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• August 21 U.S. Central Command Update CENTCOM 21 Aug 2024 -- In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed an Iranian-backed Houthi surface-to-air missile and radar system in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
• Greek-flagged oil tanker targeted in Red Sea IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- The Greek-flagged oil products tanker, Sounion, was attacked by two small boats and hit by multiple projectiles in the Red Sea near Yemen, according to the media sources.

Defense Policy / Programs

• White House downplays Chinese concerns over possible US nuclear strategy change VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- White House officials on Wednesday appeared to downplay Beijing's sentiment that it is "seriously concerned" after a report alleged the United States recently approved a secret plan to shift some of the focus of its nuclear strategy away from Russia to deal with Beijing's nuclear weapons buildup.
• Readout of 7th U.S.-Brazil Strategic Defense Talks DoD 21 Aug 2024 -- On August 20, 2024, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ms. Jana Nelson chaired the 7th U.S.-Brazil Strategic Defense Talks with Rear Admiral Fernando De Luca Marques de Oliveira, Chief, International Affairs Section, Brazilian Ministry of Defense. The meeting took place at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
• US Army advisors build relationships, partnership during major exercise in Africa Army News 21 Aug 2024 -- August 2024 was a time of excitement and successes for Botswana, from the country's first ever gold medal in the Olympic games, to the completion of exercise Southern Accord 2024 back home. In their own uniquely analogous ways, the two accomplishments highlight the teamwork, cooperation and perseverance needed to achieve strategic wins.
• US Army's continuous transformation seen as 44th ESB-E begins fielding Phoenix E Army News 21 Aug 2024 -- The 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced, 2d Theater Signal Brigade, embarked on a significant mission in June 2024 - fielding the Phoenix E, a crucial step in replacing the older Phoenix D system.
• Pacific Partnership and Pacific Angel Come Together to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness in Quang Ngai, Vietnam US Navy 21 Aug 2024 -- USNS City of Bismarck and U.S. Air Force personnel arrived in Quang Ngai, Vietnam on August 19, marking the beginning of the Vietnam mission stop for Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) and Pacific Angel 2024-3 (PA24-3).
• Pacific Partnership, Pacific Angel Come Together to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness in Quang Ngai, Vietnam US Navy 21 Aug 2024 -- Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) and U.S. Air Force personnel arrived in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, August 19, marking the beginning of the Vietnam mission stop for Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) and Pacific Angel 2024-3 (PA24-3).
• First joint training within Russian-Mongol Selenga 2024 exercise takes place in Mongolia Russia MoD 21 Aug 2024 -- The first joint training within Russian-Mongol Selenga 2024 exercise takes place in Mongolia.
• Northern Fleet's detachment leaves the port of Dudinka Russia MoD 21 Aug 2024 -- A Northern Fleet detachment of warships consisting of the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov and the large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky left the port of Dudinka in the direction of the Kara Sea.
• Modernized Russian Yak-52 Aircraft to Be Upgraded to Fight Drones Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Yak-52 is a single-engine, tandem-seat trainer aircraft designed by Yakovlev Design Bureau. The model is a derivative of the Yak-50 and is known for its impressive aerobatic capabilities and robust design.
• China, Egypt hold joint naval exercise in Mediterranean Sea Global Times 21 Aug 2024 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held a joint naval exercise with the Egyptian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, with observers on Wednesday highlighting the PLA Navy's strides toward blue water operations and the deepening of friendships with its foreign counterparts.
• 'US the primary source of nuclear threat in world' Global Times 21 Aug 2024 -- The US' constant hyping of the "China nuclear threat" theory is a convenient pretext for the US to shirk its obligation of nuclear disarmament, expand its own nuclear arsenal and seek absolute strategic predominance, a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, after US media reported President Joe Biden has approved a highly classified nuclear strategic plan that, for the first time, reorients the US' deterrent strategy to focus on China's purported expansion of its nuclear arsenal.
• ICGS Sujay makes port call in Indonesia for a two-day visit as part of overseas deployment to East Asia India PIB 21 Aug 2024 -- Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel Sujay, with an integral helicopter, on August 21, 2024, made a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia for a two-day visit, as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to East Asia
• VISIT OF ADMIRAL MARCOS SAMPAIO OLSEN, COMMANDER BRAZILIAN NAVY India PIB 21 Aug 2024 -- Admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen, Commander of Brazilian Navy is on an official visit to India from 19 to 24 Aug 24
• INDIAN NAVY SIGNS MoU WITH BEML LTD. India PIB 21 Aug 2024 -- In a major push towards indigenisation of critical Marine Engineering equipment of the Indian Navy
Kanaani: Nuclear weapons never had a place in Iran's defense, security doctrine IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- In response to a question about the anti-Iranian claim of the head of the intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the nuclear weapons have never had a place in Iran's defense and security doctrine.
• Military 'silent hangar' to help protect against foreign GPS jamming UK MOD 21 Aug 2024 -- A new test facility, one of the largest in Europe, will help military kit to be better protected from attempts to jam GPS devices.
• US official holds talks in Africa on responsible use of military AI VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- A U.S. State Department official was in Nigeria this week to meet with local and regional authorities about the responsible use of artificial intelligence in military applications.
• A look at the Defence news 12 - 18 August Netherlands Ministry of Defence 21 Aug 2024
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Jordanian Foreign Minister Safadi US Dept. of State 21 Aug 2024
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan US Dept. of State 21 Aug 2024

