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• Yemen warns US, UK and Zionists about "surprises" IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- A senior Yemeni official has warned the US, UK and the Zionist regime that surprising options are on the way.
• Yemeni armed forces say hit Israeli container ship in Arabian Sea Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Yemeni armed forces say they have launched an attack on an Israeli ship sailing in the Arabian Sea as part of their campaign to force the occupying regime to end its aggression against Gaza.
• An Israeli-owned ship was reportedly attacked in Gulf of Aden IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- An Israeli-owned container ship was reportedly attacked in the Gulf of Aden, media sources have reported.
• U.S. forces engage insurgents in support of the Federal Government of Somalia AFRICOM 04 Mar 2024 -- At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense against the al Shabaab terrorist group on Mar. 2.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing DoD 04 Mar 2024
• 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command hosts relinquishment of command ceremony Army News 04 Mar 2024 -- Brig. Gen. Richard Corner relinquished command of the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command during a brief ceremony, March 1, 2024, to Maj. Gen. Mark Landes, acting commanding general of First Army.
• National Guard Conducts Arctic Training with Canada Army News 04 Mar 2024 -- Members of the Vermont, New Hampshire, Virginia and Alaska National Guard and active-duty members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are participating in an Arctic training exercise with the Canadian Army.
• March 4 Red Sea Update CENTCOM 04 Mar 2024 -- On March 4, at approximately 2:15a.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired an anti-ship ballistic missile from Yemen into the southern Red Sea. The missile impacted the water with no reported damage or injuries to commercial or U.S. Navy ships.
• Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Concludes Visit to Cambodia, Thailand, and Brunei DoD 04 Mar 2024
• DOD Exploring Potential for Gaza Humanitarian Aid Missions DoD News 04 Mar 2024 -- The Defense Department is planning for potential additional humanitarian aid missions in Gaza following an initial airdrop of aid over the weekend.
• Special Ops exercise Trojan Footprint kicks off, as part of NATO Steadfast Defender, USEUCOM Large Scale Global Exercise EUCOM 04 Mar 2024 -- Forces from Albania, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States will participate in Exercise Trojan Footprint March 4-15 at locations in Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany, Greece, North Macedonia and Romania.
• NMCB 11 Seabees Complete Norwegian Cold Weather Survival Course US Navy 04 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 completed a cold weather survival training course in Sørlia, Harstad in Norway, Feb. 22, 2024.
• USS McCampbell Returns to Yokosuka to Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 US Navy 04 Mar 2024 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) returned to its forward-deployed location of Yokosuka, Japan, to rejoin Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 March 2nd, 2024.
• US bill to avert government shutdown includes funding for key Pacific allies Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- Economic assistance for three Pacific island nations that are crucial to maintaining U.S. military strength in the Pacific has been included in a bill to fund the U.S. government following concerted lobbying.
• Warmonger at the gates: S Korea, US launch war games near North Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- South Korea and the United States have kicked off joint spring military drills, doubling the number of participating troops compared to last year.
• South Korea, US Launch Joint Fighter Jet Exercise - Reports Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- South Korea and the United States have launched a joint Buddy Squadron fighter jet exercise as part of the broader annual military drills Freedom Shield on Monday to boost combat readiness amid allegedly rising threats from North Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean air force.
• Wider Europe Briefing: What Sweden Joining NATO Means For The Alliance RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024
• NATO completes modernisation of major airbase in Albania NATO 04 Mar 2024 -- Albania officially re-opened Kuçova airbase on Monday (4 March 2024), after transforming the decades-old base into a modern hub for NATO future air operations.
• Russia: NATO war games 'provocative', our 'defensive capabilities' ready Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Russia raps strongly NATO war games launched by the US-led military alliance on the country's doorstep.
• Russia Monitors Nordic Response Drills, Considers Them Provocative Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- Russia is monitoring NATO's Nordic Response military drills that kicked off on Monday in Finland, Sweden and Norway, and considers them to be provocative, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on February 26-March 3, 2024 Lithuania MND 04 Mar 2024
• Government commits more support for Ukraine Australia DOD 04 Mar 2024 -- More troops have been deployed on Operation Kudu as part of Australia's continued support of Ukraine, two years on from Russia's illegal invasion.
