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• Pentagon Chief Set to Reassure South Korea Amid North's Provocations VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- South Korean concerns about the U.S. nuclear umbrella are expected to be a major focus of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's upcoming trip to Seoul.
• 101st Airborne Division Conducts FARP Operations Army News 27 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducted a Forward Arming Refueling Point, or FARP, operation with American and Romanian aviation assets to increase knowledge for future real world operations Jan. 24, 2023.
• Deployed 28th ID Soldiers Participate in Exercise Juniper Oak Army News 27 Jan 2023 -- Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division who are deployed to the Middle East participated in Exercise Juniper Oak 2023.
• Northern Strike Builds Readiness, Challenges Visiting Units Army News 27 Jan 2023 -- The muzzle flash of an M240 machine gun illuminates a snow-covered embankment. Below, military vehicles pulling field artillery guns grind to a halt as Soldiers duck and begin to return fire. A pickup truck blocks their way. From behind it, a man in tiger-striped camouflage fires a weapon that looks like a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
• Navy to Temporarily Suspend Some Dry Dock Operations in the Pacific Northwest US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- The Navy will temporarily suspend submarine docking in Dry Docks 4, 5, and 6 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) and the dry dock at delta pier located at Trident Refit Facility (TRF) Bangor following a planned seismic study and expert analysis.
• Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Carl Levin US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- The Navy accepted delivery of the future guided missile destroyer USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Jan. 26.
• Task Force 61, U.S. Sixth Fleet Naval Amphibious Forces Europe Supporting Fully Integrated Navy-Marine Operations US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- Marines and Sailors from II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), led by Col. Ryan Hoyle, commanding officer of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), arrived in Naples, Italy as the third iteration of II MEF's support to Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Force Europe (TF-61), Jan. 23, 2023.
• U.S. Sixth Fleet Commander Visits Nigeria, Celebrates Opening Ceremony of Exercise Obangame Express 23 US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria for the opening ceremony of Exercise Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, Jan. 27, 2023.
• Exercise Obangame Express 23 Aids Maritime Security and Prosecution in the Gulf of Guinea US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- With support from Project AGWE - implemented by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) - the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Army conducted an expertise exchange on forensics collection, combat defensive tactics, and first aid with partners from Benin, Nigeria, and Togo at the Joint Maritime Security Training Center (JMSTC) during exercise Obangame Express 23 (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, Jan. 25, 2023.
• Kenya, U.S. & Partners Complete Central Partnership Station in Mombasa US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- On Jan. 27, the U.S. Navy, Kenya Navy and regional partners wrapped up Central Partnership Station (CPS), a five-day relationship-building mission in Mombasa, Kenya.
• CTF 74 Visits Republic of Korea, Strengthening 70-Year Alliance US Navy 27 Jan 2023 -- Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine Group 7/Task Force (CTF) 74, visited the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Submarine Force Command (CSF) in Chinhae, ROK to discuss future opportunities for bilateral cooperation and tour the facility's undersea warfare assets, Jan. 25-26.
• NATO hosts conference of Allied Contact Point Embassies in partner countries NATO 27 Jan 2023 -- NATO hosted its biennial conference of Allied Contact Point Embassies in partner countries on 26 and 27 January 2023. The event brought together 38 delegations representing NATO in 33 partner nations. The newly-appointed representatives attended briefings and panel discussions with NATO leadership focusing on NATO partnerships, NATO operations, NATO's Communications Strategy and public diplomacy.
• US Weighs Turkey, Greece Jet Sales Amid NATO Expansion VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- As the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden seeks to secure NATO enlargement with the accession of Sweden and Finland, it is dealing with requests by Turkey and Greece to purchase fighter jets, the latter being less controversial and more likely to be approved.
• War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 27 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.
• Australia Urged to Boost Military Assistance to Ukraine VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- Ukraine is urging Australia to increase its military aid ahead of a visit to Europe next week by Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Defense Minister Richard Marles.