Defense Industry

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Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News
• 21 August 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 21 Aug 2024

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• The Hamas' Command and Control Center embedded inside the "Salah al-Din" School Compound Israel Defense Forces 21 Aug 2024
• Israel turns attention to targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, even as war in Gaza rages VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says his military is gradually shifting its attention from Gaza to Israel's northern border with Lebanon, as Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants traded new cross-border attacks on Wednesday.
• Aug 20: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 21 Aug 2024
• Despite U.S. Optimism, Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Deal Appears Some Way Off RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East hoping to broker an elusive cease-fire deal aimed at ending Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel bombs yet another school in Gaza City Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- Israel's military forces have bombed yet another school housing displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli airstrikes in Yemen's port city of Hudaydah kill 3 civilians, injure 90 Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- The Yemeni health ministry says an Israeli attack on the port city of Hudaydah has killed at least three civilians and wounded 90 more.
• 9 killed by Israeli airstrike at school in Gaza City People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- At least nine Palestinians were killed, and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, Palestinian security and medical sources said Tuesday.
• Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline UN News 21 Aug 2024 -- "Continuous" Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with further forced displacement, raising concerns that vital services could soon be cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
• UNRWA Situation Report #129 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information from 16 - 19 August 2024, is valid as of 19 August 2024 at 22:30 (local time) UNRWA 21 Aug 2024
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel The White House 21 Aug 2024
• Iran strongly slams Israel's ongoing brutal genocide in Gaza IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, has vehemently condemned the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, urging the international community to implement practical measures against the apartheid regime.
• 'Iran response to Haniyeh assassination will occur at moment of maximum surprise' IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has said that the Islamic Republic's response to Israel's assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will be carried out in a way to ensure that it "occurs at a moment of maximum surprise."
• Iran says 'manner and timing' of its response will be least expected by Israel IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic will carefully plan the timing and manner of its response to the Israeli assassination of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh to ensure "maximum surprise" and "deterrence" are achieved.
• Iran's response to Haniyeh assassination to take Israel 'by surprise': UN mission Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has said the country is to respond to the Israeli regime's assassination of Hamas's senior leader, which took place inside the Islamic Republic last month, in a time and manner that would take the regime "by surprise."
• Iran Says Retaliation To Haniyeh Killing May Take Time RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran says it will take its time in its response to the July 31 killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
• Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders meet in Doha amid continued Israeli genocide Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- Senior figures from the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad have met in the Qatari capital Doha, discussing the latest political and field developments concerning the Israeli regime's ongoing war of genocide against the coastal sliver.
• Hamas calls for end to decades-long Israeli terrorism against Palestinians Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- On the occasion of the international day of remembrance of terror victims, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called for an end to decades-long Israeli terrorism against the Palestinians and the regime's occupation of Palestine.
• Hezbollah conducts fresh attacks on Zionist positions IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah has conducted fresh attacks on four Israeli military bases and gathering places of the Zionist regime's soldiers.
• Hezbollah launches fresh attacks on Israeli-controlled positions IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah targeted the Zionist settlements and the Israeli army's positions in the north of occupied Palestine and the occupied Golan in Syria with missiles and drones.
• Lebanon's Hezbollah pound Israeli barracks in Zariit IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Simultaneously with the Zionist army's attacks on border areas and the Beqaa in Lebanon which resulted in martyrdom and injury of several Lebanese citizens, Hezbollah targeted the Israeli barracks in Zariit on Wednesday morning.
• Israel assassinates Fatah official in airstrike in southern Lebanon Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- An official with the Palestinian Fatah movement has been killed after the Israeli military carried out an airstrike in southern Lebanon, as tensions continue to escalate.
• Iraqi resistance conducts drone attack on Eilat IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- The Iraqi resistance says it has attacked an important Israeli target in the Port of Eilat with several drones.
• Iraqi resistance vows to 'surprise' enemy inside, outside Iraq after attacking Ain al-Assad Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- A major Iraqi resistance group has claimed responsibility for a strike on the US-occupied Ain al-Assad Airbase in the west of the Arab country, saying it would launch further attacks that will "surprise" the enemy.
• Iraqi resistance strikes vital Israeli military site Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has carried out new operations against a vital Israeli military site.