• Air drills to be conducted by Navy and Air Force starting Monday CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Multiple airspace drills will be conducted by the Republic of China's (Taiwan) Navy and Air Force in areas off Taiwan's southwestern and eastern coasts into next week, according to a warning issued by the Fisheries Agency.
• Taiwan's annual live-fire drills to increase in frequency: Source CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Taiwan's annual air and maritime live-fire drills in Pingtung County would be held more frequently in the future and not only be concentrated during certain periods of the year, a military source told CNA on Monday.
• US seeks Japan's participation in AUKUS: report Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- The United States is considering cooperating with Japan in defense technology within the framework of the Australia-U.K.-U.S. security alliance, known as AUKUS, to counter China, according to a Japanese media report.
• Minister Blair and Minister Boissonnault announce $45.3 million investment to upgrade facilities at Edmonton military base Canada 04 Mar 2024 -- Canadian Armed Forces members deserve modern facilities that are fit-for-purpose so that they can train and maintain their readiness. Across Canada, the Government of Canada is investing to upgrade military facilities by building cleaner, more modern infrastructure that will save taxpayers money and better support our military's needs.
• Remote Communication Rules to Be Distributed in Bundeswehr Due to Leaked Recording Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- Recommendations on safe remote communication will be distributed in the Bundeswehr after an audio recording of a conversation of senior German military was leaked, a German Defense Ministry representative said on Monday.
• India-France Disarmament and Non-proliferation Dialogue India MEA 04 Mar 2024 -- India-France Bilateral Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation was held on 4 March 2024 in New Delhi.
• MoD inks MoU with BEML Limited, BEL & MIDHANI for indigenous development of Advanced Fuelling & Control System for Engines for heavy duty applications India PIB 04 Mar 2024 -- Ministry of Defence has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BEML Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) for indigenous development of Advanced Fuelling and Control System for Engines for heavy duty applications
• HON'BLE RAKSHA MANTRI TO INAUGURATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE/ FACILITIES OF PROJECT SEABIRD India PIB 04 Mar 2024 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will be inaugurating two major piers and seven residential towers comprising 320 houses for Naval Officers and Defence civilian personnel and 149 single officers' accommodation in Naval Base Karwar on 05 Mar 24
• Sudanese FM: Iran never asked for building naval base in Sudan IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq Ali says his country has never received a request from Iran to build a base in the African country, rejecting American media reports on that issue as "incorrect".
• Sudan rebuffs WSJ claim about Iran seeking naval base on Red Sea coast Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali al-Sadiq Ali has dismissed Western media allegations about Iran's attempt to establish a permanent naval base on the Northeast African country's Red Sea coast.
• Iran, Sudan Reject Report Claiming Tehran Seeks Red Sea Base RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- Tehran has rejected a media report claiming that Iran had unsuccessfully asked Sudan to allow it to set up a naval base on its Red Sea coast, a day after Khartoum also called it into question.
• Sudan Denies Receiving Request From Iran to Build Naval Base in Country - Foreign Minister Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- Sudan has never received any requests from Iran to build its naval base in the country, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq told Sputnik on Sunday, adding that the relevant article by The Wall Street Journal was not accurate.
• Nearly £300m of drugs seized by Royal Navy in the Caribbean Sea UK MOD 04 Mar 2024 -- A Royal Navy warship seized drugs with a street value of £290.66m in two separate blows to drug runners in the Caribbean.
• Speech DSG Fries CSIS: "Two years after the Russian aggression against Ukraine: charting the path for the EU defense agenda" European External Action Service (EEAS) 04 Mar 2024
• Minister of National Defence A. Anušauskas conducts a formal visit to the U.S. Lithuania MND 04 Mar 2024 -- On March 3-6 Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas will be conducting a formal visit to Washington where he will meet with Secretary of Defense of the United States Lloyd Austin.
• Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák meets Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III for talks at the Pentagon Ministry of Defence of The Slovak Republic 04 Mar 2024 -- During his working trip to the United States, Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák met his American counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, for talks at the Department of Defense and visited the Department of State on Friday 1 March 2024.
