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• Japanese PM Says Russian Use Of Nuclear Weapons Would Be 'Act Of Hostility Against Humanity' RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the use of a nuclear weapon by Russia in the war in Ukraine would be considered an "act of hostility against humanity."
• Source: Russia Developing Multiple Rocket Launcher for Its Arctic Units Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- Russia is developing a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) for arming its Arctic units, an informed source tells Sputnik.
• Russian, U.S. defense chiefs discuss Ukraine situation over phone People's Daily 22 Oct 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held a phone conversation over international security, the situation in Ukraine in particular, on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a brief statement.
• US, Russian defense chiefs discuss 'security' in phone call Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu have talked on the phone for the first time since May, discussing "international security problems," American and Russian officials have announced.
• German Defense, Foreign Ministers Urge Major Increase In Financial Aid For Ukraine's Military RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- The German defense and foreign ministers have called for significantly higher financial aid for Ukraine's military in its effort to defend the country against Russia's invasion.
• Scholz: Ukraine Conflict Must Not Escalate Into Direct Russia-NATO Confrontation Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that the conflict between Moscow and Kiev must be prevented from escalating into a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.
• Australia-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation Australia DFAT 22 Oct 2022
• Japan, Australia deepen security cooperation as they keep wary eye on China Radio Free Asia 22 Oct 2022 -- U.S. allies Japan and Australia said they would deepen their security relationship, allowing Japanese self-defense forces to train in Australia and greater sharing of intelligence, as both countries respond to a more assertive China.
• Australia, Japan sign security pact to counter China Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- Australia and Japan have signed an agreement to strengthen security ties and deepen military cooperation, a pact considered as a counterweight to China's growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Australia and Japan Agree to Enhance Security, Defense Cooperation Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- Australia and Japan have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of defense and security by signing a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday.
• Five Indian soldiers killed in army chopper crash Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- Five Indian army personnel were killed in a military chopper crash on Friday near the country's disputed border with China.
• Spain To Deploy Fighter Jets To Bulgaria, Romania To Bolster Air Defenses RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- Spain said it would deploy 14 fighter jets to Bulgaria and Romania as NATO continues to bolster its eastern flank in the face of Russia's aggressive actions in the region.
• Blast At Uzbek Ammo Depot Injures 16 People RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- An explosion at the weapons and ammunition depot of a military facility in central Uzbekistan has injured several people and caused material damage.
• Under Secretary Nuland Led Interagency Delegation to Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso US Dept. of State 22 Oct 2022

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• Taliban say killed six Daesh terrorists in overnight operation in Afghan capital Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- The Taliban government's security forces have reportedly killed six members of the Daesh terrorist group in an overnight operation in the country's capital, Kabul.
• Taliban Claim to Have Killed 9 ISIS-K Fighters VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- The Taliban said Saturday their special forces had killed nine Islamic State operatives and captured two others in overnight raids in the capital, Kabul, and elsewhere in Afghanistan.
• Syria encounters Israeli air raid on Damascus countryside Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the aerial assault on Friday, citing a "military source."
• UN Fears Escalating Fighting in Northern Syria Could Spread to Other Areas VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- U.N. human rights officials warn that escalating fighting in northern Syria could spread and lead to more deaths and mass displacement.

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• Trump ordered to testify in probe panel as Bannon gets jail term for his refusal Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- Former US president Donald Trump has been subpoenaed to testify before the congressional panel probing his role in the January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters as his ex-adviser gets jail term for contempt of Congress.
• Russia Launches Rocket With First Satellite of Sfera Orbital Constellation Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- Russia has launched the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Skif-D satellite, the first orbital spacecraft from the Sfera (Sphere) multi-satellite orbital constellation, and three Gonets-M communications satellites, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
• CPC elects new Central Committee, new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection People's Daily 22 Oct 2022 -- The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection have been elected at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress on Saturday.
• Chinese ruling party upholds Xi's 'core' leadership position Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- China's Communist Party has concluded its week-long gathering at the National Congress in the capital Beijing by approving amendments to its charter and endorsing President Xi Jinping's "core" leadership.