Other Conflicts

• Delegates Highlight Central Role of Inclusive Development, State-owned Strategies in Defusing Violence, as Security Council Debates Peacebuilding, Sustaining Peace UN Security Council 21 Aug 2024 -- Holding an open debate centred on preventing conflict and building and sustaining peace today, the Security Council heard that the principles contained in the UN Secretary-General's "A New Agenda for Peace" must be translated into concrete action on the ground while speakers, to that end, spotlighted the central role of inclusive development and State-owned strategies in defusing cycles of violence around the world.
• 'Break the cycle of violence' through prevention and peacebuilding, Security Council told UN News 21 Aug 2024 -- Violence cost the world nearly $20 trillion last year, but investment in peace and conflict prevention has been steadily decreasing, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
• The international community must work together to prevent conflict: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 21 Aug 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on peacebuilding.
• Security exec: PH has 'unassailable rights' to WPS Philippine News Agency 21 Aug 2024 -- National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año has reiterated Manila's "unassailable rights" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China's latest aggressive actions on air and sea.
• PH Navy eyes use of 'capital ships' to defend EEZ Philippine News Agency 21 Aug 2024 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) is focusing on protecting the country's vast exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with its available capital ships, a ranking naval official said on Tuesday.
• Philippines reportedly mulls expanding provisional arrangement with China after latest collision incident Global Times 21 Aug 2024 -- The Philippines is reportedly considering broadening the scope of provisional arrangement with China to ease tensions in the South China Sea.
• Taliban Bars UN's Human Rights Envoy From Entering Afghanistan RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have banned UN's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Richard Bennett from entering the country, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was quoted as saying by private Afghan broadcaster Tolo.
• UN human rights investigator confirms Taliban refused him access to Afghanistan VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett confirmed Wednesday that the Taliban, Afghanistan's de facto leaders, had prohibited him from entering the country.
• Political instability since coup prompts foreign investment exit from Myanmar Radio Free Asia 21 Aug 2024 -- Foreign investment in Myanmar has dropped precipitously in the three and a half years since the military seized power from a democratically elected government, according to officials and observers, as companies weigh the risks of operating in a nation engulfed in civil war.
• Rohingya refugees drown fleeing Myanmar's war as concerns mount Radio Free Asia 21 Aug 2024 -- Twenty-six members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority drowned when their boat capsized as they were trying to flee to Bangladesh, witnesses said, an accident likely to compound fears that the largely Muslim community is facing a new round of genocide.
• Dodik Denies That Secession From Bosnia Has Ever Been Policy Of Republika Srpska RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik denied on August 21 that the Serbian entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina has ever pursued a policy of secession and or disputed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia under the Dayton agreement.
• First WFP trucks cross Sudan's reopened Adre border with food for communities at risk of famine WFP 21 Aug 2024 -- The first WFP food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan's Darfur have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.
• WFP trucks enter Sudan's Darfur region VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- World Food Program trucks carrying urgently needed food and nutrition supplies have entered Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations agency said Wednesday.
• Nigeria deploys armed rangers to protect farmers VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- As attacks on farmers intensified across Nigeria, Fatima Bello from Sokoto abandoned dry season farming.

