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• High Sea states impact Army Vessels CENTCOM 25 May 2024 -- This morning (Gaza time), four U.S. Army vessels supporting the maritime humanitarian aid mission in Gaza were affected by heavy sea states.
• 25 May Red Sea Update CENTCOM 25 May 2024 -- At approximately 3:50 a.m. (Sanaa time) on May 25, Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) toward the Red Sea. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.
• Yemen extends ant-Israeli operations to Mediterranean ISNA 25 May 2024 -- Yemen's Armed Forces have announced carrying out three pro-Palestinian operations, striking two Israeli ships and one headed towards the occupied territories.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Biden: Range of Missions Increasing as Pace of World Change Accelerates DoD News 25 May 2024 -- The world is not only changing rapidly, the pace of change is also accelerating. The range of missions that service members are carrying out is also increasing, said President Joe Biden.
• NATO Forming Network of Cyber Labs Along Russia's Borders - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- NATO is forming a network of cyber laboratories along the perimeter of Russia's borders in Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Romania, Artur Lyukmanov, the special presidential representative for international cooperation in information security of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with Sputnik.
• Meeting with CEOs of defence industry enterprises President of Russia 25 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with heads of the Russian defence industry enterprises during his visit to the Tactical Missiles Corporation.
• VISIT TO MUARA, BRUNEI BY INDIAN NAVAL SHIP KILTAN India PIB 25 May 2024 -- Indian Naval Ship Kiltan arrived at Muara, Brunei on 25 May 24, and was accorded a warm welcome by the Royal Brunei Navy
• The 36th Annual ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue US Dept. of State 25 May 2024 -- The United States and ASEAN held the 36th annual ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue on May 24 in Washington, D.C., to discuss expanded cooperation under our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP). Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink co-chaired the dialogue with Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of ASEAN Cooperation Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with President Abinader US Dept. of State 25 May 2024

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• Israel says to stop work of Spanish consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on Friday his country has decided to "sever the connection between Spain's representation in Israel and the Palestinians," and prohibit the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians from the West Bank.
• May 24: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 25 May 2024
• Israel assails Hamas across Gaza amid possible new round of talks VOA 25 May 2024 -- Israeli forces pressed their military operation against Hamas throughout Gaza on Saturday as the prospect of a new round of mediated negotiations grew.
• Israel Continues Gaza Attacks Despite UN Court Order To 'Immediately Halt' Rafah Offensive RFE/RL 25 May 2024 -- Israel continued bombing in the Gaza Strip, including the city of Rafah, on May 25, one day after a top UN court ordered it to halt military operations against the southern city.
• Israeli warplanes bomb Gaza after top UN court orders halt to invasion Press TV 25 May 2024 -- Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, despite an order from the UN's top court for it to "immediately halt" its military invasion of the southern city.
• Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 35,857: ministry People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 35,857, Gaza health authorities said in a press statement on Friday.
• UN court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to stop its military offensive in Rafah, with immediate effect.
• UN special rapporteur calls for imposing sanctions on Israeli regime IRNA 25 May 2024 -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has called for the imposition of sanctions against the Zionist regime.
• UN Special Rapporteur demands sanctions on Israel until it complies with ICJ ruling Press TV 25 May 2024 -- The special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories calls upon the international community to impose sanctions on Israel until the regime complies with an order by the United Nations' top court to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
• UN chief recalls ICJ decisions binding, urges Israel to comply IRNA 25 May 2024 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday recalled that the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICK) are "binding" after it ordered Israel to halt military operations in southern Gaza.
• EU urges Israel to implement ICJ order and halt Rafah offensive IRNA 25 May 2024 -- EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has urged the Israeli regime to implement the world court's orders over the situation in Gaza, including an order to immediately halt a military offensive in the southern city of Rafah.
• Scholz Says Germany Not Planning to Recognize Palestine Now Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- Germany currently has no plans to recognize Palestine as a state, since a token recognition would lead nowhere, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday.
• Global outcry for immediate stop to Rafah invasion 'too loud to ignore': UN aid chief Press TV 25 May 2024 -- UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffiths says the global outcry against the Israeli military's invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has "grown too loud to ignore".
• Pakistan Welcomes the Ruling of the International Court of Justice on Gaza Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 May 2024 -- Pakistan welcomes the additional provisional measures by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah in conformity with its obligations under the Genocide Convention and the worsening deteriorating humanitarian conditions faced by civilians.
• South Africa welcomes ICJ's order for Israel to stop military operations in Gaza People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- The South African government on Friday welcomed the order handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which asks Israel to immediately halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
• Egypt to work with Palestine to resume sending aid to Gaza: media People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- Egypt will work out a mechanism with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to resume sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Al-Qahera News reported on Friday by quoting a "high-ranking" source.
• Gaza war 'real genocide': Spanish defense minister Press TV 25 May 2024 -- Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles has called a "real genocide" Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, as the occupying regime continues its brutal aggression against the besieged territory.
• Palestinians welcome UN court ruling on halting Israeli operations in Rafah People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- The Palestinian presidency on Friday welcomed the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to stop its military offensive in Rafah with immediate effect.
• Hezbollah targets Zionist Merkava tank IRNA 25 May 2024 -- Hezbollah of Lebanon has announced it has targeted a Merkava tank of the Zionist Army in the Palestinian territories currently under Israel's occupation, local media reported.
• Hezbollah targets Zionists' positions, destroys Merkava tank IRNA 25 May 2024 -- Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has targeted the Zionist regime's positions, destroying an Israeli Merkava tank in northern occupied Palestine.
• Iraqi resistance conducts drone attack on Eilat port IRNA 25 May 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has carried out an attack on the Eilat Port in occupied Palestine with several drones.