• 20th CPC National Congress concludes in Beijing, Xi Jinping presides over closing session and delivers important speech PRC MofA 22 Oct 2022 -- The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) came to a successful conclusion on the morning of October 22 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing after electing a new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), and passing the Resolution on the Report of the 19th CPC Central Committee, the Resolution on the Work Report of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Resolution on the Revised Constitution of the Communist Party of China.
• Xi Jinping Closes 20th National Congress of Communist Party of China Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its work in Beijing on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
• 'Party's self-reform being a journey to which there is no end' added to amended CPC Constitution Global Times 22 Oct 2022 -- approved on Saturday agreed to add statements on the Party's self-reform being a journey to which there is no end, and on making integrated efforts to ensure that officials do not have the audacity, opportunity, or desire to become corrupt.
• List of candidate members of 20th CPC Central Committee approved, showing 'dynamic, consultative Chinese democracy' Global Times 22 Oct 2022 -- The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its third meeting on Friday, with participants approving the draft lists of candidates for members and alternate members of the 20th CPC Central Committee, moving one significant step closer to the formal elections for the Party's new central committee, which will be held on Saturday.
• Full text of resolution on 19th CPC Central Committee report PLA Daily 22 Oct 2022 -- The following is the full text of the Resolution of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the Report of the 19th Central Committee adopted at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress Saturday.
• Full text of resolution on 19th CPC Central Committee report PLA Daily 22 Oct 2022 -- The following is the full text of the Resolution of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the Report of the 19th Central Committee adopted at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress Saturday.
• Full text of resolution on Party Constitution amendment PLA Daily 22 Oct 2022 -- The following is the full text of a resolution on an amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted Saturday at the closing session of the 20th CPC National Congress.
• Presidium of 20th CPC National Congress holds third meeting, Xi Jinping presides over meeting People's Daily 22 Oct 2022 -- The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its third meeting at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of October 21. The draft name lists of candidates for members and alternate members of the 20th CPC Central Committee, as well as candidates for members of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) were approved at the meeting. The draft name lists were submitted to the Party Congress delegations for deliberation.
• Ex-Chinese Leader Hu Jintao Left Party Congress Due to Feeling Unwell - Reports Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- China's former leader Hu Jintao left the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing as he was feeling unwell, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday after footage of Hu being led out of the venue emerged on the internet.
• China, Saudi Arabia vow deeper energy cooperation, oil market stability Global Times 22 Oct 2022 -- China and Saudi Arabia have agreed to strengthen energy cooperation, maintain international oil market stability and jointly face risks and challenges, read a statement posted on the website of China's National Energy Administration (NEA) on Friday following a virtual meeting between top energy officials of the two countries.
• China's Leader Faces Challenge: Fixing Economy While Pursuing Growth VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- China's President Xi Jinping has faced and survived many challenges in life. He spent years as a teenager toiling in the countryside after his father was persecuted. He worked his way up to the top echelons of power and carried out a massive anti-corruption campaign that earned him many enemies.
• Hong Kong Student Activists Sentenced to Jail, Detention VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- Four members of the defunct, pro-democracy, student-activist group, Student Politicism, were sentenced to up to three years in jail or detention Saturday under Hong Kong's national security law.
• List of candidate members of 20th CPC Central Committee approved, showing 'dynamic, consultative Chinese democracy' Global Times 22 Oct 2022 -- The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its third meeting on Friday, with participants approving the draft lists of candidates for members and alternate members of the 20th CPC Central Committee, moving one significant step closer to the formal elections for the Party's new central committee, which will be held on Saturday.
• Taiwan slams China over adding opposing Taiwan independence to party constitution CNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) called on Beijing on Saturday to move away from its "old mindset" of invasion and confrontation after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made opposing Taiwan independence part of its party constitution.
• Will China Try to Take Taiwan in Xi's Third Term? VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's success in securing an unprecedented third term this weekend has fueled speculation on whether he will try to forcefully reunify with Taiwan — the self-ruled island seen by Beijing as a part of China — in the next few years.
• Xi sees laying foundation for unifying with Taiwan as his legacy: Expert CNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will look to lay a foundation to seize Taiwan as his political legacy if Taiwan unification is not achieved during the next 5-10 years of his extended tenure, a local expert said Saturday.