News Reports

• New York Man Arrested for Operating as an Illegal Agent of the Chinese Government in the United States US Dept. of Justice 21 Aug 2024 -- Yuanjun Tang, 67, a naturalized citizen of the United States and resident of Queens, New York, was charged by criminal complaint with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and making materially false statements to the FBI. Tang was arrested today in Flushing, Queens, and will be presented this afternoon.
• U.S. logs severe summer surge in COVID-19 cases amid new challenges People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- Recent weeks have witnessed a substantial wave of COVID-19 infections across the United States, primarily driven by the emergence of new variants and exacerbated by the hot summer weather.
• COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 predominant in U.S. as infections continue ticking up People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- The KP.3.1.1 COVID-19 variant, now the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant circulating in the United States, has been causing increasing infections in the country, the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed.
• Putin visits Chechnya first time in 13 years, hails Russia as 'invincible' Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya after nearly 13 years, commending Russia as "utterly invincible" amid Ukraine's aggression on the country's soil.
• Meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang President of Russia 21 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang in the Kremlin.
• Putin's Azerbaijan Visit Signals Russia's Waning Influence In The South Caucasus RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his first visit to Azerbaijan in six years, marveled at how Baku, the capital city, had developed. "It's an oasis, I would say, in the region," he said at an August 19 meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.
• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, August 21, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Aug 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency about Defence Minister of Latvia Andris Sprūds' statement concerning Latvian supplies of drones to Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Aug 2024
• Latvian National Extradited for Scheme to Illegally Export Advanced U.S.-Origin Aircraft Technology to Russia US Dept. of Justice 21 Aug 2024 -- Oleg Chistyakov, also known as Olegs Čitsjakovs, 55, of Latvia, made his initial appearance in a federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, today after being extradited from Latvia. Chistyakov is the third defendant in this case to face charges in connection with a years-long conspiracy to sell sophisticated avionics equipment to Russian companies, after Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine and despite heightened additional U.S. economic countermeasures levied against Russia.
• Russia Denies Germany Sharing Information on Nord Stream Attacks Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- The German Foreign Ministry's statements that Berlin is sharing information with Moscow on the Nord Stream terrorist attacks are a lie, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on August 21, 2024 PRC MofA 21 Aug 2024
• China's Xi pledges closer ties with Fiji for 'ocean of peace' Radio Free Asia 21 Aug 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to deepen development ties with Fiji and support Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's plan for an "ocean of peace," as the Pacific leader finished a 10-day visit to the Asian superpower before attending a major regional forum next week.
• China In Eurasia Briefing: The Power of Siberia-2 Pipeline Hits A Snag In Mongolia RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024
• Lam-Xi meeting suggests Vietnam's supply chain balance tilting toward China VOA 22 Aug 2024 -- Vietnamese President To Lam's first state visit to China since taking office underscores the strategic importance Hanoi attaches to Beijing as it balances a supply chain reshuffle by both the U.S. and China, according to analysts.
• Hong Kong journalists say press freedom declines further Radio Free Asia 21 Aug 2024 -- Press freedom in Hong Kong has fallen to its lowest point since an annual survey of the city's journalists began 11 years ago amid fears it will weaken still further in the wake of Article 23 security legislation passed in March.
• Rare-earth mining output quotas hit new high Global Times 21 Aug 2024 -- Two Chinese ministries on Tuesday set the second batch of 2024 rare-earth mining output quotas at 135,000 tons, taking the total so far this year to a new high of 270,000 tons.
• Chinese premier in Moscow to promote ties People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived here Tuesday for the 29th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government and an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
• Xi meets Fijian PM in Beijing, pledging to strengthen development cooperation People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka in Beijing on Tuesday.
