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• Readout of Under Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl's Meeting With Danish Permanent Under Secretary of State Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe DoD 06 Jan 2023
• Marine Air-Ground Task Force At Its Finest USMC News 06 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit honed their warfighting skills and strengthened their core crisis response capabilities during MEU Exercise I from distributed operating positions within the littorals of eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22, 2022.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III's Call With German Federal Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht DoD 06 Jan 2023
• Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura K. Cooper Hold a Press Briefing DoD 06 Jan 2023
• More Than $3 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine DoD 06 Jan 2023 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Biden Administration's commitment of $3.075 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $2.85 billion to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs, as well as the Department of State's announcement of $225 million in Foreign Military Financing to contribute to the long-term capacity and modernization of Ukraine's military.
• U.S. $3 Billion Military Package to Ukraine Looks to Change Battlefield Dynamics DoD News 06 Jan 2023 -- DOD officials unveiled the more than $3 billion package of military capabilities to help Ukraine drive the Russian invaders from their soil.
• Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 The White House 06 Jan 2023
• More Than $3.75 Billion in U.S. Military Assistance to Ukraine and Countries Impacted by Russia's Brutal War US Dept. of State 06 Jan 2023 -- In this first week of 2023, the United States continues to stand strongly behind Ukraine and our European allies and partners by announcing more than $3.75 billion in new military assistance.
• US Announces More Than $3B in Military Aid to Ukraine VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- The United States will provide a military aid package worth more than $3 billion to Ukraine and other countries affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday.
• US to Send 'Tank-Killer' Fighting Vehicle to Ukraine VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- The Biden administration this week announced that the U.S. would provide advanced Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine for use in its fight against Russia's invasion, a move that experts said would make a significant though not decisive difference in the conflict.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov DoD 06 Jan 2023
• US announces nearly $4 billion in new military aid for Ukraine Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- The administration of US President Joe Biden has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth three billion dollars and nearly 700 million in Foreign Military Financing to European partner countries and allies "to help incentivize and backfill donations of military equipment to Ukraine," deepening its involvement in the war in defiance of repeated warnings by Russia.
• Howitzers & RIM-7 Missiles: US to Provide Over $3 Billion in New Military Assistance to Ukraine Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- The United States will provide an additional $3 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday.
• Marders, Leopards, Abrams, Bradleys: What's All This New Western Weaponry Being Sent, Or Not Sent, To Ukraine? RFE/RL 06 Jan 2023 -- In a flurry of announcements, some of Ukraine's major Western allies pledged this week to send advanced armored combat vehicles to help Kyiv in its fight against Russia's invasion.
• Pentagon: US Exploring Variety of Locations for Training Ukrainian Forces on Patriot System Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- The Biden administration is still working out the details of the Patriot missile systems training for Ukrainian military personnel and exploring both locations inside the United States and overseas, Defense Department Press Secretary Pat Ryder said during a press briefing.
• Ukraine: Lambrecht coordinates with Austin on fighting vehicles and air defence Germany - Federal Ministry of Defence 06 Jan 2023 -- In her first international telephone conference of the new year, Defence Minister Lambrecht talked with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin today, discussing, among other things, the current war situation in Ukraine and how to coordinate further military support for Ukraine's defensive war, specifically regarding infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and the Patriot surface-to-air missile defence system, in preparation of the upcoming meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on 20 January 2023.
• Army holds combat readiness drill in Chiayi featuring tactical drone CNA 06 Jan 2023 -- A tactical close-range rotary-wing drone developed by Taiwan's state-run weapons developer was featured for the first time in an active combat readiness drill held Friday at an Army base in Chiayi County.
• Weapons systems a boost for national security Australia DOD 06 Jan 2023 -- The Australian Government is boosting Australia's ability to deter potential threats to national security by substantially increasing the ADF's guided weapons and explosive ordnance stocks.
• Australia to purchase US rocket launchers in significant boost for strike capability Radio Free Asia 06 Jan 2023 -- Australia said it will purchase U.S.-made mobile rocket launchers that can precisely strike far afield targets in a substantial boost for its military capability as China-U.S. rivalry in the region intensifies.