• Kyrgyz Republic strengthens capacities in combatting illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, ammunition and explosives proliferation with the support of the OSCE OSCE 04 Mar 2024 -- From February 26 to March 1, 2024, a training course on the 'Combatting Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), Conventional Ammunition (CA), and Explosives at the border' took place in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, aiming to address the adverse impact of illicit trafficking on safety and security in the OSCE region.
• The U.S.-Republic of Korea Consultation on the Special Measures Agreement US Dept. of State 04 Mar 2024 -- Since 1991, Special Measures Agreements have reflected our shared commitment to a stable stationing environment for U.S. forces in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and a robust combined defense posture.
• On-the-Record Press Gaggle by White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby The White House 04 Mar 2024

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• Contracts For March 4, 2024

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News


• 4 March 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 04 Mar 2024

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, March 4, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 04 Mar 2024
• Cracks widening in Netanyahu war cabinet IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Rifts deepen in the Israeli war cabinet as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized Benny Gantz who arrived in Washington on Sunday to meet American officials, US media reported.
• Senior Israeli military officers step down as mass resignations rattle ranks Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- High-ranking members of the Israeli military's Spokesperson's Unit have reportedly resigned as the regime's devastating war on Gaza rages on, according to a report.
• Mar. 3: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 04 Mar 2024
• Israeli forces on killing spree in Gaza as war reaches 150-day mark Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Israel continues to commit genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for the 150th consecutive day by launching dozens of air strikes, artillery shelling, and fire belts at the besieged territory.
• Israel disrupting any serious negotiations about ceasefire in Gaza ISNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Senior Resistance sources said Israeli media was spreading misinformation about the negotiations.
• 1 million Gazans suffer from infectious diseases due to Israeli hostilities: Health ministry Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Israel has deliberately caused an "extremely catastrophic" medical situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, the health ministry says.
• 50 airstrikes in 6 minutes on Gaza: Israeli media IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- The military of the Zionist regime carried out 50 airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis in just 6 minutes, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
• 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli overnight airstrikes in Gaza: sources People's Daily 04 Mar 2024 -- At least 30 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in Israeli overnight airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security and medical sources said on Sunday.
• UNRWA Situation Report #85 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - All information from 29-2 March 2024, is valid as of 2 March 2024 at 22:30 UNRWA 04 Mar 2024
• Statement of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the General Assembly (04 March 2024) UNRWA 04 Mar 2024
• UN Mission Says It Has 'Clear and Convincing' Information That Hamas Sexually Violated Women VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- A U.N. mission that visited Israel to look into reports that Hamas raped and sexually abused women during the October 7 terror attacks said Monday that it had received "clear and convincing information" that such violence occurred and could be continuing in captivity.
• UNRWA Chief: Israel Conducting Campaign to Eliminate Palestinian Aid Agency VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- The head of the embattled United Nations agency that assists Palestinian refugees accused Israel on Monday of conducting a campaign to eliminate it, when more than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are counting on their services to survive.
• General Assembly President condemns 'catastrophic, unconscionable, shameful' conditions in Gaza UN News 04 Mar 2024 -- Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is facing an existential threat, hearing a briefing by its Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, and holding a heated debate on the US veto of the latest Security Council draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war-torn enclave.
• 'Clear and convincing information' that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence, says UN Special Representative UN News 04 Mar 2024 -- Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict reported on Monday that she and a team of experts had found "clear and convincing information" of rape and sexualized torture being committed against hostages seized during the 7 October terror attacks.
• Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis, warns UN rights chief UN News 04 Mar 2024 -- Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as the UN's top rights official warned that the war there risked morphing into a much "wider conflagration" enveloping every country in the Middle East and beyond.
• UN: Israel has created 'powder keg' in Gaza, war could further spill over Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has warned that Israel's savage campaign in Gaza is a "powder keg" that could ignite a wider conflict.
• UN relief agency for Palestine refugees warns children in Gaza dying slowly before eyes of world Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned about more child deaths in the Gaza Strip amid a widespread lack of food and access to safe water and medical services.