• Taiwan to test new generation TOW launch platforms in Pingtung drills CNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Taiwan's military will hold the Tien Ma Exercises next week in Pingtung County, during which a new generation of TOW missile launch platforms will be tested as part of night-time shooting drills for the first time, a military source said.
• China's authoritarian ambitions will not stop with Taiwan: Lai CNA 21 Aug 2024 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Wednesday called on democratic nations to take "concrete action" to address the threat of China's authoritarian expansion, noting that Taiwan was not the only target as Beijing sought to change the international order.
• China's 'growing authoritarianism' won't stop with Taiwan: Lai Ching-te Radio Free Asia 21 Aug 2024 -- Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday urged the world's democratic countries to come together and act to prevent China from expanding authoritarianism and changing the rules-based international order.
• China urged to lift restrictions on travel to Taiwan CNA 21 Aug 2024 -- China can show goodwill in the stalled resumption of cross-Taiwan Strait tourism-oriented travel, by first allowing Chinese tourists to visit the Kinmen Islands for a major holiday in early October, a lawmaker representing the Taiwan-controlled islands said Wednesday.
• 'Silicon Shield' is about more than just Taiwan: Scholar CNA 21 Aug 2024 -- A research fellow at Academia Sinica introduced the concept of "Silicon Shield 2.0" at a security forum in Taipei on Wednesday, saying it was not "Taiwan centric," but seeks to integrate Taiwan into international supply chains.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 21 Aug 2024
• President Pezeshkian appreciates parliament's absolute support for Cabinet IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appreciated the country's parliament for its vote of confidence in his list of Cabinet ministers, saying the fact that the legislature approved all the ministers is a sign of high level of cooperation and synergy between the two branches of the government.
• In Rare Move, Iranian Parliament Approves Full Cabinet Of New President Pezeshkian RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's hard-line parliament approved moderate reformist Masud Pezeshkian's 19-member Cabinet, accepting the entire slate of ministers without a change for the first time since 2001.
• Iran's parliament approves new president's minister appointees VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's parliament gave a "vote of confidence" to President Masoud Pezeshkian's proposed ministers on Wednesday, officially establishing his government.
• Iran's parliament approves President Pezeshkian's entire cabinet IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- After five working days and 10 open sessions of Iranian lawmakers to review the backgrounds, qualifications and plans of the proposed ministers, 19 cabinet ministers of the 14th government were determined by the full vote of confidence of the members of the parliament.
• All of President Pezeshkian's ministerial picks win parliament's vote of confidence Press TV 21 Aug 2024 -- The Iranian parliament (Majlis) has ended the debate on nominees for the country's new cabinet and approved all of President Masoud Pezeshkian's 19 cabinet picks.
• Zionist regime root cause of threat to regional, int'l peace, security: Iran FM spox IRNA 21 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the racist Zionist regime is the root cause of threat to the regional and international peace and security.
• Iran's Military Denies Safety Breach Was Partial Cause Of Chopper Crash That Killed President RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has rejected a media report saying that the helicopter crash in May in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft's inability to handle the weight it was carrying.
• "Chandrayaan 3 was a milestone: Chandrayaan 4 and 5 to Follow," announces Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh India PIB 21 Aug 2024 -- "Chandrayaan 3 was a milestone, Chandrayaan 4 and 5 will follow," announced Union Minister Dr
• Russia leverages ouster of Bangladesh PM to baselessly accuse US of fomenting coup VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- The unfounded conspiracy theory that the United States orchestrated the ouster of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dominates Russian disinformation narrative. The propaganda campaign involves top state officials and news media.
• World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues UN News 21 Aug 2024 -- The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan's Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.
• Azerbaijan applies for BRICS membership People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- Azerbaijan has formally applied to join the BRICS group, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
• Cameroon opposition, civil society blame low voter registration on president Biya VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- Cameroon is trying to register voters before the nearing deadline. But the political opposition and civil society say most qualified voters are reluctant to register because they think President Paul Biya plans to rig elections. Barely 50% of qualified civilians have registered for the election expected in October 2025.