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• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Italian Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto DoD 13 Jan 2023
• CARAT/MAREX Singapore Concludes, Strengthening Maritime Cooperation US Navy 13 Jan 2023 -- Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Singapore 2022 concluded in Singapore, Jan. 13, following five days of in-person and at-sea engagements that enhanced collaboration between the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and U.S. military.
• Unmanned Maritime Strike - Navy and Air Force at the Cutting Edge of Tactical Integration US Navy 13 Jan 2023 -- The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) partnered to complete first-of-a-kind exercises that incorporated Navy and USAF expertise and assets in December 2022. Jackpot Hooligan II - a maritime strike exercise, demonstrated the capability of an MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and elements of Carrier Strike Group 10 to integrate and close the structure of attack to eliminate a target or 'kill chain' in an anti-surface warfare mission.
• Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Operates in South China Sea US Navy 13 Jan 2023 -- The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) began operating in the South China Sea Jan. 12 for the first time during the group's 2022-2023 deployment.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen. Asim Munir DoD 13 Jan 2023
• Virginia National Guard Conducts CBRN Exchange in Tajikistan Army News 13 Jan 2023 -- Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 229th Chemical Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, conducted a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives exchange with the Committee of Emergency Services of the Republic of Tajikistan.
• NATO should play more active role in Indo-Pacific: Lithuanian lawmaker CNA 13 Jan 2023 -- Visiting Lithuanian lawmaker Audronius Ažubalis said Friday that NATO should play a more active role in the Indo-Pacific region to counter the growing threat from China.
• NATO spy planes heading to Romania to monitor Russian moves Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- NATO says it is set to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions, strengthening Romania's eastern flank and to "monitor Russian military activity."
• What is the 2S4 Tyulpan Supermortar and How Many Does Russia Have? Sputnik 13 Jan 2023 -- The Russian military has deployed a range of heavy artillery systems in Donbass against heavily fortified Ukrainian positions, including the 2S4 Tyulpan (lit. "Tulip") self-propelled mortar - a weapon which has its origins way back in the 1950s. What are the system's characteristics, and what makes it so deadly? Sputnik takes a look.
• War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 13 Jan 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
• China marks 80th anniversary of movement for military-civilian unity People's Daily 13 Jan 2023 -- A symposium was held Thursday in Beijing to mark a movement initiated by the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to boost military-government and military-civilian solidarity 80 years ago.
• Reservists Law important for national defense and military development: Defense spokesperson PLA Daily 13 Jan 2023
• UK's Indo-Pacific tilt through defense pact with Japan 'exceeds ability, goes against peace trend' Global Times 13 Jan 2023 -- A big question mark hangs over whether the UK has the ability or finances to support its ambition to boost its presence in the Asia-Pacific region while its major security focus lies in Europe, said Chinese observers commenting on the signing of the defense pact between the UK and Japan during Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to London.
• Speech by Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference Government Offices of Sweden 13 Jan 2023
• Speech by Minister for Defence Pål Jonson at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference Government Offices of Sweden 13 Jan 2023
• US says monitoring Iran's plans to send warships to Panama Canal Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- US State Department spokesperson Ned Price says Washington is closely monitoring Iran's plans to deploy naval forces to the strategic Panama Canal, which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
• Iraq in no need of foreign combat forces: PM Sudani Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says his country is in no need of foreign combat forces on its soil as he visits Berlin to discuss bilateral cooperation in various fields.
• Biden Commends Kishida for Japan's Military Spending Boost VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday commended Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for boosting Japan's military spending and drastically changing its defense posture, and he called out threats from China, North Korea and Russia as reasons behind the two countries' decision to ramp up their collective security.
• Remarks by Vice President Harris and Prime Minister Kishida of Japan Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 13 Jan 2023
• Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida of Japan Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 13 Jan 2023
• Joint Statement of the United States and Japan The White House 13 Jan 2023
• Readout of Vice President Harris's Meeting with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan The White House 13 Jan 2023
• South Korea, US army hold joint military drills amid tensions with North Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- An elite South Korean army unit has conducted a joint military drill with American forces at a training field in Paju, located near the inter-Korean border, provoking the already heightened tensions with the North.