• Remarks by Vice President Harris in Press Gaggle The White House 04 Mar 2024
• US Vice President Harris Meets With Israel's Gantz Amid Calls for 'Immediate Cease-Fire' in Gaza VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the brutal October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas and the taking of hostages, including American citizens, during a meeting Monday with Israeli war Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the White House.
• US Working to Establish Maritime Humanitarian Assistance Corridor for Gaza - State Dept. Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- The Biden administration is working to establish a maritime humanitarian assistance corridor for the Gaza Strip to augment the current aid mechanisms, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.
• Aid to Gaza not sufficient: US envoy to UN IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the American ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has acknowledged, for the first time, that humanitarian aid reaching Gaza is not enough to meet the needs of people there.
• Readout of Vice President Harris's Meeting with Member of Israeli War Cabinet Gantz The White House 04 Mar 2024
• Iran: Silence of Security Council gives license to kill, starve Palestinians IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani strongly criticized the US government for supporting the Israeli regime and preventing the adoption of Security Council resolutions to establish an immediate and lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
• Iran raises alarm about Israel's plan to forcibly displace Palestinians IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva has raised the alarm about a "deliberate policy" by the Israeli regime to wear down Palestinians and drive them from their homeland.
• OIC failed to play role in supporting Palestine: Iran FM spox IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaan has said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has not played its role in supporting Palestine as it was expected to do.
• Israel seeks to erode resilience of Palestinians against occupation, Iran diplomat Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- A senior Iranian diplomat says Tehran is deeply concerned about Israel's plots to deliberately target humanitarian infrastructure to destroy resilience of the people of Palestine in the face of the regime's occupation.
• Gulf Countries Condemn Israeli Threat to Launch Ground Operation in Rafah - Qatar UN Envoy Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- Gulf countries condemn Israeli threats to launch a ground military operation in Rafah, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani said on Monday.
• The World needs to stand by UNRWA Government of Norway 04 Mar 2024 -- After nearly four months of war, the situation in Gaza is catastrophic. More than 75 percent of the area's population of more than two million are displaced. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, many of them children. The United Nations warns that famine is imminent. Infectious diseases are spreading. The lack of health care is critical.
• Five elements to achieve a sustainable ceasefire and lasting peace: UK statement at the UN General Assembly UK FCDO 04 Mar 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at UN General Assembly on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
• Depriving Palestinians of aid amounts to 'death sentence': Arab League: Arab League chief Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit says depriving the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip of basic life-saving aid is tantamount to a "death sentence and collective punishment."
• Palestinian resistance inflicts heavy blows on Israeli military IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Palestinian resistance groups carried out several operations in different areas of the Gaza Strip on Sunday night and early Monday, inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli regime's army.
• Palestinian resistance will not yield to political pressure, machinations: Hamas Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian resistance movement will not surrender to political pressure in ceasefire talks with the Israeli regime, stressing that Tel Aviv and Washington will not be able to compensate for their loss in the ongoing war on the besieged Gaza Strip through trickery and machinations.
• Hamas: Israel attacks on aid convoys prove regime insisting on Gaza genocide Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned Israel's frequent targeting of aid convoys, saying it proves the regime insists on pushing ahead with its genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Israel, Hezbollah Exchange Strikes on Israel-Lebanon Border; 4 Dead VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah on Monday, state media in Lebanon reported, hours after a missile strike blamed on the militants killed at least one foreign worker in northern Israel.
• 1 Zionist killed, 7 injured in anti-tank missile strike from Lebanon IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- One Zionist settler has been killed and seven wounded after an anti-tank missile launched from Lebanon hit a settlement in northern occupied territories.
• 'Hezbollah used only 5% of its power against Zionist regime' IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- A member of the Hezbollah-led bloc in the Lebanese parliament says the resistance movement has used only 5% of its combat power against the Zionist regime.
• Hezbollah foils Israeli incursions into Lebanon ISNA 04 Mar 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has conducted a fresh reprisal attack against an Israeli military position in a show of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who are subjected to a genocidal war by the occupying regime.
• Israeli attack on Lebanon will ignite new version of 2006 war: Hezbollah deputy chief Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has warned that any Israeli act of aggression against the Arab country would ignite an advanced version of the 33-day war fought back in the summer of 2006, when the occupying regime suffered a humiliating defeat.
