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• March 25 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza CENTCOM 25 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Central Command conducted an air drop of humanitarian assistance into Northern Gaza on March 25, 2024, at 12:10 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing DoD 25 Mar 2024
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Minister of National Defence Judith Collins of New Zealand DoD 25 Mar 2024
• Pentagon Spokesman Details U.S., Israel Meeting, Danger From ISIS DoD News 25 Mar 2024 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will meet with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tomorrow at the Pentagon to discuss a range of issues, including the release of the hostages Hamas has taken, Israeli operations to defeat Hamas in Gaza and the need to ensure the safety of the more than 1 million people sheltering in Rafah, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said today.
• Pennsylvania National Guard Hosts Lithuania Foreign Minister Army News 25 Mar 2024 -- Lithuania Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis branded the Pennsylvania National Guard's cooperation with Lithuania as "exemplary" during a U.S. visit March 23.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With National Security Advisor Akiba Takeo of Japan DoD 25 Mar 2024
• 15th MEU, USS Somerset Arrive for Third Iteration of Tiger TRIUMPH USMC News 25 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked upon the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), arrived in Visakhapatnam, India to participate in the third iteration of Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH between the U.S. and India, March 18.
• Minister Radosław Sikorski holds talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Poland - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024 -- Pakistan welcomes the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution 2728 today, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.
• Pacific Fleet's surface ships perform submarine search exercise in the Sea of Japan Russia MoD 25 Mar 2024 -- In the Sea of Japan, the corvette Sovershennyy, small anti-submarine ships Metel and Koreets of the Pacific Fleet conducted an exercise, during which the Pacific Fleet's surface group practised the tasks of searching, detecting and destroying a submarine of the mock enemy.
• China's JH-7A fighter bomber provides close air support in cross-service exercise Global Times 25 Mar 2024 -- China's JH-7A fighter bomber provided close air support to ground forces in a recent cross-service exercise, with analysts saying on Monday that the multirole aircraft has demonstrated its versatility in an attack role.
• National endeavour launched as UK outlines commitment to nuclear deterrent UK MOD 25 Mar 2024 -- New Government Command Paper sets out full scale of the UK's national nuclear endeavour.
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on March 18-24, 2024 Lithuania MND 25 Mar 2024

Defense Industry

• Contracts For March 25, 2024

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News


• 25 March 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 25 Mar 2024

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israel vows to continue raid on Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital until last "terrorist" detained People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- Chief of Israeli army's Southern Command Yaron Finkelman on Saturday said the raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza would end "only when the last terrorist is in the army's hands -- alive or dead."
• Gaza faces cash liquidity crisis People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) said on Sunday that the Gaza Strip is experiencing a cash liquidity crisis due to the disruption of banking operations caused by the ongoing Israeli attacks.
• Secretary-General's opening remarks at press encounter at Wihdat Palestine Refugee Camp UN Secretary-General 25 Mar 2024
• Secretary-General's opening remarks at press encounter with Foreign Minister Ayman Safady of Jordan UN Secretary-General 25 Mar 2024
• UNRWA Situation Report #94 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - All information from 21-23 March 2024, is valid as of 23 March 2024 at 22:30 UNRWA 25 Mar 2024
• Security Council Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza for Month of Ramadan, Adopting Resolution 2728 (2024) with 14 Members Voting in Favour, United States Abstaining UN Security Council 25 Mar 2024 -- After 171 days of war in Gaza, the Security Council today adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties, leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, while many speakers underscored that this is only the first step towards a permanent ceasefire.
• Israel's new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza 'a wrong move': UN coordinator UN News 25 Mar 2024 -- Israel's ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency on the ground in war-torn Gaza are already having a grave impact, the interim UN coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned.
• UN Security Council demands 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza, ending months-long deadlock UN News 25 Mar 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in war-ravaged Gaza during Ramadan and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
• Israel's new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza 'a wrong move': UN coordinator UN News 25 Mar 2024 -- Israel's ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency on the ground in war-torn Gaza are already having a grave impact, the interim UN coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned.
• Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding 'an immediate ceasefire' during Ramadan UN News 25 Mar 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and "the urgent need to expand the flow" of aid into Gaza. There were 14 votes in favour with the United States abstaining.
• 'We must push for lasting peace in Gaza', UN chief insists as starvation threat nears UN News 25 Mar 2024 -- With "starvation bearing down" on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for a sustainable end to the conflict and the release of all remaining hostages amid "unprecedented and ongoing devastation" in the occupied enclave.
• After Months of Deadlock, UN Security Council Demands Gaza Cease-Fire VOA 25 Mar 2024 -- The U.N. Security Council broke months of deadlock Monday and adopted a resolution demanding an "immediate" cease-fire in Gaza.
• Egypt, UN warn against Israeli operation in Gaza's Rafah People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and visiting United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday voiced complete rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from their territories and any Israeli military operation in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah.
• Joint statement by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on UNRWA Germany Federal Foreign Office 25 Mar 2024 -- Germany is making available 45 million euro for the regional work of UNRWA in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank.
• Pakistan Welcomes Adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution Demanding Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024 -- Pakistan welcomes the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution 2728 today, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.
• QA-8, 25 March 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Öncü Keçeli in Response to a Question Regarding the UN Security Council Resolution No. 2728 (2024) Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024 -- We consider the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan and humanitarian access to Gaza as a positive step.
• The UK has long called for an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire, as the fastest way to get hostages out and aid in: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 25 Mar 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Gaza.
• 'Forced transfer of Palestinians from Rafah a war crime' IRNA 25 Mar 2024 -- French President Emmanuel Macron has issued yet another warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about any forced transfer of Palestinians from the southern Gaza city of Rafah, calling any such move a war crime.
• Hamas announces first death of Israeli hostage due to "medicine and food shortages" People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced on Saturday the death of the first Israeli hostage due to "shortages of medicine and food."

