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• USS Roosevelt Arrives in Rostock, Germany US Navy 07 Jan 2023 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) arrived in Rostock, Germany, for a scheduled port visit, Jan. 7, 2023.
• 430th EECS begins operations with new E-11A BACN US Air Force 07 Jan 2023 -- For the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Communications Squadron, delivering communication coverage to the American warfighter, the nation's allies and coalition partners is a primary objective.
• US Aid Package for Kiev Includes 50 Bradley Vehicles With 500 Tow Anti-Tank Missiles Sputnik 07 Jan 2023 -- The new military assistance package for Ukraine includes 50 Bradley fighting vehicles with 500 TOW anti-tank missiles and 250,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition, among other items, the US Defense Department stated.
• Launch ceremony held in Shanghai for China-built landing platform dock for Thailand Global Times 07 Jan 2023 -- The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) recently organized a ceremony in Shanghai for its new landing platform dock from China, which indicates that it will be delivered to Thailand and put into service soon, experts said.
• IAF & JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENCE FORCE SET TO EXERCISE JOINTLY IN JAPAN India PIB 07 Jan 2023 -- To promote Air Defence cooperation between the countries, India and Japan are all set to hold the joint Air Exercise, 'Veer Guardian-2023' involving the Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan from 12 January 2023 to 26 January 2023. The Indian contingent participating in the air exercise will include four Su-30 MKI, two C-17 & one IL-78 aircraft, while the JASDF will be participating with four F-2 & four F-15 aircraft.
• Drones of Iranian Army's Ground Force capable of countering any threat: Senior commander Press TV 07 Jan 2023 -- The commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force says the military unit is in the "most appropriate" situation to carry out drone operations and is capable of countering any kind of threat.
• Nigerian Army Won't Accept 'Lack of Interest' or 'Low Morale' as Excuse to Quit, Army Chief Says Sputnik 07 Jan 2023 -- Nigeria has been experiencing serious security threats for years, as terrorist organizations and various armed gangs have proliferated throughout the country, carrying out crimes and insurgent violence. In consequence, the army is stepping up its operations, and the pressure on military personnel is increasing.

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• 'We Don't Have Food To Eat': Afghans Pay The Price As Foreign NGOs Suspend Aid After Taliban Ban RFE/RL 07 Jan 2023 -- Zahra has relied on handouts of cooking oil, rice, and flour from local and foreign aid agencies to feed her seven children.
• UN Afghan Envoy Makes Urgent Plea For Taliban To Lift Recent Restrictions On Women RFE/RL 07 Jan 2023 -- The deputy head of the United Nations aid office in Afghanistan has called for the Taliban to immediately lift bans on women attending university and working for nongovernmental organizations after a meeting with the Taliban-led government's minister of higher education.
• Two Serbs Injured In Shooting In Southern Kosovo RFE/RL 07 Jan 2023 -- Two people were injured on January 6 in a shooting in a town in southern Kosovo that has a majority Serb population, officials in Kosovo and Serbia said.
• France May Withdraw Its Special Military Forces From Burkina Faso's Capital: Report Sputnik 07 Jan 2023 -- France may withdraw its special military forces stationed at a base in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou over stalled defense cooperation, a French newspaper reported on Saturday, citing sources.
• Somali Government, Al-Shabab Deny Peace Talks VOA 07 Jan 2023 -- The Somali government and the al-Shabab militant group have each denied having peace talks.
• Somalia's President Calls on Young al-Shabab Fighters to Surrender VOA 07 Jan 2023 -- Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on young al-Shabab fighters he says are "brainwashed" to surrender to the government amid ongoing military offensives against the group.
• President Erdogan Says Greece Should Abandon 'Anti-Turkish' Plans in Aegean Sea Sputnik 07 Jan 2023 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey has no problem with Greece if it abandons plans to extend the country's maritime boundaries in the Aegean Sea.

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• Mexico Judge Halts Extradition of Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Son to the US Sputnik 07 Jan 2023 -- Ovidio Guzmán López, aka "El Raton", alleged drug cartel leader and son of the notorious Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, was arrested on January 5 by Mexican authorities in Culiacan, Sinaloa state.
• CPC takes steps to improve Party conduct, enforce discipline People's Daily 07 Jan 2023 -- The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has pointed out that "good conduct is critical to the survival of a governing party." It called for efforts to steadfastly implement the central Party leadership's eight-point decision on improving conduct and see that leading officials, or the "key few," set an example for those below them.
• Rodong Sinmun Calls for Thoroughly Arming with Idea of 6th Plenum of 8th C.C., WPK KCNA 07 Jan 2023 -- Rodong Sinmun Saturday says in an editorial that the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is a historic meeting which confirmed the positive and scientific policy orientation for dynamically pushing forward Korean-style socialism to a new change and development by thoroughly applying the idea of independent politics, self-supporting economy and self-reliant defence, the invariable guideline of the Korean revolution.
• Founding Anniversary of Equipment Assembly Complex Marked in DPRK KCNA 07 Jan 2023 -- A meeting took place on Friday to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the Equipment Assembly Complex.
• Agitprop Activities Brisk in DPRK KCNA 07 Jan 2023 -- Artistes from various central art troupes in the DPRK are intensifying frontline-style information and agitprop activities to encourage the working people in the capital city of Pyongyang who turned out in the gigantic advance of this year in hearty response to the idea and spirit of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
• Iran: Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest executions European External Action Service (EEAS) 07 Jan 2023 -- The EU is appalled by the execution of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the ongoing protests in Iran.
• U.S. Condemns Executions In Iran Of Two More Men In Connection With Protests RFE/RL 07 Jan 2023 -- The United States has joined the European Union in condemning the execution of two men in Iran on January 7 after they were found guilty of killing a member of the Basij force during antiestablishment protests.
• Iran: UK responds to executions of protestors UK FCDO 07 Jan 2023 -- The UK has condemned the executions of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini who were part of the recent protests in Iran.
• German State Lawmaker Demands Expulsion of Iranian Ambassadors VOA 07 Jan 2023 -- In response to the hanging of two Iranian protesters, a German lawmaker of Iranian descent has demanded that Germany expel the ambassadors of the Islamic Republic.
• Iran takes 1st step for implementing 10-year space plan IRNA 07 Jan 2023 -- Iranian Space Agency has begun the process of implementing the country's 10-year space plan as it held the first session for mulling the execution of the strategic plan on Saturday.
• Gambian Authorities File Charges Against 8 Military Over Failed Coup Attempt in December Sputnik 07 Jan 2023 -- The Gambian authorities have filed charges against eight military personnel related to a failed coup attempt to oust President Adama Barrow in December 2022, the government spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh, said on Saturday.
• Colombia's president arrives in Venezuela, as two countries move to mend fences Press TV 07 Jan 2023 -- Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has traveled to Venezuela to meet with his counterpart Nicolas Maduro, as the two South American countries take further steps to normalize their relations.
• Venezuelan opposition closes 'embassy' in US after Guaido ouster Press TV 07 Jan 2023 -- Venezuela's opposition has shut down its "embassy" in Washington after removing US-backed Juan Guaido and dissolving his so-called "interim government".
• Investigation into 28 killed in Burkina Faso must be transparent: UN rights chief UN News 07 Jan 2023 -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on the transitional authorities in Burkina Faso to ensure that their investigation into the killing of at least 28 people at the end of December will hold those responsible to account, regardless of their position or rank.