• U.S. transfers C-130 aircraft to Nigerien partners AFRICOM 06 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Embassy in Niger personnel and members of the Nigerien Armed Forces oversaw the transfer of a C-130 Hercules aircraft to the Nigerien Air Force during a handover ceremony at Air Base 101 in Niamey, Niger, on Jan. 4, 2023.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Jordanian Foreign Minister Safadi US Dept. of State 06 Jan 2023
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Canadian Foreign Minister Joly US Dept. of State 06 Jan 2023
• Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Danish Prime Minister's Office The White House 06 Jan 2023
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, January 6. 2023 The White House 06 Jan 2023

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• Contracts For Jan. 6, 2023
• Raytheon Wins $208Mln Coastal Missile Defense Contract From Romania Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- Raytheon Missiles and Defense has won a more than $208 million Missile Defense Agency (MDA) missile coastal defense contract from Romania, the Department of Defense announced in a press release.

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• 6 January 2023 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 06 Jan 2023
• Afghanistan's Taliban govt. signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- The de-facto Taliban government in Kabul has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's northern Sar-e Pul province amid efforts to revive the fledgling economy.
• The Azadi Briefing: Taliban and Pakistan On Collision Course Over Cross-Border Attacks RFE/RL 06 Jan 2023
• Will Pakistan Strike Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan? VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- As Islamabad increasingly voices concern about the alleged sheltering of a Pakistani insurgent group in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, there is speculation whether the Pakistani military might strike targets in the neighboring country and how that would impact the region's fragile security.
• Australia Charges Repatriated Islamic State Group Widow VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- An Australian woman appeared in court Friday charged with entering or remaining in an area controlled by the Islamic State militant group. Police allege Mariam Raad chose to travel to the Middle East to join her husband in 2014 and was aware of his activities with the terrorist organization.
• Junta airstrike kills 1, injures more than 30 in Kachin State Radio Free Asia 06 Jan 2023 -- A junta military airstrike on a popular gold prospecting area in Myanmar's Kachin State killed one man and injured more than 30 other people, some critically, forces loyal to the country's parallel National Unity Government told RFA.
• UN Security Council says worried, fails to take action after Israeli minister's storming of al-Aqsa Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- UN Security Council members have underscored the need to maintain a decades-old status quo at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds after the recent Israeli desecration of the holy site.
• US Delegation Heads to Balkans Following Rising Tensions VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- A senior State Department official is leading a U.S. delegation to three Western Balkan nations in the coming days following weeks of ethnic tensions in the region.
• 7 Somali Troops Killed in Attack on Army Camp VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- Somali officials say a pre-dawn attack by militants on an army base was repelled but left at least seven soldiers dead. The attack took place in a part of southern Somalia recaptured from the militant group al-Shabab last week.
• Somaliland Withdraws Troops from Disputed Town to Halt Violence VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- Security forces in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland on Thursday withdrew from the contested border town of Las Anod after days of deadly protests. The town is claimed by Somalia's Puntland State but run by Somaliland, which broke from Somalia in 1991. Anti-government protests erupted there last week after a politician was shot dead, leading to clashes with police in which at least eight other people were killed.

News Reports

• Statement from the Vice President on the Second Anniversary of January 6, 2021 The White House 06 Jan 2023
• Montana Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison For Actions During Capitol Breach, Including Kicking Open Senate Door DoJ -US Attorney - DC 06 Jan 2023 -- A Montana man, who was charged along with his brother, was sentenced in the District of Columbia today to a prison term for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Jerod Wade Hughes's actions and the actions of others, including his brother, Joshua Calvin Hughes, disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
• New US border measures 'not in line with international standards', warns UNHCR UN News 06 Jan 2023 -- Plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are "not in line with refugee law standards", the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
• Uganda's Ebola Outbreak to be Declared Over Within Days, Says African Health Authority Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- Uganda has been under the scourge of an Ebola outbreak since September. The disease is caused by the Sudan ebolavirus, for which there is no vaccine and this time there have been at least 142 cases and 55 deaths. In early December, Uganda discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital and no more cases have been registered thus far.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on January 6, 2023 PRC MofA 06 Jan 2023
• Turkmenistan Supplies Over 350Bln Cubic Meters of Gas to China Since 2009 Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- Turkmenistan has delivered over 350 billion cubic meters of gas to China via the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline since its launch in 2009, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow said on Friday.