• IAF'S JOINT AIR DEFENCE EXERCISE WITH JAPAN, 'VEER GUARDIAN 2023' CONCLUDES India PIB 27 Jan 2023 -- The inaugural edition of the bilateral air exercise 'Veer Guardian 2023' between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) concluded in Japan, on 26 January 2023.
• No Mention of Military Drills with Russia on Yellen's South Africa Trip VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wraps up a 10-day visit to Africa on Saturday that included stops in Senegal, Zambia and South Africa, where she met Friday with philanthropists on climate change.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House 27 Jan 2023

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• 27 January 2023 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 27 Jan 2023
• Malnutrition rates at record high in Afghanistan, warns UN food agency Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- A World Food Program (WFP) official says malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs as half of the population struggles with severe hunger amid the deteriorating economic situation fueled by Western sanctions.
• OPCW Releases Third Report by Investigation and Identification Team OPCW 27 Jan 2023 -- The OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT)'s third report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab Air Forces were the perpetrators of the chemical weapons attack on 7 April 2018 in Douma, Syrian Arab Republic.
• Joint Statement on OPCW Report Finding Syrian Regime Responsible for Chemical Weapons Attack in Douma, Syria on April 7, 2018 US Dept. of State 27 Jan 2023 -- The following is a statement from Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, United States of America, James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom, Catherine Colonna, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France, and Annalena Baerbock, Federal Foreign Minister, Germany:
• Syria: WFP chief calls for action now, as hunger soars to 12 year high UN News 27 Jan 2023 -- The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), speaking in Damascus, has called on the world to boost investment in Syria's people and communities to help ease the highest levels of hunger in 12 years.
• Hunger soars to 12-year high in Syria, WFP chief calls for urgent action WFP 27 Jan 2023 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, David Beasley, arrived in Syria this week and appealed to the world to invest in the Syrian people and communities to get them on their feet and off food assistance.
• Statement From Department of Defense Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Terrorist Attack in Israel DoD 27 Jan 2023
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The White House 27 Jan 2023
• Condemning the Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem US Dept. of State 27 Jan 2023 -- The United States condemns in the strongest terms the horrific terrorist attack that occurred today outside of a synagogue in Jerusalem.
• Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Terrorist Attack in Israel The White House 27 Jan 2023
• '7 Israeli settlers killed' in shooting operation outside synagogue in al-Quds Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- At least 7 illegal Israeli settlers are reportedly killed in a shooting operation outside a synagogue in the holy occupied city of al-Quds.
• CIA chief visits occupied territories amid deadly Jenin raid Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- CIA director William Burns has arrived in Tel Aviv to visit occupied territories and the West Bank, where he is expected to meet Israeli and Palestinian officials, two informed American sources have said.
• Guterres strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue which left at least seven Israelis dead UN News 27 Jan 2023 -- The UN Secretary-General on Friday strongly condemned Friday's terrorist attack by a Palestinian man outside a synagogue in a Jerusalem neighbourhood which has left at least seven Israelis dead, and three others injured.
• 2023's deadliest day: Israeli forces gun down 10th Palestinian Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Fresh from butchering nine Palestinians following a raid in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces gun down a 10th Palestinian during clashes in the holy occupied city of al-Quds.
• Israel attacks Gaza after Jenin carnage, drawing Palestinian retaliation Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Israel has launched airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip a day after killing at least 10 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, prompting the Palestinian resistance to fire rockets at the occupied territories in retaliation.
• Kurti Resisting Western Proposal Even Though It Could Cost Kosovo Critical Support RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- Prime Minister Albin Kurti has remained defiant over a Western proposal for improving relations with Serbia even as he says it could cost Kosovo critical support.
• Somalia Welcomes Killing of IS Leader VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- Somalia's government welcomed the death of Bilal al-Sudani, the Islamic State group leader killed by U.S. special operations forces in a remote part of northern Somalia on Wednesday night.
