29 October 2023 Military News

Travis AFB explodes into Exercise Golden Gateway US Air Force 29 Oct 2023 -- Travis Air Force Base Airmen validated Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Employment capabilities during Exercise Golden Gateway Oct. 15 - 19.

Indian Army and Air Force Contingent Departs for India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2023 India PIB 29 Oct 2023 -- Indian Army and Indian Air Force contingent comprising 120 personnel departed for Kazakhstan today to take part in the 7th edition of Joint Military 'Exercise KAZIND-2023'

Airport Assault: Turkmen Students Returning From Russia Immediately Forced Into The Army RFE/RL 29 Oct 2023 -- Some two dozen Turkmen students returning home from abroad were taken directly from the airport into the military, their parents claim, as authoritarian Turkmenistan struggles to fill the ranks of its national army.

Israel Issues Urgent Call to Gazans to Move South VOA 29 Oct 2023 -- The Israel military intensified its ground operation and its military strikes against Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday. Hamas also reported heavy fighting in northwest Gaza.

Situation in Gaza 'growing more desperate by the hour', says UN chief Guterres UN News 29 Oct 2023 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres began his official visit to Nepal by extending deep condolences to the families of the 10 Nepalese students killed in the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel, and once again called for the protection of all civilians in Gaza, where, he said, "the situation is growing more desperate by the hour."
Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the opening of the Jeddah talks - Sunday, 29 October 2023 UNOCHA 29 Oct 2023
With conflict entering fourth week, WFP warns of growing hunger and desperation in Gaza WFP 29 Oct 2023 -- Thousands of civilians on Sunday morning stormed a UN-run warehouse in Gaza's middle area, where the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is storing some food commodities. The morning's events followed a harrowing 24-hour communication blackout and persistent access challenges that brought all WFP operations to a halt, leaving staff and partners incommunicado.

UN Urges Pakistan to Suspend Forcible Deportation of Afghan Nationals VOA 29 Oct 2023 -- U.N. agencies are warning that Pakistan's planned expulsion of more than a million "undocumented" foreign nationals risks triggering a human rights catastrophe.

The United States, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, together with the African Union, Relaunch Humanitarian and Ceasefire Talks Between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces US Dept. of State 29 Oct 2023 -- The United States, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) reconvened ceasefire talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). We thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting the talks, and welcome IGAD, which is also participating on behalf of the African Union, as a co-facilitator.

Russians, Diplomats Honor Soviet-Era Victims Under Watchful Eyes Of Security Forces RFE/RL 29 Oct 2023 -- Russians throughout the country on October 29 commemorated the victims of Soviet repression with an annual event organized by the Memorial human rights group, which itself was banned and shut down by the increasingly repressive government of President Vladimir Putin.

Patriotic flag ceremonies at Hong Kong mosque 'shock' believers Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2023 -- Muslims at Hong Kong's biggest Kowloon Mosque raised the Chinese national flag in formal ceremonies in July and October this year, to mark the city's 1997 handover to China and China's Oct. 1 National Day.

Iranian Teen Who Died After Alleged Incident With Morality Police Buried Amid Tight Security, Detentions RFE/RL 29 Oct 2023 -- Iranian Teen Who Died After Alleged Incident With Morality Police Buried Amid Tight Security, Detentions

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