• China, Turkmenistan elevate ties to comprehensive strategic partnership Global Times 06 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Beijing on Friday, during which the two heads of state announced the elevation of China-Turkmenistan relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership and underlined key aspects for further expansion of cooperation.
• Chinese defense minister meets with Turkmen counterpart PLA Daily 06 Jan 2023 -- Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe held talks with visiting Turkmen Defense Minister Begench Gundogdyevhere on Friday.
• Chinese, Turkmen presidents hold talks, elevating ties to comprehensive strategic partnership PLA Daily 06 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Beijing on Friday, and the two heads of state announced the elevation of China-Turkmenistan relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
• President Xi Jinping Holds Talks with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov PRC MofA 06 Jan 2023 -- On the morning of 6 January, President Xi Jinping held talks with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Great Hall of the People during the latter's state visit to China. The two presidents announced the decision to elevate the China-Turkmenistan relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
• Chinese prosecutors indict former Yunnan senior political advisor People's Daily 06 Jan 2023 -- Chinese prosecutors have filed an indictment against Huang Yi, a former senior political advisor in southwest China's Yunnan Province, for the suspected crime of taking bribes.
• Jimmy Lai's media group to be delisted from HKEX, 'law-abiding firms always welcomed' Global Times 06 Jan 2023 -- The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) has decided to remove Next Digital Ltd group, which was founded by jailed Hong Kong secessionist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, from the market, and the company will be delisted on January 12.
• 32 senior officials under investigation in 2022 People's Daily 06 Jan 2023 -- China's top anti-graft body announced the investigation into a total of 32 officials registered at and supervised by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in 2022 amid the Party's continuous fight to uproot corruption.
• Former deputy head of then State Administration of Grain stands trial People's Daily 06 Jan 2023 -- Xu Ming, former deputy head of the then State Administration of Grain, stood trial for bribery at the Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province on Thursday.
• Ethnic Kazakh In Xinjiang Sends 'Extremely Rare' SOS In Bid To Escape Arrest, China RFE/RL 06 Jan 2023 -- In the uber-authoritarian police state that is China's Xinjiang Province, it is hard enough to speak out, let alone try to reach an international audience in a bid to flee to a neighboring country.
• U.S. warship transits through Taiwan Strait CNA 06 Jan 2023 -- A United States warship sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday to show Washington's "commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the 7th Fleet under the U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement.
• US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid rising tensions with China Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- A US warship on Thursday sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, prompting strong criticism from Beijing amid frayed ties between the two countries.
• China accuses US of fueling tensions in Taiwan Strait Radio Free Asia 06 Jan 2023 -- A U.S. naval ship made another "routine" Taiwan Strait transit Thursday, drawing criticism from China which said the exercise would "escalate tensions" in the region.
• Chinese Army Says US 'Made a Fuss' by Sending Warship to Pass Through Taiwan Strait Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- A US destroyer's passage through the Taiwan Strait put China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on high alert amid local tensions, with the Chinese military monitoring the ship's movements along the entire route, a PLA spokesperson said on Friday.
• PLA fully monitors US destroyer's transit through Taiwan Straits, maintains high alert Global Times 06 Jan 2023 -- The PLA Eastern Theater Command fully monitored, tracked and maintained high alert for US missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon transiting through the Taiwan Straits on Thursday, PLA Eastern Theater Command announced Friday.
• South Korea Embraces 'Tit for Tat' Approach to North's Provocations VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- In June, after North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean, South Korea and the United States responded by sending the exact same number of missiles into the sea.