• Hezbollah strikes Israeli military site, foils incursions into Lebanon Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has conducted a fresh reprisal attack against an Israeli military position in a show of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who are subjected to a genocidal war by the occupying regime.
• Missiles hit Zionist forces 'directly': Hezbollah IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement announced on Monday morning that it has targeted Israeli forces stationed at several locations in the occupied territories with direct missile strikes.

Other Conflicts

• Adopting Presidential Statement, Security Council Stresses Ongoing Determination to Combat Impunity for All Persons Indicted by International Criminal Tribunal UN Security Council 04 Mar 2024 -- Adopting a presidential statement today, the Security Council stressed its ongoing determination to combat impunity and ensure that all persons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda — including the remaining fugitives — are brought to justice.
• Conflict Spillovers Causing Surge of Human Rights Violations, UN Rights Chief Warns VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warns the potential spillover of dozens of conflicts around the world is threatening global peace and causing human rights violations to surge in all regions.
• China to firmly safeguard its territorial sovereignty, maritime rights on South China Sea: NPC spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- China will continue to firmly safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, at the same time, the country will properly handle relevant issues with relevant countries through dialogue and consultation and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the South China Sea, Lou Qinjian, spokesperson for the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), told at a press conference on Monday.
• Syria's Full Cooperation Essential to Closing Chemical Weapons File, Senior Official Tells Security Council UN Security Council 04 Mar 2024 -- Syria's full cooperation with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is essential to closing all outstanding issues related to its declarations, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, as delegates urged accountability for all perpetrators amid a new finding involving a non-State actor.
• Envoy: Iran supports constructive dialogue between Syria, OPCW IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran supports the continuation of constructive dialogue between Syria and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to address the remaining issues and bring the case to a final and definitive solution.
• Any use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere at any time is unacceptable: UK Statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 04 Mar 2024 -- Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Thomas Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
• Infamous column of Myanmar junta troops killed 11 in weeklong rampage Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- The military junta's notorious Ogre Column cut off body parts - including heads - during a weeklong rampage through a Sagaing region township that left 11 men dead, residents and members of local People's Defense Forces told Radio Free Asia.
• Arakan Army vows to fight for total control of Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- The ethnic Arakan Army won't lay down arms until it has liberated all of western Myanmar's Rakhine state from military rule, an official said Monday.
• Myanmar junta, resistance officials attend China-brokered peace talks Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- A Myanmar rebel alliance and junta officials discussed reopening the border and preserving a ceasefire at peace talks brokered by China, an Arakan Army official said Monday.
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the escalation of hostilities in the eastern part of the country EC/CEU 04 Mar 2024 -- The EU is extremely concerned by the escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the worsening of the humanitarian situation exposing millions of people to human rights abuses including displacement, deprivation, and gender based violence.

News Reports

• U.S. airman accused of leaking classified intel info pleads guilty People's Daily 05 Mar 2024 -- A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused by federal prosecutors of posting classified intelligence information and sensitive documents online on Monday pleaded guilty to the crimes he was charged with, in exchange for a possible sentence of 16 years in prison.
• Air National Guardsman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Unlawfully Disclosing Classified National Defense Information US Dept. of Justice 04 Mar 2024 -- Jack Douglas Teixeira, 22, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, a member of the U.S. Air National Guard (USANG) stationed in Massachusetts, has agreed to plead guilty to retaining and transmitting classified National Defense Information on a social media platform beginning in or around 2022 and continuing until his arrest in April 2023.
• Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen Delivers Remarks on Guilty Plea by Air National Guardsman in National Security Case US Dept. of Justice 04 Mar 2024
• Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information US Dept. of Justice 04 Mar 2024 -- A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), at Offutt Air Force Base, was arrested Saturday, March 2, for allegedly conspiring to transmit and transmitting classified information relating to the national defense (National Defense Information or NDI) on a foreign online dating platform beginning in or around February 2022 until in or around April 2022.
• CISA and Partners Coordinate on Security and Resilience for Super Tuesday CISA 04 Mar 2024 -- Tomorrow, Super Tuesday, is one of the largest national-level election days of the year. Primary elections and caucuses are taking place across a number of states and one U.S. territory.
