owner who is accused of helping fund and promote the mass killings.
• Thousands of Congolese Refugees Return Home From Exile VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The U.N. refugee agency says nearly 6,000 Congolese refugees have been helped to return home since December 2021, after years of exile in Zambia.
• Ethiopian Security Forces Accused of Killing Civilian VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Ethiopia's government-funded human rights commission says security forces killed dozens of civilians following clashes with rebels in the country's Gambella region in June.

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• Former NSA Employee Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges US Dept. of Justice 29 Sep 2022 -- A Colorado Springs man will make his initial appearance in federal court today on charges that he attempted to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to a representative of a foreign government.
• Major in the United States Army and a Maryland Doctor Facing Federal Indictment for Allegedly Providing Confidential Health Information to a Purported Russian Representative to Assist Russia Related to the Conflict In Ukraine DoJ - US Attorney's Office - Maryland 29 Sep 2022 -- A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Anna Gabrielian, age 36, and her husband, Jamie Lee Henry, age 39, both of Rockville, Maryland, with conspiracy and for the disclosure of individually identifiable health information ("IIHI"), related to their efforts to assist Russia in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. The indictment was returned on September 28, 2022 and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendants.
• U.S. Charges Former Army Officer, Wife With Conspiracy Over Medical Data Leaks RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- A former U.S. Army officer and his wife have been criminally charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly plotting to leak sensitive health-care data about military patients to Russia.
• New Warnings from Ukraine About Looming Russian Cyberattacks VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine is again urging its companies and private organizations to immediately bolster their cybersecurity ahead of what could be a new wave of Russian attacks.
• Uganda Fights Deadly Ebola Outbreak as President Assures It's Under Control VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has assured the country that an Ebola outbreak is under control and that no restrictions on movement are needed. The country's health officials confirmed cases of a deadly Sudan ebolavirus with six reported deaths out of 31 confirmed cases. Uganda's medical association says some of its members are critically ill and has threatened to join a strike by medical interns over what they say is inadequate personal protective equipment.
• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, September 29, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Sep 2022
• Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council President of Russia 29 Sep 2022 -- The President held a briefing session with the permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.
• NATO, EU Say Gas Pipeline Leaks Are 'Sabotage' But Stop Short Of Pointing Finger At Russia RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- NATO and the European Union said leaks in two major Russian underwater pipelines designed to ship natural gas to Germany were caused by "sabotage" and vowed to take strong action to protect critical European infrastructure.
• Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the damage to gas pipelines NATO 29 Sep 2022 -- The NATO Invitees associate themselves with this Statement.
• NATO Calls Nord Stream Leaks 'Deliberate, Reckless' Sabotage RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- NATO has voiced "deep concern" over the damage sustained by the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, calling the incidents "deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage."
• NATO Vows Retaliation for Attacks on Infrastructure, Blames Sabotage for Pipe Blasts VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- NATO vowed retaliation Thursday for attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member nations, while strongly suggesting the rupture of two Baltic Sea pipelines meant to send natural gas from Russia to Germany was the direct result of sabotage.
• West Prepares New Sanctions To Make Russia Pay 'Severe Economic Cost' For Escalating War Through Referendums RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States and its allies are preparing to impose fresh sanctions on Russia in the wake of what the West and United Nations have called "sham" referendums in four Ukrainian regions, with the White House saying the measures would exact a "severe" economic price on Moscow.
• Finland Bars Russian Tourists After Thousands Enter Country VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The Finnish government announced it is closing its borders to Russians with European tourist visas effective at midnight Thursday night, after thousands of people streamed over their shared border with Russia in recent days.
• Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska and Associates Indicted for Sanctions Evasion and Obstruction of Justice US Dept. of Justice 29 Sep 2022 -- The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging a U.S. citizen and three citizens of the Russian Federation with violating new U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this year in response to Russia's unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine.
• US Charges Russian Oligarch Deripaska with Sanctions Evasion VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and three associates with violating U.S. sanctions.
• All The World's A Stage: What To Watch For In Putin's Big Speech RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- The last major speech that Vladimir Putin delivered live came in the early hours of February 24, when the Russian president announced he was ordering tens of thousands of troops to invade Ukraine in what has become the biggest war in Europe since World War II -- and the biggest test for Putin in his 23 years in power.
• Russia Says Sanctions Prevent It From Maintaining Gas Pipeline To Turkey, Balkans RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Russia says Western sanctions are preventing it from maintaining a crucial natural-gas-export pipeline that supplies Turkey and the Balkans, potentially worsening Europe's energy crisis.
• Police In Russia's Tyva Disperse Anti-Mobilization Rally, Detain Women RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Police in Russia's Siberian Tyva region have detained at least 27 women and dispersed a rally against the mobilization of local men for Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• Russian Opposition Politician Leaves Country After Serving 30 Days In Jail RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Russian opposition politician Leonid Gozman has left Russia after serving two consecutive 15-day jail terms on charges of "equating" Soviet-era Russia with Nazi Germany.
• Meeting with the heads of security agencies and intelligence services of the CIS countries President of Russia 29 Sep 2022 -- The President met with the heads of the delegations to the 18th session of the Meeting of the Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States Member States, via videoconference.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on September 29, 2022 PRC MofA 29 Sep 2022
• Chinese, Vietnamese naval leaders hold video meeting PLA Daily 29 Sep 2022 -- Political Commissar of Chinese PLA Navy Admiral Yuan Huazhi had a video meeting with Political Commissar of Vietnamese Navy Nguyen Van Bong on September 26. The two sides exchanged views on naval exchanges and cooperation, according to Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference in Beijing on September 29.