• Clerics in Somalia Vow to Counter Al-Shabab VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- More than 300 Muslim clerics meeting in Somalia's capital this week have declared their support for the government's war against the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
• 2,000 Nigerian Refugees Leaving Cameroon but Majority to Stay VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- Hundreds of Nigerian refugees who fled Boko Haram terrorism to northern Cameroon started returning home this week, with about 2,000 expected to leave by Monday. This is the first large repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon in two years, but 76,000 refugees are still reluctant to return to Nigeria
• UNICEF calls for immediate and unconditional release of abducted children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo UNICEF 27 Jan 2023 -- UNICEF has called for the immediate and unconditional release of at least 13 children reported to have been abducted this week by a non-state armed group during an attack near the city of Butembo, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Reprisals Feared in Nigeria after Bombing of 40 Pastoralists VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- Officials in Nigeria say the death toll from an attack on animal herders has risen to 40. The strike took place Wednesday in Rukubi, a village on the border between Nigeria's Nassarawa and Benue states, a region known for ethnic and religious conflict.
• US Calls for Redoubled Efforts to Fight Insurgents in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Greenfield says greater efforts are needed in Mozambique to push back insurgents who are spreading south from the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
• Mali: 'Critical year' begins in country's return to constitutional order UN News 27 Jan 2023 -- Stabilizing Mali is crucial, not only for the country but for the entire region, UN Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane told the Security Council on Friday.

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• Russia: EU prolongs economic sanctions over Russia's military aggression against Ukraine EC/CEU 27 Jan 2023 -- The Council today decided to prolong by six months, until 31 July 2023, the restrictive measures targeting specific sectors of the economy of the Russian Federation.
• Russia: Statement by the High Representative on decisions against Meduza and Sakharov Centre European External Action Service (EEAS) 27 Jan 2023 -- The European Union strongly condemns Thursday's decision by the Russian authorities to designate the independent media outlet Meduza as an "undesirable organisation".
• OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns Russia's decision to outlaw independent news outlet Meduza OSCE 27 Jan 2023 -- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, denounced today the Russian authorities' decision to outlaw one of the most popular Russian-language news portals, Meduza.
• Hungary says it will veto any EU sanctions against Russian nuclear energy Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Hungary says it will veto any European Union sanctions against Russia that affect nuclear energy after Ukraine called on the 27-nation bloc to include Russian state-run nuclear power giant Rosatom in the list of sanctions.
• The Week In Russia: 'A Great Sin' RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- Amid relentless attacks on Ukraine, which received pledges of U.S. and German battle tanks, the Russian state ramped up its campaign against civil society at home yet again, with a court ordering the closure of a revered rights group and authorities tightening the vise on the Sakharov Center, a vital Moscow institution dedicated to promoting historical truth, basic freedoms, and civil society.
• Russia's Intensifying Crackdown on Independent Civil Society US Dept. of State 27 Jan 2023 -- In recent days, the Kremlin has struck more blows against independent civil society and media.
• EU's Borrell Urges South Africa to Get Russia to End Ukraine War VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited South Africa on Friday, urging Pretoria to use its ties with Russia to convince Moscow to stop its war on Ukraine.
• South Africa: Joint press conference by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor European External Action Service (EEAS) 27 Jan 2023
• South Africa: Opening speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell during the 15th South-Africa-European Union Ministerial Dialogue European External Action Service (EEAS) 27 Jan 2023
• As residents flee Hong Kong, officials trawl region in the hope of luring talent Radio Free Asia 27 Jan 2023 -- Hong Kong officials have begun traveling the region in a bid to attract fresh talent, particularly younger people, to settle in the city as a crackdown on dissent continues to drive middle-class families to flee the former British colony.
• Japanese and Dutch officials in US to discuss chips Radio Free Asia 27 Jan 2023 -- Officials from Japan and the Netherlands, two of the world's biggest microchip exporters, are in Washington for talks on a trilateral deal to limit sales of key technology to China, a top official said Friday.
• Curious Washington Awaits Next Chinese Ambassador VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- One of the lowest points in recent Sino-American relations came in July 2021 when U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, on a visit to Beijing, was scolded by her Chinese interlocutor and handed a "List of U.S. Wrongdoings that Must Stop."