• Department Press Briefing - January 13, 2023 US Dept. of State 13 Jan 2023
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Senior Advisor for Public Engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms The White House 13 Jan 2023

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• 13 January 2023 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 13 Jan 2023
• Unity in Security Council essential, in face of Taliban rights violations against women and girls UN News 13 Jan 2023 -- The UN Security Council must be unified in opposing Taliban policies to erode the fundamental human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN's Special Representative there said on Friday.
• The Azadi Briefing: Islamic State-Khorasan Strikes At The Heart Of The Taliban Government RFE/RL 13 Jan 2023
• Malaysian, Japanese coast guards hold South China Sea security drill Radio Free Asia 13 Jan 2023 -- The Japan Coast Guard on Friday concluded security drills to train its Malaysian counterpart on how to repel foreign intruders in the disputed South China Sea where Beijing has grown increasingly assertive against other claimant states.
• Junta bombs church in Kayin State killing 5 civilians Radio Free Asia 13 Jan 2023 -- A junta airstrike on a village in Myanmar's southeastern Kayin State killed five people, including a child of about three-years-old, according to David Eubank, a former US commander who founded the Free Burma Rangers.
• Myanmar Reportedly Jailed Malaysia-bound Rohingya Refugees for Traveling 'Without Official Documents' VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- A military-backed court in Myanmar has reportedly sentenced 112 Rohingya Muslim refugees to jail terms after they were caught traveling outside refugee camps, as the entire group was on its way to Malaysia.
• Azerbaijan: Statement by the Spokesperson on the detention of human rights defenders and political activists European External Action Service (EEAS) 13 Jan 2023 -- The European Union is concerned by the detention of human rights defenders and political activists Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and Tofig Yagublu as well as the recent extension of the pre-trial detention terms of Elchin Sadigov and Avaz Zeynalli.
• U.S. Envoy Pushes For Creation Of Serbian Municipalities Association During Visit To Belgrade RFE/RL 13 Jan 2023 -- U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet stressed the importance of the formation of an Association of Serbian Municipalities during a visit to Belgrade aimed at clearing the way for progress in the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
• Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Create Joint Forces to Ensure Border Security Sputnik 13 Jan 2023 -- Since South Sudan separated from Sudan in 2011, the two countries have not succeeded in demarcating their common borders. However, after the dismissal of Sudan's ex-President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, relations between Juba and Khartoum improved, and they engaged in talks that led to the formation of a joint technical committee for demarcation.
• M23 Leaders Agree to Continue Withdrawal From North Kivu Province as Part of Peace Process in DRC Sputnik 13 Jan 2023 -- Rebels of the Tutsi-led M23 movement started to withdraw from previously captured territories in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo, including some towns in the DRC's North Kivu province as "a gesture of goodwill" following the launch of peace talks between the federal government and the rebels last November.
• Somalia Rallies to Fight Militants VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- Somalia's public rally Thursday against the Islamist militant group al-Shabab was a much-needed show of unity, say analysts. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud rallied thousands of people in the capital to support the all-out war on the group he declared last year. The Somali army offensives, backed by local militias and foreign allies, have retaken territories the militants held for years. Analysts say regional politics are undermining the progress.
• Regional Forces in Ethiopia Withdraw from Tigray VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- Ethiopia's army says Amhara forces that allied with them in the war against Tigrayan rebels have withdrawn from a strategic city in the region as part of a November peace deal.

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• US Offers $10 Million Reward for Mastermind of 2019 Nairobi Terrorist Attack VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- The United States has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of the alleged leader of the 2019 attack on Nairobi's Dusit D2 hotel complex. The attack in the Kenyan capital killed 21 people, including a U.S. citizen, and injured 30 others.
• Texas Man Convicted of Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach DoJ -US Attorney - DC 13 Jan 2023 -- A Texas man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
• Comment for Rossiya TV channel President of Russia 13 Jan 2023 -- Vladimir Putin gave a comment to Rossyia 1 TV channel journalist Pavel Zarubin before leaving Ufa.
• Japan Undecided on Imposing Price Cap on Russian Petroleum Products - Spokesperson Sputnik 13 Jan 2023 -- Japan has not determined its stance regarding the newly discussed price gap on Russian oil products, the Japanese Foreign Ministry Deputy Press Secretary Okano Yukiko said.
• The Week In Russia: A Lethal New Year RFE/RL 13 Jan 2023 -- With tens of thousands of soldiers killed or wounded and internal tensions rising following a year of battlefield struggles and setbacks, President Vladimir Putin reshuffles the military command for Russia's war on Ukraine. At home, his imprisoned opponents remain defiant as the oppression persists.
