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• DOD Mobilizes Support in Response to Hawaii Wildfire DoD News 10 Aug 2023 -- The Defense Department will continue to work closely with state and local officials to protect lives and battle the destructive wildfires that have swept through the Hawaiian island of Maui, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 10 Aug 2023
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With the President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh DoD 10 Aug 2023
• DOD Announces Establishment of Generative AI Task Force DoD 10 Aug 2023 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the establishment of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) task force, an initiative that reflects the DoD's commitment to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in a responsible and strategic manner.
• Successful USS Normandy MDVR Keeps Ship Mission-Ready US Navy 10 Aug 2023 -- Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) completed a successful mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR) aboard USS Normandy (CG 60) Aug. 3, 2023. MDVRs are planned in-port maintenance periods that allow deployed U.S. ships to complete corrective and preventative maintenance that cannot be accomplished at sea.
• Two Tu-160 strategic bombers perform planned flight over Sea of Barents and Arctic Ocean neutral waters Russia MoD 10 Aug 2023 -- Two Tu-160 strategic bombers perform a planned 8-hour flight over the Sea of Barents and the Arctic Ocean neutral waters.
• Russian Navy and Chinese Navy ships repel air raid of mock enemy during joint patrol in Pacific Ocean Russia MoD 10 Aug 2023 -- The warships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy during the third joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean carried out special exercises with the crews of aircraft and helicopters.
• Defective nozzle sleeve causes fighter jet to malfunction mid-air CNA 10 Aug 2023 -- An examination of an Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jet which discharged flames mid-air during a rehearsal in Taichung Thursday determined that the incident was caused by a defective exhaust nozzle sleeve, the Air Force said.
• Taiwan-made fighter jet lands safely after mid-air malfunction CNA 10 Aug 2023 -- An Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jet that appeared to malfunction in mid-air landed safely at the Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taichung Thursday, according to the Air Force.
• His Majesty's Canadian Ship Harry DeWolf Deploys on Operation Nanook 2023 Canada 10 Aug 2023-- Today, His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf departed from its homeport of Halifax, N.S., for the 2023 iteration of the annual sovereignty Arctic deployment, Operation Nanook.
• MALABAR-2023 AT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA India PIB 10 Aug 2023 -- Indian Navy's indigenous frontline warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata will participate in Exercise MALABAR 2023 scheduled at/ off Sydney from 11 - 21 August 23 along with ships and aircraft from the US Navy (USN), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park US Dept. of State 10 Aug 2023
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Mexican Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena at a Joint Press Availability US Dept. of State 10 Aug 2023
• Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing Executive Order on Addressing U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern The White House 10 Aug 2023

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• 10 August 2023 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 10 Aug 2023
• Military chief: Philippines to deploy maritime militia in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2023 -- The Philippines plans to deploy its own maritime militia to defend its sovereignty amid a raging territorial row with China, the Filipino armed forces chief said Thursday as he visited an island on the frontline of the sea dispute.
• Afghanistan Aid Shortfall Risks Mass Hunger, Hospitals Without Medicine VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- Millions of people in Afghanistan are likely to have no food, healthcare or shelter this winter because of critical funding gaps, according to various experts who spoke with VOA.
• UN Warns Of Cut To Food Aid To Afghans Amid Funding Shortages RFE/RL 10 Aug 2023 -- The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned that without urgent funding, it will be forced to cut food aid to millions of Afghans grappling with hunger and food insecurity.
• Afghan People Are Living A 'Humanitarian And Human Rights Nightmare,' HRW Says RFE/RL 10 Aug 2023 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged donor countries to find ways to mitigate the ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis in Afghanistan without reinforcing the Taliban's repressive policies against women, girls, and media.
• Myanmar's Karen National Union says nationwide cease-fire agreement is dead Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2023 -- Myanmar's oldest ethnic armed group said Thursday that a nationwide cease-fire agreement it signed with the national army eight years ago is now null and void because of violations of terms by the ruling military junta.
• Floods force evacuation of almost 30,000 people from 4 Myanmar regions Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2023 -- Nearly 30,000 people from Kayin, Mon and Rakhine states and Bago region in Myanmar have been evacuated due to heavy rain and floods since the beginning of August, relief workers told RFA Thursday.
• OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani speaks with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan, calls for constructive dialogue OSCE 10 Aug 2023 -- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, held two separate telephone conversations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan.
• Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge UN News 10 Aug 2023 -- An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region.

News Reports

• Director of National Intelligence Avril D. Haines Releases the 2023 National Intelligence Strategy for the Intelligence Community Director of National Intelligence 10 Aug 2023 -- Director of National Intelligence Avril D. Haines today released the 2023 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS), which provides strategic direction for the Intelligence Community (IC) over the next four years.
• New US Intelligence Strategy Calls for More Partners, More Sharing VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- U.S. intelligence agencies are looking to vastly expand the roster of countries, companies and even nonstate actors with whom they partner in order to get — and share — information on threats to the United States and its allies.
• Twelve Still Missing As Debris Cleared After Deadly, Unexplained Blast Outside Moscow RFE/RL 10 Aug 2023 -- Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on August 10 that 12 people are still missing following an explosion at or near an optical-mechanical plant in the city of Sergiyev Posad that killed at least one person and injured dozens more.
• Prosecutors Seek January Trial in Trump Election Conspiracy Case VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- U.S. Justice Department prosecutors on Thursday asked for a January 2, 2024, start date for the trial of the criminal case against former President Donald Trump accusing him of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
• Combating terrorism: Searches and arrests in the cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel Federal Council - Swiss Government 10 Aug 2023 -- On behalf of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), fedpol and local cantonal police forces carried out seven house searches today in the cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel and arrested four persons. The persons arrested are suspected of carrying out various support activities for a terrorist group.
• Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Report on Activities of Global Extortion-Focused Hacker Group Lapsus$ DHS 10 Aug 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Cyber Safety Review Board's (CSRB) report summarizing the findings of its review into the activities associated with a threat actor group known as Lapsus$.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on US Cyber Espionage Targeting Japan PRC MofA 10 Aug 2023
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on President Biden's Signing of Executive Order on Restricting Investments in China PRC MofA 10 Aug 2023
• Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Chinese Group Travel Designation US Dept. of Commerce 10 Aug 2023 -- Today, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo issued the following statement on the announcement that China will lift restrictions on group travel to the United States, in addition to other nations. The announcement is the result of continued engagement between U.S. Commerce officials and Chinese government representatives.
• Hong Kong police arrest 10 for 'collusion with foreign forces' over protest fund Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2023 -- Hong Kong national security police on Thursday arrested 10 people for "collusion with foreign forces" and "inciting riot" over a now-defunct fund set up to help those targeted for involvement in the 2019 protest movement.
• China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders UN News 10 Aug 2023 -- UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.  
• China's last property giant left standing delays debt repayments Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2023 -- Lauded by Beijing as a model business, Country Garden, a 31-year-old too-big-to-fail property developer, is showing signs of succumbing to the same cash-strapped suffocation that has blanketed China's once vibrant real estate sector.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the US's Signing into Law the "US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act" PRC MofA 10 Aug 2023
• 8 Chinese warplanes cross Taiwan Strait median line: Defense ministry CNA 10 Aug 2023 -- A total of 33 Chinese warplanes were detected in Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) during the 24-hour period from 6 a.m. Wednesday, including eight that crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Aug.10, 2023 ROC MND 10 Aug 2023
• 7th Enlarged Meeting of 8th Central Military Commission of WPK Held KCNA 10 Aug 2023 -- The Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) convened an enlarged meeting to discuss an important issue of making the army more thoroughly gird for a war given the grave political and military situation prevailing in the Korean peninsula. (...) The enlarged meeting dealt with the organizational matter of dismissing General Pak Su Il from the post of the chief of the General Staff and appointing Vice Marshal Ri Yong Gil as new chief of the General Staff, and of dismissing, transferring to other posts or newly appointing some leading commanding officers.
• Steps Taken in Power Industry of DPRK to Cope with Disastrous Climate KCNA 10 Aug 2023 -- Officials and working people in the field of electric power industry of the DPRK are taking timely measures to cope with Typhoon No. 6 with a high sense of responsibility for protecting the lifeline of the national economy.