• Pyongyang City Meeting Held to Implement Decisions of 6th Plenum of 8th C.C., WPK KCNA 06 Jan 2023 -- A meeting of Pyongyang citizens took place at the May Day Stadium on Thursday to vow to thoroughly implement the decisions of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) which indicated the path of fresh advance and leap forward of Korean-style socialism.
• US sanctions target Iranian drone manufacturer Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- The US imposes new sanctions against Iran, this time targeting an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles manufacturer under the unsubstantiated and disproven pretext that the Islamic Republic has provided Russia with the UAVs to be used by Moscow against Ukraine.
• U.S. Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Six Individuals Tied To Iranian Drone Production RFE/RL 06 Jan 2023 -- The United States has issued new sanctions targeting six individuals linked to Iranian drone manufacturer Quds Aviation Industries, a key defense manufacturer responsible for the design and production of drones used by Russia in its war against Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury Department said on January 6.
• US Imposes Sanctions Targeting Iranian UAV, Ballistic Missile Industries Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- The US Treasury designated on Friday six executives of Iranian defense manufacturer Qods Aviation Industries (QAI) and the director of Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) for alleged drone deliveries to Russia and the development of the nation's ballistic missile program, according to a release.
• New Sanctions Targeting Iran's UAV and Ballistic Missile Industries US Dept. of State 06 Jan 2023 -- The United States has designated seven individuals in leadership positions with Qods Aviation Industries (QAI), an Iranian defense manufacturer responsible for the design and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and of Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), the main organization responsible for overseeing Iran's ballistic missile programs.
• Treasury Sanctions Suppliers of Iranian UAVs Used to Target Ukraine's Civilian Infrastructure US Treasury 06 Jan 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating six executives and board members of U.S. designated Qods Aviation Industries (QAI), a key Iranian defense manufacturer responsible for the design and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Iran has transferred these UAVs for use in Russia's unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine. OFAC is also updating QAI's entry on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) to include its new alias, Light Airplanes Design and Manufacturing Industries. Finally, OFAC is designating the director of Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), the key organization responsible for overseeing Iran's ballistic missile programs.
• Transcript of Special Briefing by Foreign Secretary (January 06, 2023) India MEA 06 Jan 2023
• Myanmar: Hundreds of political prisoners released, but thousands remain in jail UN News 26 Jan 2023 -- Hundreds of political prisoners in Myanmar were granted amnesty this week, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said Friday, but thousands more remain incarcerated.
• Belarus: Trial of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski 'politically motivated' UN News 06 Jan 2023 -- The trial of Belarusian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski is "simply politically motivated" and he should be released, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
• Chad Says It Prevented a Military Destabilization Attempt - Media Sputnik 06 Jan 2023 -- The landlocked country, characterized by vast ethnic diversity and a high level of political instability, is considered to be among the world's poorest states.
• Chad says it foiled attempt by military to 'destabilize' country Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- Chadian security agencies have foiled a plot by a group of army officers to "destabilize" the country and undermine constitutional order, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
• Lost in Laos: Systemic problems are far greater than one new leader can solve Radio Free Asia 06 Jan 2023 -- On 30 December, Lao Prime Minster Phankham Viphavanh (72) resigned ostensibly on health grounds, but amidst an economy in sharp decline and saddled in foreign debt. He is succeeded by the scion of one of the country's two political dynasties, Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (56).
• How Viktor Orban Tried To Numb 10 Million Hungarians To Putin's War Next Door RFE/RL 06 Jan 2023 -- In October, as autumn set in and Russia intensified its bombing of Ukraine's civilian power grid to torment and freeze Ukrainians into submission, the government in neighboring Hungary was mobilizing against an enemy of its own.
• Rights Groups Welcome Ruto's Promised Investigations into Police Killings in Kenya VOA 06 Jan 2023 -- Rights groups are welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto's order for investigations into extra judicial killings carried out by police. Ruto told Kenyan media Wednesday one police station had a shipping container where "people were being slaughtered." But critics note Ruto said little about the issue as vice president and say police reforms are key to ending the practice.