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• The Houthis must stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 12 Sep 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Yemen.

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• Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 12 Sep 2024
• Roosevelt Group Heading to Indo-Pacific; No Change in U.S. Policy on Long-Range Weapons DoD News 12 Sep 2024 -- The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is heading to the Indo-Pacific area of operations after completing its mission in U.S. Central Command, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said today.
• Senate Holds Nomination Hearing for Southcom Commander, Guard Bureau Chief DoD News 12 Sep 2024 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee today held a hearing to consider the promotions and nominations of the next officers to lead the National Guard Bureau and U.S. Southern Command.
• Africom Commander Stresses Cooperation, Consultation With African Nations DoD News 12 Sep 2024 -- The challenges in the various areas of the African continent cannot be met or solved by one country alone, nor can solutions be imposed from without, and that is at the heart of the strategy of U.S. Africa Command, said Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley today.
• New DLA Strategic Plan Frames Goals for 2025-2030 DoD News 12 Sep 2024 -- Overcoming contested logistics challenges as the nation faces adversaries in all domains is the Defense Logistics Agency's top priority as outlined in its new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, "DLA Transforms: A Call to Action."
• DOD Improves Microelectronics Education and Workforce Training in Indiana DoD 12 Sep 2024 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced a three-year, $9.5 million award to create and improve microelectronics-focused education training centers in Indiana with non-profit Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. (ROI).
• Cannon AFB first to test new AFSOC Combat Readiness Inspection US Air Force 12 Sep 2024 -- The 27th Special Operations Wing conducted its first combat readiness inspection as a part of Emerald Warrior 24 FTX II in various locations throughout the western United States, Aug. 4 to Aug. 9.
• Readout of US Air Force Chief of Staff counterpart visit with Royal Malaysian Air Force Chief of Air Force US Air Force 12 Sep 2024 -- U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin hosted Royal Malaysian Air Force Chief of Air Force Gen. Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Asghar Khan bin Goriman Khan for an official counterpart visit Sept. 10 to strengthen the longstanding bilateral defense relationship and discuss opportunities for further cooperation.
• Navy Announces Commissioning Date for the Future USS Nantucket (LCS 27) US Navy 12 Sep 2024 -- The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), November 16, 2024, at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston..
• USS Manchester (LCS 14) Returns to San Diego Homeport US Navy 12 Sep 2024 -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14) arrived at its San Diego homeport Sept. 11, following an 18-month deployment.
• Royal Australian Air Force, Italy, and U.S. naval forces conduct a multilateral exercise US Navy 12 Sep 2024 -- The U.S. and Italy navies, alongside the Royal Australia Air Force, convened to conduct a multilateral exercise in the South China Sea in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Sept. 8-11.
• Readout of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti's Meeting with the Chief of Staff of the French Navy Adm. Nicolas Vaujour at the Pentagon US Navy Press Release 12 Sep 2024 -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti welcomed Chief of Staff of the French Navy Adm. Nicolas Vaujour to the Pentagon today to discuss regional security, maritime stability, and increased interoperability between their navies.
• SECNAV Del Toro Hosts Foreign Area Officer Summit at U.S. Naval Academy US Navy Press Release 12 Sep 2024 -- Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro hosted the first-ever Department of the Navy Foreign Area Officers Summit at the U.S. Naval Academy's Mahan Hall, Sept. 12, 2024.
• Marine Corps Adds AGM-158A JASSM to Arsenal USMC News 12 Sep 2024 -- Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 became the first to conduct ordnance operations with the Marine Corps' newest F/A-18 Hornet weapon, the AGM-158A joint air-to-surface standoff missile, during validation and verification testing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Aug. 27-28, 2024.
• USAF B-52 Stratofortresses complete double-transatlantic mission EUCOM 12 Sep 2024 -- BTF 24-4 is one of several exercises and military activities, under multiple combatant commands, which enables the U.S. joint force to train with Allies and partners and improve shared understanding, trust, and interoperability on security challenges across the globe.
• U.S., Romanian defense officials hold staff talks, Moldova Security Assistance Roundtable EUCOM 12 Sep 2024 -- Romanian representatives of the Ministry of National Defense received a U.S. European Command delegation in Bucharest, September 10, 2024, to discuss security cooperation and support to Allies and partners and pave a way forward for continued military cooperation.