• Berlin, Moscow Dispute Whether Ambassador Summoned Over Leaked Military Talks RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- German Ambassador to Russia Alexander Lambsdorff spent about an hour at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on March 4 amid a dispute between the two countries over the publication of a recording of a confidential discussion between German military officials about providing the long-range Taurus missile to Ukraine.
• Statement on P5 meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions during a special session of a large MGIMO discussion programme combined with the 7th Global Forum of Young Diplomats, Russia and Its Role in Shaping a Multipolar World, Sochi, March 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2024
• Russia Always Open to Serious and Equal Dialogue, Lavrov Affirms Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at a session of the World Youth Festival. The World Youth Festival is running from March 1 to 7 in the Krasnodar Region's Sirius Federal Territory, located in Russia's south on the Black Sea coast.
• UN Rights Chief Slams Russia's 'Repression' Of Dissent Ahead Of Election RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- The head of human rights for the United Nations has chided Russia for its throttling of "dissenting voices" prior to this month's presidential election, adding that the death of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny added to concerns over the state of human rights in the country.
• Prosecutors Seek Harsher Sentence For Jailed Former Leader Of Navalny's Team RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- A court in Russia's Volga city of Samara ruled on March 4 to send the case of Lilia Chanysheva, the imprisoned former chief of late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Ufa, to the Appeal Board of the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan after prosecutors said a 7 1/2 year prison sentence handed to the activist last year for extremism charges was too lenient.
• Russia's Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Rejecting Anti-War Candidate From Running For President RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- The Appeal Board of the Russian Supreme Court on March 4 rejected anti-war presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin's latest appeal of a Central Election Commission (TsIK) decision to bar him from being registered to run in the March 15-17 presidential election.
• Newly revised anti-espionage law enhances certainty and security of foreign investors: NPC spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- The newly revised anti-espionage law does not expand the scope of espionage activities, but rather, it improves the definition of espionage activities, clarifies the boundaries between illegal and legal activities, and enhances the certainty and security of foreign enterprises and individuals investing, working, and living in China, said a spokesperson for the National People's Congress (NPC) session on Monday.
• China cancels premier's annual news conference Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- China announced on Monday that it was canceling an annual news conference by Premier Li Qiang -- which for years offered journalists a rare opportunity to put questions to a senior Chinese leader, albeit at a carefully staged and edited event rounding off the National People's Congress.
• China Watchers: No Premier's Annual Press Conference, No Difference VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- China announced Monday that it would scrap Premier Li Qiang's press conference after the close of this year's annual parliamentary meeting, ending a tradition maintained for three decades.
• China's two sessions gather strength for high-quality growth as nation vows development of new productive forces Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- China's top political advisory body started its annual session on Monday in Beijing, ushering in an important political season that will highlight new missions to steadily boost high-quality development in a bid to build the country into a great modern socialist country while injecting new impetus into global growth.
• NPC spokesperson urges US to work with China for healthy, stable ties Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- No matter who becomes the president, we hope that the US can work in the same direction with China for a stable, healthy and sustainable China-US relationship, said Lou Qinjian, spokesperson for the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC).
• Two sessions set to chart out future devt plans for China at key juncture Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- China's annual two sessions officially kicked off on Monday when the country's top political advisory body opened its annual session and the national legislature published agenda of its own annual session.
• NPC session to publish draft defense budget; figure maintains reasonable, steady growths in recent years: spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- The second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) will review the draft defense budget for 2024 and publish the figure, which has maintained reasonable, steady growth over recent years consistent with China's economic and social development to better safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, a spokesperson said on Monday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on March 4, 2024 PRC MofA 04 Mar 2024
• NPC HK deputy proposes establishing permanent national security education and training base in Hong Kong Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- Since the implementation of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, local authorities and schools in the city have placed increased importance on patriotic education including adding content concerning the Constitution, the Basic Law and national security into the curriculum, said Wong Kam-leung, a deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region to the National People's Congress, who hoped that Hong Kong will establish a permanent national security education and training base.