• Ex-VP Chen Chien-jen appointed premier CNA 27 Jan 2023 -- Former Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) will replace Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) as the leader of Taiwan's Cabinet, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) announced Friday.
• Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Following Arrest in Alleged Assassination Plot Targeting Critic of the Iranian Regime The White House 27 Jan 2023
• Justice Department Announces Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran US Dept. of Justice 27 Jan 2023 -- A federal court in New York today unsealed murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen who has been targeted by the Government of Iran for speaking out against the regime's human rights abuses.
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran US Dept. of Justice 27 Jan 2023
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks on Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran US Dept. of Justice 27 Jan 2023
• Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen Delivers Remarks on Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran US Dept. of Justice 27 Jan 2023
• 3 Gang Members Indicted in 2nd Plot to Kill Iranian American Journalist VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- Three members of an Eastern European criminal gang with ties to the Iranian government have been indicted in a plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American human rights activist and VOA Persian TV host, the Justice Department announced Friday.
• Iranians Use End Of 40-Day Mourning Period To Protest Against Government RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- Iranians continue to gather at the graves of those who have been killed by security forces in ongoing nationwide protests that have rocked the country since the death of a woman in police custody, calling for regime change despite a brutal crackdown on dissent by the authorities.
• FM Amirabdollahian: Azerbaijan Embassy incidence not terroristic, personal incentive involved IRNA 27 Jan 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday night today's incidence in Azerbaijan Embassy was not a terrorist attack as personal incentives of attacker were involved in committing the crime.
• President Raisi orders all-inclusive probe into Azerbaijan embassy raid IRNA 27 Jan 2023 -- President of the Islamic Republic Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an all-out investigation into the armed attack on the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran.
• Iran strongly condemns armed attack on Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran IRNA 27 Jan 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday that Tehran strongly condemns the armed attack on the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran, during which one person was killed and two more were injured.
• Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran attacked, one killed, gunman arrested IRNA 27 Jan 2023 -- Tehran Police have arrested a person who attacked the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran on Friday morning.
• Raeisi orders full probe into 'bitter' Azerbaijan embassy attack Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has ordered a thorough investigation into an attack on Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran, where the head of the security service of the embassy was killed and two guards were injured.
• Assailant arrested after killing one at Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Police in Tehran say they have arrested a man who shot dead one person and injured two others after entering Azerbaijan's embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday morning.
• One Person Shot Dead At Azerbaijan's Embassy In Iran; Baku Evacuates Staff RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- One security official has been shot dead and two guards wounded when an attacker armed with a Kalashnikov-style automatic rifle stormed Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran's capital, Tehran.
• Condemning the Attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran US Dept. of State 27 Jan 2023 -- The United States condemns the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy that occurred earlier today in Tehran.
• Gunman Kills Security Chief at Azerbaijan's Iranian Embassy VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- A gunman stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday and killed its head of security.
• Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk UN News 27 Jan 2023 -- Nearly two years on from Myanmar's brutal military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis, undergoing a wholesale regression in human rights, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
• Japan's plan to discharge water from Fukushima nuclear plant faces Pacific opposition Radio Free Asia 27 Jan 2023 -- Officials from Pacific island nations will meet Japan's prime minister in March in an effort to halt the planned release of water from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, a regional leader said.
• Peru protesters defy state of emergency to push for president's ouster Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in the Peruvian capital again, facing down police in riot gear and tear gas.
• Serb Who Joined Russian-Backed Forces In Ukraine Has Jail Sentence Overturned RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- A Serbian court has overturned the one-year prison sentence handed down to a citizen who fought for Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine in 2015.
• Designation of Former Representatives of the National Assembly of Serbia Verica Radeta and Petar Jojić for Involvement in Significant Corruption US Dept. of State 27 Jan 2023 -- The United States is designating former Serbian National Assembly Representatives Verica Radeta and Petar Jojić for their involvement in significant corruption.