• U.S. Army Already Implementing Key Lessons From Ukraine War, Chief Says RFE/RL 12 Sep 2024 -- The U.S. Army has reduced the footprint of its command posts and increased the speed with which they can be set up and taken down as it implements key lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, its chief said.
• VOA interview: House committee chairman speaks on Afghan withdrawal report VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- U.S. Representative Michael McCaul's office recently released detailed findings of an investigation into the chaotic August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which has been criticized for poor planning.
• Colombian Nationals Sentenced for Plot to Murder American Soldiers US Dept. of Justice 12 Sep 2024 -- Colombian nationals Andres Fernando Medina Rodriguez, 40, and Ciro Alfonso Gutierrez Ballesteros, 31, were sentenced today to 35 and 30 years in prison, respectively, for conspiring and attempting to murder U.S. soldiers by detonating a car bomb outside a military base near the Colombia-Venezuela border.
• Allied Russia experts meet in Brussels NATO 12 Sep 2024 -- Russia Policy Directors from across the Alliance convened with experts from NATO Headquarters and beyond on Thursday (12 September) to accelerate the ongoing work on NATO's strategic approach to Russia.
• Meeting with BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters President of Russia 12 Sep 2024 -- The President of Russia held a meeting with high-ranking representatives of BRICS states responsible for security matters at the Constantine Palace.
• Interaction 2024, Search 2024, Echelon 2024 exercises completed in Kyrgyzstan Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- Today, the active phase of the CSTO CRRF Interaction 2024 command post exercise, Search 2024 and Echelon 2024 special exercises concluded on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Northern Fleet Arctic group repels mock air enemy close to Northern Sea Route Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- As part of the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise in the eastern Arctic Ocean, the Northern Fleet's expeditionary force conducted a training exercise to repel a mock air attack.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: NBC protection troops place aerosol screen at Pacific Fleet Submarine Force's homeport on Kamchatka Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- On Kamchatka, at the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force's home station, chemical units trained setting an aerosol screen along the mooring line within the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Northern Fleet's pilots drop bombs on ground targets Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- As part of the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Northern Fleet's pilots of the mixed aviation corps hit ground targets of the mock enemy.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Baltic Fleet's surface action group destroys mock warships Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, a surface action group of the Baltic Fleet made up of the small missile ships Sovetsk and Zelyony Dol, practised launching a missile strike against targets simulating ship battle forces and coastal objects of the mock enemy located at a considerable distance. The ships carried out electronic launches of Kalibr missiles during this episode of the exercise.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Baltic Fleet's Su-24 and Su-30SM aircraft train in bombing Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- Naval aviation pilots of the Baltic Fleet trained to cover ground troops from the air during the Ocean 2024 CPX.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Caspian Flotilla's coastal troops protect bases and positions of Bal coastal missile system Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- The Coastal Troops of the Caspian Flotilla involved in the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills have deployed Bal coastal missile systems equipped with Kh-35 anti-ship missiles. They are on combat alert duty to protect a naval surface group from the shore.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Baltic Fleet's surface action group in Lake Ladoga conducts electronic launches of Kalibr missiles against mock warships and coastal military infrastructure Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- A surface action group made up of the small missile ships Grad and Naro-Fominsk carried out electronic missile launches against targets simulating a detachment of warships and coastal military infrastructure of a mock enemy in Lake Ladoga within the framework of the Ocean 2024 CPX.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Caspian Flotilla ships destroy mock UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, warships of the Caspian Flotilla destroyed mock enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and trained to eliminate uncrewed surface vehicles posing an attack threat.
  During the exercise, the crews employed passive jamming systems, 30-mm Palash anti-aircraft missile artillery systems and artillery systems, and AK-306 automatic artillery systems.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: two Tu-22m3 long-range bombers fly over neutral waters of Baltic Sea Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- Tu-22m3 supersonic long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces operated over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea waters during the Ocean 2024 CPX and trained to eliminate a ship detachment of the mock enemy.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Russian and Chinese ships perform artillery live fires at naval and aerial targets in Sea of Japan Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- Warships of the Pacific Fleet and PLA Navy as a part of a joint detachment practised organisation of all types of defence when changing an area of performance of tasks within the Ocean 2024 CPX in the central part of the Sea of Japan.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Pacific Fleet ships hit target-missile of mock enemy by air defence missiles and artillery Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- According to the training plan, a missile boat from Primorye Flotilla (Pacific Fleet) launched a Moskit target-missile in the interests of a detachment of ships operating in the Sea of Japan.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Baltic Fleet's helicopters trained anti-submarine warfare Russia MoD 12 Sep 2024 -- Within the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Ka-27 and Ka-27M shipborne anti-submarine helicopters of the Baltic Marine Naval Aviation underwent drills to search for, track, and destroy mock enemy submarines in the Fleet's maritime training zone.
