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• Mobility Guardian 23 sharpens AFMC's warfighter support US Air Force 22 Jul 2023 -- Wartime contingency and campaign planners can learn a lot from a major multi-national exercise, with dozens of aircraft carrying thousands of participants and moving tons of materiel and equipment across the Indo-Pacific theater.
• USS Canberra (LCS 30) Commissions in Sydney US Navy 22 Jul 2023 -- ndependence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) commissioned at the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia, July 22.
• US commissions first navy warship in Sydney amid China fears Press TV 22 Jul 2023 -- The United States has commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia amid fears of growing Chinese clout in the region.
• US Navy Commissions First Warship in Australia Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- The USS Canberra littoral combat ship was officially commissioned in Australia on Saturday, becoming the first US vessel in the country's fleet, the Australian Defense Ministry said.
• Türkiye to monitor steps taken by Sweden before ratifying its NATO bid: Erdogan People's Daily 22 Jul 2023 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country would monitor Sweden's counterterrorism steps before ratifying its NATO bid at the parliament.
• UK Navy, Allies Training Ukrainian Military on Bomb Disposal in Scotland Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- The UK military and their counterparts from the United States, France, Belgium and Georgia are training Ukrainian troops in Scotland on finding and neutralizing bombs, booby traps and mines in, on and around the water, the Royal Navy said in a statement.
• Talisman Sabre hosts military first with Japan Australia DOD 22 Jul 2023 -- In an Australian-military first, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has conducted a live fire demonstration of a Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (SSM) off the Australian east coast.
• N Korea fires several cruise missiles amid soaring tensions with South, US Press TV 22 Jul 2023 -- North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean Peninsula amid soaring tensions with the South and the United States.
• North Korea Fires Cruise Missiles Toward Sea of Japan - Report Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- North Korea launched several cruise missiles toward the Sea of Japan early Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) confirmed.
• HANDING OVER OF INS KIRPAN TO VPN - 22 JUL 23 India PIB 22 Jul 2023 -- "Today's handing-over ceremony symbolises the deep-rooted friendship and strategic partnership between India and Vietnam

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• Yemen: Killing of veteran WFP staff member 'an unacceptable tragedy' UN News 22 Jul 2023 -- The top UN humanitarian official in Yemen on Saturday called for justice in the wake of the recent attack against World Food Programme (WFP) staff that left one person dead and another injured.
• Mass Detention of Children in Northeast Syria Unlawful, UN Says VOA 22 Jul 2023 -- A U.N. expert is condemning the mass detention of tens of thousands of women and children in northeast Syria as a violation of international law and calling on governments to repatriate their nationals who she says live under cruel and inhumane conditions.
• Sudan conflict: Rockets kill 16 civilians in Darfur Press TV 22 Jul 2023 -- At least 16 civilians have been killed by rocket fire in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, a local lawyers' union reported.
• Military Checkpoint in Colombia's Arauca Attacked With Booby-Trapped Vehicle Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- A car packed with explosives has been detonated near the Naranjitos military base in Colombia's Arauca Department, having killed at least two people inside the vehicle and injured four soldiers, Arauca Governor Willington Rodriguez Benavides said Friday.

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• Girkin Associate Briefly Detained In Moscow RFE/RL 22 Jul 2023 -- Pavel Gubarev, an associate of Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), the former military commander of Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine who was sent to pretrial detention following his criticism of President Vladimir Putin, was briefly detained by security forces in Moscow on July 21 after picketing the Meshchansky district court building to demand Girkin's release.
• Chinese private rocket startup Galactic Energy accomplishes six consecutive space launches Global Times 22 Jul 2023 -- Galactic Energy, a private carrier rocket developer, launched its sixth Ceres 1 rocket on Saturday, sending two satellites successfully into orbit. The launch, kicking off the firm's high-density delivery and launch cycle in the second half of the year, marked the latest efforts by Chinese private enterprises to ramp up their capabilities in rockets R&D and launches, expert said.
• Orban: US, China Heading for Conflict, Unsure It Can Be Avoided Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- The United States' global standing is declining and the country is heading for a clash with China, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday, adding that "the million dollar question" is whether this clash can be avoided.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Jul.22, 2023 ROC MND 22 Jul 2023
• Taiwan VP's US Transit to Test Already Tense China-US Ties VOA 22 Jul 2023 -- Taiwan's Vice President William Lai, a front-runner in the island's planned January presidential elections, announced this week that he plans to make transit stops in the U.S. next month on his way to Paraguay, sparking swift protest from China. Beijing objects to any action that could raise Taiwan's international profile and has pledged to keep the transit stops from happening.
• MOFA condemns North Korea for threatening peace following missile launch CNA 22 Jul 2023 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has condemned North Korea for raising tensions and threatening regional peace after the country launched multiple missiles early Saturday.
• Chances Dim for Swift Return of American From North Korea VOA 22 Jul 2023 -- Any hope of a speedy return of the American soldier who illegally crossed into North Korea earlier this week appears all but dashed by the silence

• Kanaani reacts to EU's new sanctions on Iran ISNA 22 Jul 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani has reacted to the EU's new sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran under the pretext drone sales to Russia.
• Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness RFE/RL 22 Jul 2023 -- Judges in Iran have diagnosed three prominent actresses sentenced for not wearing the hijab as mentally ill, anti-family, and antisocial, prompting top psychologists in the country to condemn the "abuse of psychiatry and psychology in the judiciary."
• Tens of thousands of Israelis march to Knesset as anti-regime protests continue Press TV 22 Jul 2023 -- Tens of thousands of Israelis have headed toward the occupied city of al-Quds to voice their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's extremist policies, amid months-long anti-regime protests.
• Thousands of Protesters Against Judicial Reform March Toward Jerusalem Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- Thousands of people approached Jerusalem on Saturday as part of a protest march against the controversial judicial reform, disrupting traffic on the highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
• Who are the 18 parties running in Cambodia's election? Radio Free Asia 22 Jul 2023 -- Eighteen political parties will compete in Cambodia's parliamentary election on July 23 - the country's seventh national vote since the United Nations organized and ran the 1993 election two years after the Paris Peace Agreements.
• 'Disgraceful': Former Australian foreign minister on Cambodia's election law changes Radio Free Asia 22 Jul 2023 -- Radio Free Asia spoke with former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans on Wednesday, ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election in Cambodia.
• Orban Says Romanian Foreign Ministry Gave Him A List Of Topics To Avoid In Speech RFE/RL 22 Jul 2023 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a large audience in central Romania on July 22 that the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest has given him a list of sensitive topics he should avoid in his public addresses at an annual event held by leaders of Romania's Hungarian minority in Transylvania.
• Guatemala's Law Enforcement Search Offices of Semilla Party, Supreme Electoral Tribunal Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- Guatemala's Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI) and police are searching the headquarters of the Semilla Movement party and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) as a part of the probe into the party's alleged forging of signatures during registration and illegally financing the process, FECI said Friday.