• China fires outspoken former Hong Kong envoy from top advisory role Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- Zhang Xiaoming, Beijing's outspoken former representative in Hong Kong at the time of the 2019 protest movement, has been removed from his post at a political advisory body.
• Can Journalism Survive in Hong Kong? VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- In a newsroom, editors tell reporters to not touch politically sensitive stories. Reporters are told to put stories on hold until China's foreign ministry comes out with its statement. Terminology that the government might frown upon is banned from news copy.
• Hong Kong's Journalist Associations Call for Protection Under New Security Law VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- During the Hong Kong government's recently ended monthlong public consultation period on a controversial new security law, which wrapped up last week, the city's two main journalist associations voiced concerns that the law will have "profound" implications for journalists' ability to do their work.
• UN right chief calls on China to protect human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- The United Nations human rights chief on Monday urged China to carry out recommendations from his office to protect human rights in Tibet, Xinjiang and across the country - but activists criticized his comments as weak and not backed up by action.
• US Lobbyists Drop Chinese Clients Amid Tightened Scrutiny VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Lobbying firms in Washington are reportedly rushing to drop clients from China as lawmakers look to tighten scrutiny. The push comes in the wake of a surge in Chinese lobbying in recent years and growing concerns about China's influence.
• Audio of Kinmen boat collision turned over to prosecutors: Coast Guard CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Taiwan's Coast Guard said Monday it has given prosecutors audio recordings of the fatal capsizing of a Chinese speedboat that fled and collided with a Coast Guard patrol boat last month near Kinmen.
• Naming of Kinmen boat collision report sparks disorder in Legislature CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- A Legislative hearing on Monday descended into arguing over the naming of a report on the fatal capsizing of a Chinese speedboat last month after it collided with a Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol boat off the coast of Kinmen.
• Estonian parliamentary group visits Taiwan CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- A delegation of Estonian parliamentarians arrived in Taiwan on Monday for a five-day visit, which will include meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and other top-level government officials, to enhance bilateral exchanges, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 4, 2024 ROC MND 04 Mar 2024
• Analysts: Iran Using Gaza War to Consolidate Regional Influence VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Iran has tried to use the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to consolidate its influence in the Middle East through its sway over proxy militias in the region, say analysts. The analysts, however, question what, if anything, Tehran would stand to gain by helping the nearly five-month-old conflict to spread and intensify.
• Iran parliament polls: Results for 231 seats finalized IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- The results of parliamentary elections for 231 seats out of 290 have been finalized three days after the polls, according to the spokesman for Iran's election headquarters.
• Iran self-reliant in ensuring national security, needs no global power like others: Raeisi Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran's security is "endogenous" and the Islamic Republic does not rely on any global power to ensure its national security.
• Iran: OIC facing 'litmus test' on raging Israeli warmongering, US support Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has highlighted the importance of the upcoming emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), saying the 57-member bloc is "facing a test" on Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
• Iran opening new phase at southern oilfields; output to rise by 60,000 bpd IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Mohsen Khojasteh-Mehr says oil production at southern oilfields will rise by 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) after a new phase goes into force.
• Iran's best chance to become energy hub Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- President Ebrahim Raeisi told the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit in Algiers on Saturday that Iran is ready to become an energy hub and a safe route for distribution and transit of natural gas between producers and consumer markets.
• Iran will never bow down to enemies: IRGC commander IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy's Rear Admiral, Alireza Tangsiri says the country's forces never shy away from enemies as they are serving the people just like our dear martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the nation.
• Iran's largest oil refinery reports increase in processing capacity IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- The Abadan oil refinery, the largest in Iran, has reported an increase in processing capacity as part of an official policy to slash the export of crude oil.
• Iraqi PM: Iran stood by us during anti-terrorism war ISNA 04 Mar 2024 -- The prime minister of Iraq has lauded Iran's role in helping the Arab country's fight against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, saying the two neighbors have many common grounds.
• Iraq announces extension of oil cut to Q2 People's Daily 04 Mar 2024 -- Iraq will extend a voluntary oil production cut by 220,000 barrels per day into the second quarter of 2024, Iraqi official news agency said on Sunday.