• China's top political advisory body holds leadership meeting People's Daily 13 Jan 2023 -- The 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, held its 83rd Chairperson's Council meeting in Beijing on Thursday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on January 13, 2023 PRC MofA 13 Jan 2023
• Japan joining US' chip export ban against China could leave its semiconductor industry stifled: experts Global Times 13 Jan 2023 -- Japan, once a semiconductor giant half a century ago but then brutally beaten down by the US, is reportedly moving to join the US in expanding chip export controls on China, as leaders of the two countries are set to meet on Friday.
• Beijing Lodges 'Stern Representations' With London Over Report on Hong Kong - Embassy Sputnik 13 Jan 2023 -- China has lodged "stern representations" with the United Kingdom after London published a report on Hong Kong that accused Beijing of human rights abuses, the Chinese embassy in London said on Thursday.
• Local laws should be amended to align with overriding National Security Law for HK: top official Global Times 13 Jan 2023 -- Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, on Friday addressed the importance of completely and accurately implementing the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong and noted that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government should amend local laws to align them with the NSL.
• HKSAR gov't strongly opposes Britain's so-called six-monthly report on Hong Kong People's Daily 13 Jan 2023 -- China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has vehemently refuted the slandering remarks and ill-intentioned political attacks on the HKSAR under the successful application of the "one country, two systems" principle in the so-called Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong: January to June 2022 released by the British government.
• Liaison office of central gov't in Macao SAR eyes new prospects of "one country, two systems" People's Daily 13 Jan 2023 -- The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Thursday vowed to open up new prospects of the "one country, two systems" practice with Macao characteristics in the new year.
• Uyghurs abroad, rights groups condemn visit to Xinjiang by Muslim delegation Radio Free Asia 13 Jan 2023 -- Rights groups and Uyghurs living abroad have strongly condemned a visit to Xinjiang this week by a delegation of Muslim scholars and clerics from developing nations who voiced support for China's policies in the far-western region, saying they turned a blind eye to the suffering of persecuted Uyghurs.
• As China Reopens, African Countries Gear Up for Business VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- After three years of closed borders under its strict "zero-COVID" policy, China reopened its doors to allow international travelers in — and Chinese with cabin fever out — a move with economic implications around the world, including in Africa.
• HK to complete amending legal practitioner ordinance by June, following top legislature's interpretation: LegCo member Global Times 13 Jan 2023 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government is expected to complete the process of amending its legal practitioner ordinance as soon as June, and to include the spirit of the top legislature's interpretation of provisions in the national security law for Hong Kong into local laws, said a Hong Kong LegCo member, after the top legislature in December gave an interpretation of the law in deciding the case of whether infamous secessionist media tycoon Jimmy Lai is allowed to hire a London-based barrister to defend him in his national security case.
• Successful launches mark strong start to 2023 for China's space industry Global Times 13 Jan 2023 -- Marking a good start to another ambitious year for China's space industry, the country successfully carried out two launch missions from different launch sites on Friday, sending China's first all-electric propulsion communications satellite to a preset orbit via a Long March-2C carrier rocket and three other satellites to a designated orbit via a Long March-2D vehicle.
• Taiwan hopes for peace, end of COVID in LNY message to China CNA 13 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has sent China a Lunar New Year (LNY) message hoping that the COVID-19 outbreak there will soon ease and that the Taiwan Strait is blessed with peace and stability, which is the shared hope of people on the two sides.
• Spanish lawmaker calls for maintenance of cross-strait status quo CNA 13 Jan 2023 -- Spain's Congress of Deputies opposes any unilateral action to alter the status quo of the Taiwan Strait, visiting Spanish lawmaker Rosa Romero Sanchez said Friday in Taipei.
• Economic Organization Intensified in DPRK KCNA 13 Jan 2023 -- The Cabinet and economic guidance organs of the DPRK are intensifying the economic organization to implement the decisions of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
• Iranian Soccer Star Karimi Says Khamenei Doesn't Represent Iran RFE/RL 13 Jan 2023 -- Former Iranian international footballer Ali Karimi, who has emerged as one of the biggest critics of Iran's brutal crackdown on protesters, has rebuked Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying he doesn't represent the country.