• Taiwan commits to engaging with world despite U.N. exclusion: Official CNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Taiwan remains committed to working with the international community despite its continued exclusion from the United Nations system, Foreign Minster Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said Saturday at an event in Taipei.
• Resolutely opposing and deterring separatists seeking 'Taiwan independence' included in amended CPC Constitution, says a resolution Global Times 22 Oct 2022 -- The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday passed a resolution on an amendment to the CPC Constitution. Fully, faithfully, and resolutely implementing the policy of One Country, Two Systems; resolutely opposing and deterring separatists seeking "Taiwan independence" will be added to the amended Party Constitution.
• Grain Harvesting Finished KCNA 22 Oct 2022 -- North Hwanghae Province of the DPRK has finished rice and maize harvesting.
• Rodong Sinmun on Core Strategy of DPRK Government KCNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Rodong Sinmun in an article Saturday says that it is the fixed will of the DPRK government to step up the overall development of socialist construction with the strategy of prioritizing the cultivation of talents and the development of science and technology as a core strategy.
• Progress Made in Grain Harvesting and Threshing in DPRK KCNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Farms in the DPRK are now striving to implement the decision of the 10th Political Bureau meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
• Trappings of North Korean leader's lavish lifestyle visible by satellite Radio Free Asia 22 Oct 2022 -- Bruce Songhak Chung is the deputy director of the Geo Satellite Information Research Institute at Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Using Google Earth, he identified as many as 30 luxury villas and several private islands used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family on vacation. He also spotted a fleet of five supersize yachts, one of which has a four-lane, Olympic-sized swimming pool.
• Iran receives new US message, will neither leave negotiation nor give concessions to Americans: FM Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran has received a new message from the United States on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic never leaves the negotiating table but will not give any concession to the American side either.
• FM: Iran receives US message, will take steps within country's red lines IRNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday that Iran has received the US' message and will take steps within the red lines of the Islamic Republic.
• US send message to Iran 3 days ago: Iranian FM ISNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Emphasizing that the US actions do not match its words, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, the Americans sent a message to Iran three days ago regarding the nuclear deal.
• Iran Foreign Ministry censures EU-UK statement IRNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has categorically condemned a statement issued by the European Union (EU) and Britain, which claimed that Iran-made drones are being used in Ukraine war.
• Iran strongly condemns UK, EU's new sanctions on Tehran under baseless excuses ISNA 22 Oct 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Saturday strongly condemned the imposition of new sanctions on Tehran by the EU's Foreign Affairs Council and the UK government under false and baseless excuses.
• President: Iran saw 40% rise in exports despite sanctions Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has said that Iran witnessed a rise of 40% in its exports in the past year and a 13% growth in non-oil exports this year, despite the ongoing US sanctions.
• Iranians Stage Solidarity Strikes As Nationwide Protests Enter Sixth Week RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- Iranian factory workers and shopkeepers went on strike on October 22 as nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for "improperly" wearing a head scarf entered a sixth week, activists said.
• Iran, Turkey discuss building new gas pipeline: Report Press TV 22 Oct 2022 -- Iran and Turkey have discussed building a new cross border pipeline that could allow an increase in exports of natural gas from Iran to Turkey.
• South African Ex-President Zuma Calls Courts Unjust After Completing Jail Term VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- South Africa's scandal-embroiled former president, Jacob Zuma, addressed the media Saturday for the first time after completing a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, alleging the country's justice system is unjust and infiltrated by foreign interests.
• Biden Congratulates Italy's New PM, Eyes Continued Efforts To Support Ukraine RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden congratulated Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after she was sworn in as the European nation's first female premier and said he was looking forward to working with her on efforts to support Ukraine in its war with Russia.
• Montenegrin Parliament Dismisses Two Pro-Western Ministers RFE/RL 22 Oct 2022 -- The parliament of Montenegro has voted out two pro-Western ministers from Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic's caretaker government.
• UN Food Agency Warns Somalia Near Full-Blown Famine VOA 22 Oct 2022 -- The World Food Program warned Friday it is only a matter of time before Somalia is hit with a full-blown famine and people start dying in droves.