• Dynamic Campaign against Disastrous Abnormal Climate Launched in DPRK KCNA 10 Aug 2023 -- All the sectors and units in the capital city of Pyongyang and local areas are conducting a dynamic campaign to cope with disastrous abnormal climate as strong wind, downpour, tidal wave and sea warnings were issued owing to Typhoon No. 6.
• Link Between North Korea Rights Violations and Missile Program to Be Focus at UN VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- The United States has called for an open U.N. Security Council meeting on August 17 to discuss the human rights situation in North Korea and its link to international peace and security.
• Iran Places 5 US Prisoners in House Arrest, to Get $6B Frozen in Seoul VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- Iran confirmed Thursday that it has placed five American prisoners under house arrest in exchange for billions of dollars frozen in South Korea, a development that comes as Tehran for months has indicated it is open to a prisoner swap with Washington.
• Interview: Kirby Says 'Difficult to Say' How Long Until Americans Return From Iran VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says it's "difficult to say" how long it will take for the Americans released from prison and now under house arrest in Iran to return to the United States.
• Statement from National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on the Status of Unjustly Detained Americans in Iran The White House 10 Aug 2023
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh informs that the government has approved the establishment of a new spaceport in Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu for carrying out the launches of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicles (SSLV) developed by ISRO India PIB 10 Aug 2023 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said, the Indian Space Policy – 2023 has been approved and released in the public domain
• Modi's Hindu Nationalist Government Defeats No-Confidence Motion VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- The ruling party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has easily defeated a no-confidence motion brought in parliament by an opposition alliance, following an acrimonious three-day debate over ethnic violence in the northeastern state of Manipur.
• Pakistan's Now-Dissolved Parliament Blamed for Boosting Military's 'Intrusion' in Politics VOA 10 Aug 2023 -- Pakistan's National Assembly has been dissolved, with outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif being replaced with an interim successor to oversee a general election due within 90 days amid economic and political crises facing the country.
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Prime Minister of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš Prime Minister of Canada 10 Jul 2023
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs Prime Minister of Canada 10 Jul 2023
• Cousin Of Jailed Former Kazakh Security Chief Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison RFE/RL 10 Aug 2023 -- A cousin of the jailed former head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of bribery and embezzlement amid President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev's crackdown on predecessor Nursultan Nazarbaev's allies.
• Joint U.S., U.K. and Canadian Sanctions Against Former Lebanese Official and Co-Conspirators in Corruption Scheme US Dept. of State 10 Aug 2023 -- Today, the United States, in coordination with the U.K. and Canada, is designating the former governor of Lebanon's central bank, Riad Salameh, and four of his close associates who enriched themselves at the expense of the Lebanese people.
• Canada imposes new sanctions against Lebanese nationals Canada 10 Aug 2023 -- Following the third anniversary of the explosion at the Port of Beirut, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing sanctions under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) in coordination with the United Kingdom and the United States.
• UK, US and Canada sanction Lebanon's former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and close associates UK FCDO 10 Aug 2023 -- The UK, US and Canada have sanctioned Lebanon's former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and his close associates involved in corruption.
• ECOWAS Call for Restoration of Constitutional Order in the Republic of Niger US Dept. of State 10 Aug 2023 -- The United States joins the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in calling for the restoration of constitutional order in Niger.
• Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President UN News 10 Aug 2023 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported "deplorable living conditions" of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said in a note to journalists published on Wednesday evening.
• UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador UN News 10 Aug 2023 -- The United Nations has strongly condemned the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, urging authorities to investigate the crime.
• Ecuador: Statement by High Representative Josep Borrell on the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio European External Action Service (EEAS) 10 Aug 2023 -- The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. This tragic act of violence is also an attack against the institutions and democracy in Ecuador.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Assassination of Ecuador's Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio PRC MofA 10 Aug 2023
• US to open expanded aid mission to Pacific island countries Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2023 -- The U.S. aid agency will open its expanded mission to Pacific island countries next week, aiming to show commitment to a region that now has the option of turning to China for infrastructure and development assistance.
• As Officials Enjoy Beach Time, Turkmen People Endure Hellish Summer With Food Shortages RFE/RL 10 Aug 2023 -- At the start of this week, hundreds of mostly women protesters faced off with the mayor of Turkmenbashi in what appeared to be the largest rally to date over the breakdown of Turkmenistan's subsidized food system.