Other Conflicts

• Israeli drone strike targets two vehicles in Syria's Qusayr near Lebanon border Press TV 25 May 2024 -- The Israeli military has reportedly carried out an aerial assault against two vehicles in Syria's central province of Homs, as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its acts of aggression against the Arab nation concurrent with a genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
• Statement by Minister of State Katja Keul prior to her visit to Libya: Germany Federal Foreign Office 25 May 2024
• No: 97, 25 May 2024, Regarding the Escalation of Fighting in Myanmar Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 May 2024
• Reports emerge of new atrocities against Rohingya in Myanmar VOA 25 May 2024 -- Reports are emerging of new atrocity crimes being committed in a concerted campaign of violence and destruction by Myanmar's military against the largely Muslim Rohingya people in northern Rakhine state.
• Armenian PM Defends Demarcation Deal With Azerbaijan In Visit To Border Region RFE/RL 25 May 2024 -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian visited the northeastern province of Tavush on May 25 to meet with residents of several border communities where a controversial demarcation process with Azerbaijan was completed earlier this month.

News Reports

• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Extradition of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas US Dept. of Justice 25 May 2024 -- The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the extradition of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as "El Nini":
• Statement from President Joe Biden on Joint U.S.-Mexican Cooperation to Extradite to the United States Major Fentanyl Criminal The White House 25 May 2024
• Cyber-terrorism poses biggest danger among new terrorist risks: Kyrgyz president People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has said that cybercrime and cyber-terrorism pose the greatest danger among new terrorist risks and threats, the press service of the Kyrgyz president reported.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Bagheri Kani Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 May 2024
• Russia's Lavrov, Iran's Kani Reaffirm Commitment to Strategic Partnership - Moscow Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has discussed bilateral cooperation, implementation of joint projects and agreements between Moscow and Tehran in a telephone conversation with Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
• The Week In Russia: The 'Extremely Brutal' Bottom Line RFE/RL 25 May 2024 -- Amid a slew of developments from a military shakeup to tactical-nuclear arms drills and rumblings about changing maritime borders in the Baltic, images of Kharkiv region frontier towns targeted in a new Russian offensive are a stark reminder of the effects of Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• China slams UK for 'wanton stigmatization' of its citizens Press TV 25 May 2024 -- China says the United Kingdom is making false charges against Chinese citizens after the death of an alleged British "spy" working for Beijing.
• US slammed for attempt to rally G7 against Chinese emerging industry Global Times 25 May 2024 -- Chinese experts have strongly criticized US efforts to rope in G7 members to form a coalition of protectionism targeting Chinese emerging industries, particularly in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, at a G7 finance meeting in Italy later this week.
• PRC Military Drills near Taiwan US Dept. of State 25 May 2024 -- The United States is deeply concerned over the People's Liberation Army joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan.
• Chinese military drills test Taiwan's defense readiness, analysts say VOA 25 May 2024 -- China wrapped up a two-day, large-scale military exercise Friday after its forces deployed 111 aircraft and 46 naval vessels to areas around Taiwan.
• 46 PLA aircraft cross Taiwan Strait median line: Defense ministry CNA 25 May 2024 -- A total of 46 Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait in the 24-hour period from at 6 a.m. Friday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Saturday.
• China's military drills hurt cross-strait stability: Presidential Office CNA 25 May 2024 -- Taiwan's Presidential Office said Saturday that China's recent large-scale military exercises around Taiwan were "provocative" and destabilizing actions, not just regionally but also internationally.
• Taiwan politicians urge China to stop political coercion of entertainers CNA 25 May 2024 -- Politicians across party lines in Taiwan said Saturday that Beijing should stop pressuring Taiwanese entertainers into making political statements, after the popular rock band Mayday did so Friday in China.
• China's large military drills around Taiwan could become regular: Experts CNA 25 May 2024 -- The latest Joint Sword-2024A military exercise conducted by China around Taiwan showed Beijing has an intent to make large-scale military drills around the island a regular move with the China Coast Guard (CCG) to play a more important role in a blockade, U.S. experts said on Friday.