• OPEC+ extends oil output cuts to 2nd quarter of 2024 IRNA 04 Mar 2024 -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), along with 10 other nations together known as OPEC Plus agreed on Sunday to extend output cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day into the second quarter of 2024.
• OPEC+ members extend oil output cuts to Q2 People's Daily 04 Mar 2024 -- Several OPEC+ members announced Sunday extensions of oil output cuts into the second quarter to support the "stability and balance of oil markets."
• Sharif Takes Oath as Pakistan Prime Minister for 2nd Time VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif took the oath Monday as prime minister for a second time, almost a month after a general election that was marred by large-scale allegations of voter fraud and resulted in a split mandate.
• Xi congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on election as Pakistani PM People's Daily 04 Mar 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on his election as prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM People's Daily 04 Mar 2024 -- Shahbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of an alliance led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was elected as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan in a polling held by the National Assembly or lower house of the parliament on Sunday, said the speaker of the house.
• Australia Hosting Special ASEAN Regional Summit VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Although Australia isn't a member of ASEAN, the country is hosting a summit of leaders from nine members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
• Press conference - Melbourne Prime Minister of Australia 04 Mar 2024
• Joint statement for the 2nd Australia-Malaysia Annual Leaders' Meeting Prime Minister of Australia 04 Mar 2024
• Australia pledges new funds for maritime cooperation as ASEAN summit begins Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- Canberra will invest $64 million Australian dollars (US$41.8 million) over the next four years, including A$40 million in new funding, to expand maritime cooperation with Southeast Asia, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Monday.
• Enlarging and strengthening Europe - Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany - Federal Government 04 Mar 2024 -- The six Western Balkan countries are right at the heart of Europe. Given the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, pushing ahead with enlargement is especially important for the EU, but for enlargement to happen the candidate countries have to engage in reform.
• Foreign Minister Baerbock prior to her trip to Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany - Federal Government 04 Mar 2024 -- The countries of the Western Balkans are an integral part of our Europe. Doing everything in our power to support the six countries in the region along their path towards the European Union has, in view of Russia's brutal imperialism, become a geopolitical necessity, if it wasn't before.
• Former Venezuelan Military Official Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Bribery Scheme US Dept. of Justice 04 Mar 2024 -- A former Venezuelan National Guard major pleaded guilty today to a money laundering scheme involving bribes to foreign officials and defrauding foreign financial institutions.
• Statement by National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on U.S. Sanctions on Zimbabwean Individuals and Entities The White House 04 Mar 2024
• Letters to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on the Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Zimbabwe The White House 04 Mar 2024
• Executive Order on the Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Zimbabwe The White House 04 Mar 2024
• Sanctioning Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors, and Termination of Zimbabwe Sanctions Authority US Dept. of State 04 Mar 2024 -- The United States is today designating eleven Zimbabwean individuals and three entities, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program for their connection to corruption or serious human rights abuses.
• Treasury Sanctions Zimbabwe's President and Key Actors for Corruption and Serious Human Rights Abuse US Treasury 04 Mar 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 11 individuals, including Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and three entities for their involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuse pursuant to E.O. 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
• The President: We are ready to step up our strategic partnership with Poland President of the Republic of Lithuania 04 Mar 2024 -- On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
• UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia UN News 04 Mar 2024 -- The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly has highlighted the threats of transnational organized crime, terrorism and corruption that is plaguing Somalia.
• Haitian PM's Whereabouts Unknown Since He Signed Bilateral Deal With Kenya VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- The whereabouts of Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, were not known Monday, three days after he signed a bilateral accord in Kenya to pave the way for a possible multinational force to help restore security in the troubled Caribbean nation. A fierce battle between police and armed gangs took place in Haiti over the weekend, and a gang leader there has called for Henry's ouster.
• Haiti Orders Nighttime Curfew After Prisoners Escape During Police-Gang Gunfight VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Authorities in Haiti say they are enforcing a nighttime curfew following an eruption of weekend violence, including armed gangs fighting with police at the National Penitentiary.
• China Emerging as One of the Key Foreign Investors in Indonesia's New Capital City VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is overcrowded, polluted, prone to earthquakes and often described as the world's fastest sinking city, due to groundwater extraction and climate change.