• Report: Iran May Be Using Facial Recognition Technology to Police Hijab Law VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- A recently published report in a U.S.-based magazine says Iran is likely using facial recognition technology to monitor women's compliance with the country's hijab law.
• Iran summons Swedish envoy over European officials' "meddlesome" remarks People's Daily 13 Jan 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the Swedish ambassador to Iran to protest "meddlesome" remarks by certain European officials, according to the ministry's website.
• Saudi Arabia not ready to normalize ties with Tehran: Amir-Abdollahian Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran is determined to restore relations with Saudi Arabia but it seems Riyadh lacks the required readiness in this regard.
• The United States and Japan Sign Framework Agreement on Space Cooperation US Dept. of State 13 Jan 2023 -- "Today I joined Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, and other dignitaries to sign an agreement more than 10 years in the making."
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel at the Signing of a U.S.-Japan Space Cooperation Framework Agreement US Dept. of State 13 Jan 2023
• Major land border crossing between Myanmar and Thailand reopens after 3 years Radio Free Asia 13 Jan 2023 -- Myanmar and Thailand have reopened a major border crossing after a three-year hiatus.
• German, French Ministers Call for African Permanent Seats on UNSC VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- The foreign ministers of France and Germany have voiced support for Africa to receive two permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council.
• Kazakh Lawmakers Strip Nazarbaev Family Members Of Legal Immunity RFE/RL 13 Jan 2023 -- Kazakh lawmakers have approved a move annulling the Law on the First President-Leader of the Nation (Elbasy), depriving immediate family members of the Central Asian nation's former authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbaev of legal immunity.
• Brazil's new president dismisses Bolsonaro-era ambassador to Israel Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed Brazil's ambassador to Israel in a move that signals a shift in the South American country's policy toward the occupying regime.
• Brazil's Lula to purge police, army of ex-president Bolsonaro's sympathizers Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vows to purge the country's police force and the army of US-backed former president Jair Bolsonaro's sympathizers after the security forces refused to respond properly to destructive riots in the capital by Bolsonaro's supporters.
• Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson on Friday, 13 January 2023 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Jan 2023
• EU Inaugurates First Orbital Launch Site in Europe Sputnik 13 Jan 2023 -- The head of the European Union's executive, Ursula von der Leyen, opened on Friday the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, which is the first orbital launch site in mainland Europe.
• Canada imposes additional sanctions against Haitian elites Canada 13 Jan 2023 -- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations in response to acts of significant corruption that are fueling the crisis in the country.
• Iran FM reaffirms support for Lebanon, its independence Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic's support for Lebanon's stability and independence, which he said will serve the entire region.
• FM Amir-Abdollahian in Beirut: Iran to maintain support for Lebanon, Hezbollah Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran will maintain its unwavering support for the Lebanese government, nation, army and Hezbollah resistance movement, expressing hope that political blocs end the country's political deadlock and elect a new president.
• Lebanon says army fired at intruding Israeli drone Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Lebanon's army says its forces opened fire at an Israeli drone that had violated the country's airspace.
• Thousands of protesters march in Peru demanding president to step down Press TV 13 Jan 2023 -- Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets of the capital Lima in protest against the new president on Thursday, as anti-government demonstrations triggered by the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo grip the country.
• To tame inflation, Laos orders closure of all money changing shops, import limits Radio Free Asia 13 Jan 2023 -- To rein in accelerating inflation that has reached nearly 40 percent, authorities in Laos have ordered all money changing shops to close and allowing only banks to exchange foreign currencies and bans on the import of some kinds of foods that are produced domestically.
• Laos struggling to combat rising costs Radio Free Asia 13 Jan 2023 -- Inflation in the small, land-locked nation of Laos has been spiraling for the last few months, shooting up by nearly 40% at the end of 2022 as a new prime minister tries to calm concerns about rising costs.
• Turkmenistan's Former President Making Moves Seen As Attempt To Become Paramount Leader RFE/RL 13 Jan 2023 -- Turkmenistan's former president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who handed his post to his son Serdar Berdymukhammedov last year and currently leads the upper chamber of the parliament, plans to reform the parliament structure, apparently aiming to become the paramount leader of the tightly controlled former Soviet republic.
• Czechs Go to Polls in First Round of Presidential Vote VOA 13 Jan 2023 -- Czech voters went to the polls Friday in the first round of voting to elect a new president, with billionaire populist and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis and retired army general Petr Pavel seen as the front-runners.