• China ends drills around Taiwan, vows to 'smash all separatist plots' Press TV 25 May 2024 -- China's state media says military drills around Taiwan have ended amid Beijing's continued countermeasures "until the complete reunification of the motherland is achieved."
• U.S. senators propose bill to speed up Europe weapons transfer to Taiwan CNA 25 May 2024 -- Two U.S. senators on Friday introduced a bill to facilitate Europe's transfer of U.S.-made weapons to Taiwan to encourage stronger cooperation between European countries and Taipei.
• Legislature wraps up Friday's second reading of reform bill CNA 25 May 2024 -- The Legislature finished another full day of the ongoing second reading of legislative reform bills late Friday, passing closely watched amendments to the Law Governing the Legislative Yuan's Power.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan May 25, 2024 ROC MND 25 May 2024
• 20th Politburo Meeting of Eighth C.C., WPK Held KCNA 25 May 2024 -- The 20th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea took place on May 24.
• West Asia in desperate need of enhanced Iran-Saudi ties: Interim president ISNA 25 May 2024 -- Interim Iranian President Mohammad Mokhber says West Asia is in desperate need of improving relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
• Iran, Saudi Arabia reaffirm commitment to promoting bilateral ties People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- Iran's Interim President Mohammad Mokhber and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Friday reaffirmed their countries' commitment to expanding bilateral ties.
• Interim FM: Iran's strategic policy of good neighborliness will continue Press TV 25 May 2024 -- Interim foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani says the Islamic Republic observes the policy of good neighborliness as a strategic and unwavering policy.
• 'Iran will continue President Raisi's policy of improving ties with neighbors' IRNA 25 May 2024 -- Iran's Acting President Mohammad Mokhber says the Islamic Republic's strategy towards Iraq will "continue with strength" as part of the late President Ebrahim Raisi's policy of strengthening relations with neighboring countries.
• Raeisi's policy of strengthening ties with Iraq will continue: Interim president Press TV 25 May 2024 -- Iran's Interim President Mohammad Mokhber says the Islamic Republic will resolutely continue the policy of late president Ebrahim Raeisi to promote ties with Iraq.
• Leader: Massive turnout at funeral of Pres. Raeisi proved Iranians loyal to Islamic Revolution Press TV 25 May 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the massive turnout of Iranian people in funeral processions for the late President Ebrahim Raeisi is a testament to the nation's loyalty to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
• Leader: Mass participation in Raisi funerals shows Iran's power ISNA 25 May 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the massive turnout of Iranians for the funeral processions of late President Ebrahim Raisi demonstrated the strength of the Islamic Republic.
• Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman to visit Iran IRNA 25 May 2024 -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has accepted the invitation of the acting Iranian president Mohammad Mokhber to visit Iran.
• India's Modi faces opponents in sixth phase of mammoth elections Press TV 25 May 2024 -- The mammoth of a six-week-long election in India has recommenced, as the main opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who have accused him of unfairly singling them out for criminal investigations, are set to cast their votes in the capital city of New Delhi.
• India holds the penultimate phase of mammoth election VOA 25 May 2024 -- Millions of Indians lined up Saturday at polling booths to cast their votes in the penultimate phase of the country's multistage election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in office.
• Alleged blasphemy triggers violent Muslim mob attack on Pakistani Christians VOA 25 May 2024 -- Violent mob attacks against religious minorities in majority-Muslim Pakistan are not uncommon.
• Colleagues from the Foreign Ministries of four Baltic Sea states meet in Riga Latvia MFA 25 May 2024 -- On 25 May 2024, diplomats from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of four Baltic Sea states - Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland - gathered for an informal meeting in Riga.
• Serbian Deals With China On Extradition, Media Cooperation Could Have Lasting Impact RFE/RL 25 May 2024 -- Though the fanfare from Chinese leader Xi Jinping's stop in Serbia has subsided, deals signed during his recent visit could limit press freedom in the country and expand China's extrajudicial reach, warn experts and activists who spoke to RFE/RL.
• DFA Statement on the Advisory Opinion of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the Request Submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (Case No. 31) Philippines DFA 25 May 2024 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs welcomes the issuance today by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) of its Advisory Opinion on the 12 December 2022 request submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law