Other Conflicts

• Statement Released by the DFA Spokesperson Philippines DFA 25 Mar 2024 -- Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro had a telephone call with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong this morning.
• Statement Released by the DFA Spokesperson Philippines DFA 25 Mar 2024 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs summoned the Charge d'affaires, a.i. of the Chinese Embassy this morning to convey the Philippines' strong protest against the aggressive actions undertaken by the China Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia against the rotation and resupply mission undertaken by the Philippines in Ayungin Shoal on 23 March 2024.
• Philippines summons China envoy to protest 'aggressive actions' in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- Manila on Monday summoned a Chinese envoy to strongly protest the "aggressive actions" of the China Coast Guard in the South China Sea, following an incident that left three crew members aboard a Philippine supply boat injured.
• China again lodges solemn representations to Philippines regarding Ren'ai Jiao Global Times 25 Mar 2024 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong and the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Monday lodged representations with the Philippines over the recent illegal trespassing by Philippine resupply vessels into waters adjacent to Ren'ai Jiao.
• Humanitarian Needs in Afghanistan Improve Slightly, Millions Still in Crisis VOA 25 Mar 2024 -- The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has shown preliminary signs of improvement, with the United Nations reporting a significant reduction in the number of people in need of assistance.
• Pakistan Repulses Insurgent Attack on Southwestern Naval Air Base VOA 25 Mar 2024 -- Pakistan officials said Monday that security forces killed at least four insurgents trying to infiltrate a naval air base in southwestern Baluchistan province.
• Myanmar's junta leader says nationwide elections may not be possible Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing says Myanmar will hold elections for the first time since the military seized power in 2021 if the junta can bring peace and stability to the country, Russian media reported.
• Thailand's first aid convoy arrives in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- Thailand's government started aid deliveries to Myanmar on Monday along a newly developed humanitarian corridor to assist civilians affected by fighting.