• Italy's New Government to Take Different Position on China VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Italy has elected its most right-wing government since the end of World War II, and China watchers are anticipating a different type of relationship between Giorgia Meloni, in position to become Italy's next prime minister, and Beijing based on her comments about Taiwan during her campaign.
• After Anti-China Campaign, Kenya's Ruto Does About-Face VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Kenya's newly elected President William Ruto, who talked tough on China while campaigning, has reversed his stance on Beijing since taking office.
• Paraguay clarifies president's remarks asking Taiwan for US$1 billion: MOFA CNA 29 Sep 2022 -- Paraguayan Foreign Minister Julio Cesar Arriola has clarified remarks reportedly made by his President Mario Abdo Benítez asking Taiwan to invest US$1 billion in the South American country to maintain diplomatic ties, stressing that both allies are bound by common values instead of money, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday.
• France, Japan, New Zealand speak up for Taiwan at ICAO meet: MOFA CNA 29 Sep 2022 -- France, Japan and New Zealand have spoken up for Taiwan's inclusion in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the second day of the United Nations agency's triennial assembly held in Montreal on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), even though none of them specifically mentioned Taiwan in their addresses.
• U.S. House of Representatives introduces its version of Taiwan Policy Act CNA 29 Sep 2022 -- United States Congressman Michael McCaul introduced on Wednesday the House version of the Taiwan Policy Act (TPA), with the aim to "strengthen Taiwan's defense and deter the aggression of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)."
• 1 Chinese military aircraft enters Taiwan's ADIZ CNA 29 Sep 2022 -- A total of 11 Chinese military aircraft and four naval ships were detected in areas around Taiwan on Thursday, including one warplane that flew into the southwestern part of Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
• PLA's military countermeasures won't stop if DPP sticks to seeking "Taiwan independence" by force PLA Daily 29 Sep 2022 -- The PLA's military countermeasures will not stop, as long as the DPP authorities and the "Taiwan independence" separatists continue to seek so-called independence by military means, said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
• Remarks by Vice President Harris After Tour of the Korean Demilitarized Zone The White House 29 Sep 2022
• Vice President Harris, at DMZ, Condemns North Korea 'Dictatorship' VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris condemned North Korea's "brutal dictatorship" and "destabilizing" weapons program during a visit Thursday to the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.
• Anti-Government Protests Sparked By Death Of Detained Woman Grow In Iran RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Anti-government demonstrations sparked by the death of a young Iranian woman after being detained by the morality police for allegedly improperly wearing a hijab continue to grow across the country despite official warnings that an already deadly crackdown on unrest would be tightened.
• Designating Iran Petroleum and Petrochemical Sanctions Evaders US Dept. of State 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States is taking further action to disrupt efforts to evade sanctions on the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.
• Treasury Targets Financial and Shipping Facilitators of Iranian Petrochemicals and Petroleum Sales US Treasury 29 Sep 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned an international network of companies involved in the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum products to end users in South and East Asia. Today's action targets Iranian brokers and several front companies in the UAE, Hong Kong, and India that have facilitated financial transfers and shipping of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.
• US Sanctions Traders of Iranian Oil VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday against several companies that facilitate trade in Iranian oil and petrochemical products.
• Iran presents demands from IAEA at 66th conference in Vienna IRNA 29 Sep 2022 -- Top atomic energy official of Iran highlighted Thursday his plan at the 66th International Atomic Energy Agency conference in Vienna where he presented the legal stance and country's demands from the IAEA.
• Myanmar: Statement by the Spokesperson on the further sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi European External Action Service (EEAS) 29 Sep 2022 -- "Today a military court in Myanmar has sentenced detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional three years' imprisonment."
• Myanmar Court Sentences Suu Kyi to 3 More Years in Prison VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison Thursday for violating the country's secrets act, according to people familiar with the proceedings.
• Australian economic advisor to Myanmar's ousted leader given 3-year sentence Radio Free Asia 29 Sep 2022 -- Detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional three years in prison on Thursday. Sean Turnell, an Australian citizen who served as an economic advisor during the National League for Democracy-led government, and three NLD ministers were also given three year sentences.
• Kazakh President Endorses Law Abolishing Nazarbaev-Linked Holiday RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has endorsed a law canceling a state holiday instituted in honor of the Central Asian nation's first president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, the latest move to distance himself from his predecessor.
• Indo-Pacific tilt: Foreign Secretary's speech, September 2022 UK FCDO 29 Sep 2022 -- Foreign Secretary James Cleverly spoke at the Milken Institute Asia Summit about the strategic importance that the UK places on the Indo-Pacific region.
• Kyrgyz Education Minister Detained Over Allegations Of Taking Bribes For Admissions RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Kyrgyz Education Minister Almaz Beishenaliev has been detained on charges of taking bribes in connection with student admissions to the Central Asian nation's universities.
• Guinea Trial for 2009 Massacre Begins on Anniversary VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Oumy Diallo recalls the day she wanted to die. She was attending a pro-democracy protest in 2009 at a stadium in Conakry, Guinea, when a group of government security officials opened fire.
• Report: Million Livelihoods in DRC Threatened by Planned Oil and Gas Exploration VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The environmental group Greenpeace Africa has released a report saying planned oil and gas exploration in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could expose more than 1 million people to pollution and disease.