News Reports

• Seven Hackers Associated with Chinese Government Charged with Computer Intrusions Targeting Perceived Critics of China and U.S. Businesses and Politicians US Dept. of Justice 25 Mar 2024 -- An indictment was unsealed today charging seven nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC) with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their involvement in a PRC-based hacking group that spent approximately 14 years targeting U.S. and foreign critics, businesses, and political officials in furtherance of the PRC's economic espionage and foreign intelligence objectives.
• Treasury Sanctions China-Linked Hackers for Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure US Treasury 25 Mar 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that has served as cover for multiple malicious cyber operations. OFAC is also designating Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin, two Chinese nationals affiliated with Wuhan XRZ,for their roles in malicious cyber operations targeting U.S. entities that operate within U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, directly endangering U.S. national security. This action is part of a collaborative effort with the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of State, and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
• UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activity UK FCDO 25 Mar 2024 -- UK calls out pattern of malicious cyber activity by Chinese state-affiliated organisations and individuals targeting democratic institutions and parliamentarians.
• UK: Statement by the Spokesperson on recent malicious cyber activities European External Action Service (EEAS) 25 Mar 2024 -- The European Union expresses its solidarity with the United Kingdom on the impact of malicious cyber activities against their democratic processes.
• US alleges massive Chinese state-backed hacking program Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Attorney-General Merrick Garland on Monday accused the Chinese government of an effort "to intimidate Americans" and silence dissidents abroad by using a massive state-run hacking program.
• Meeting on measures being taken after the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall President of Russia 25 Mar 2024 -- The President held a videoconference meeting with the heads of the Government, regions, security services and law-enforcement agencies on measures being taken after the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert venue.
• Putin Blames 'Radical Islamists' For Concert Massacre, But Still Points To Ukraine, U.S. RFE/RL 25 Mar 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 25 said the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow was committed by radical Islamists.
• Kremlin Silent About Evidence That Moscow Attack Suspects Were Abused RFE/RL 25 Mar 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman refused to answer a question regarding indications that the four suspects in the deadly terrorist attack on a concert hall outside of Moscow may have been abused during and after their detention.
• 4 Suspects in Russia Concert Hall Attack Charged With Terrorism VOA 25 Mar 2024 -- A Moscow court Sunday ordered pre-trial detention for four suspects charged with acts of terrorism in connection with an attack on a concert hall in the Russian capital that killed at least 137 people.
• Putin calls Moscow terrorist attack bloody, barbaric, vows retribution People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called a terrorist attack here bloody and barbaric, vowing retribution for the perpetrators, organizers and financiers.
• 4 suspects charged with terrorism following Moscow concert hall attack People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- The four individuals directly involved in the Moscow concert hall attack have been charged with terrorism, local media reported on Monday.
• Kyrgyzstan Calls On Citizens Not To Travel To Russia RFE/RL 25 Mar 2024 -- Kyrgyzstan has called on its citizens not to travel to Russia, where Central Asian migrant workers and visitors are facing enormous pressure following last week's deadly attack near Moscow that left 139 people dead.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubayev Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024
• Press release on the Russian Federation's non-recognition of the outer limits of the unilaterally established US continental shelf Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024
• Remarks by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Sergey Petrovich during the 29th Session of the ISA Council, Kingston, Jamaica, March 18, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024
• Treasury Designates Russian Companies Supporting Sanctions Evasion Through Virtual Asset Services and Technology Procurement US Treasury 25 Mar 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned thirteen entities and two individuals for operating in the financial services and technology sectors of the Russian Federation economy including persons developing or offering services in virtual assets that enable the evasion of U.S. sanctions. Five entities were designated for being owned or controlled by OFAC-designated persons.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on March 25, 2024 PRC MofA 25 Mar 2024
• China Proposes Dialogue With Australia Amid Rising Tension in South China Sea VOA 25 Mar 2024 -- China said it may propose talks on maritime issues with Australia amid ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.
• China strongly opposes Blinken's criticism of Article 23, calling it blatant political manipulation, double standards Global Times 25 Mar 2024 -- China's Foreign Ministry voiced strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition on Monday to US' repeated slander and smear of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance that just took effect on Saturday in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region following the latest statement from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticizing the legislation. The ministry's spokesperson called the statement "nothing but blatant political manipulation and hypocritical double standards."
• Under new security law, Hong Kongers fear 'saying the wrong thing' Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- As the Hong Kong government tries to reassure the city's 7 million residents that they have little to fear from the latest national security law, residents say they now live in greater fear of a misstep that could land them in jail.
• Hong Kong's new security law sparks global protests, warnings Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- Hong Kongers took to the streets of cities around the world over the weekend to protest a second national security law known as "Article 23" that critics say violates rights to freedom of expression and association, as governments updated travel advisories to warn citizens of an increased risk of detention.
• Ma Ying-jeou to lead delegation of Taiwan youth to visit mainland People's Daily 25 Mar 2024 -- Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, will lead a delegation of young people from Taiwan to visit the mainland from April 1 to 11, a mainland spokesperson said on Monday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 25, 2024 ROC MND 25 Mar 2024
• Press Statement of Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK Kim Yo Jong KCNA 25 Mar 2024 -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on Monday:
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Tank Division of KPA KCNA 25 Mar 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected the headquarters of the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Tank Division of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and the First Tank Armored Infantry Regiment under the direct control of the division on March 24.
• Ryanggang province restores coronavirus emergency command as cases increase Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- A return to a Coronavirus Emergency Quarantine posture is underway in North Korea's Ryanggang province as cases of a respiratory disease with symptoms similar to COVID-19 increase, and at least one more child has died, residents told Radio Free Asia.
• Japan proposes Kishida, Kim summit: North Korean leader's sister Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, said on Monday that Pyongyang has received a summit proposal from Japan. Her comments came a month after she said the hermit state was open to enhancing its ties with Tokyo.
• Iran Mulls Financial Penalties For Hijab Rule Violations RFE/RL 25 Mar 2024 -- An Iranian lawmaker says authorities are discussing introducing financial penalties for the violation of the mandatory hijab rule as a way to depart from physical coercion or criminal action against perceived perpetrators amid growing discontent among Iranians following a wave of repression against protests prompted by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022.
• Wider Europe Briefing: What Ukraine And Moldova Need To Do To Join The EU RFE/RL 25 Mar 2024
• World News in Brief: 17 million Yemenis need health support, cholera in Somalia, OCHA chief stepping down, Haiti crisis update UN News 25 Mar 2024 -- Conflict in Yemen entered its 10th year on Monday, as UN humanitarians issued a warning that over half the country's populations are in desperate need of aid.