• Answer to a media question President of Russia 12 Sep 2024 -- "Therefore, it is not a question of allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. It is about deciding whether NATO countries become directly involved in the military conflict or not. If this decision is made, it will mean nothing short of direct involvement - it will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are parties to the war in Ukraine."
• US reconsidering Ukraine missile restrictions on firing into Russia VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- The United States signaled Thursday that it may allow Ukraine to fire missiles more deeply into Russia to destroy weapons that Moscow has deployed to launch airstrikes throughout Ukraine.
• Secretary General at Crimea Platform: NATO's commitment to Ukraine is stronger than ever NATO 12 Sep 2024 -- On Wednesday (11 September 2024), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed the Fourth Summit of the International Crimea Platform. In his video message he described how the decisions taken at NATO's Washington Summit would "make Ukraine stronger, save lives and help Ukraine prevail."
• Polish Leaders Urge Blinken To Lift Limits On Ukraine's Use Of Long-Range Weapons RFE/RL 12 Sep 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on September 12 concluded a European tour in Poland, where he heard more appeals for a change in Washington's policy restricting the use of Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia.
• Lithuania Announced Readiness to Increase Support for Ukraine's Defense Industry - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 12 Sep 2024
• Defense Support, Reconstruction and the Path to the EU: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Met with the President of Estonia President of Ukraine 12 Sep 2024
• The President Discussed the Strengthening of Military and Technical Cooperation with the Prime Minister of Latvia President of Ukraine 12 Sep 2024
• Chinese, US militaries should ensure 'first button of a shirt' must be put right: PLA lieutenant general Global Times 12 Sep 2024 -- China welcomes the US department of defense delegation to attend the ongoing Beijing Xiangshan Forum, and it's significant for the two militaries to maintain communication in order to avoid misjudgments and to better manage differences and risks, Lieutenant General He Lei, former vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), told the Global Times on Thursday on the sidelines of the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.
• DOD Delegation to Hold Talks With Chinese Counterparts in Beijing DoD News 12 Sep 2024 -- A Defense Department delegation will reaffirm the United States' commitment to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific while in Beijing this week to attend an international security forum and hold high-level talks with Chinese military officials.
• Air Force changes pilot flight suit color in response to PLA incursions CNA 12 Sep 2024 -- Taiwan's Air Force has said the color of flight suits worn by all warplane pilots during training missions has been changed from orange to green, in response to China's frequent military harassment and incursions around Taiwan.
• Mirage-2000 engine lost thrust before crash: Air Force CNA 11 Sep 2024 -- Taiwan's Air Force said Wednesday that initial investigations indicate one of its Mirage-2000 fighters lost thrust in its engine before crashing into the sea off Hsinchu on Tuesday night, though a thorough probe will be conducted to determine what caused the incident.
• North Korea ballistic missile launches on 12 September 2024: FCDO statement UK FCDO 12 Sep 2024 -- Following North Korea's ballistic missile launches on 12 September, a Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson gave a statement.
• North Korea unveils uranium enrichment facility for the first time Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- North Korea unveiled details of its uranium enrichment facility for the first time, with its leader calling for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment so it can increase its nuclear arsenal for self-defense.
• North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles: Seoul Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, the South Korean military said, hours after the North sent a batch of balloons suspected to be bearing trash toward the South.
• Meeting of National Security Adviser with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the BRICS NSA Meeting India MEA 12 Sep 2024 -- National Security Adviser Shri Ajit Doval, KC met Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Political Bureau and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, H.E.Mr. Wang Yi on 12 September 2024 in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the sidelines of the Meeting of BRICS High-Ranking Officials Responsible for Security Matters/National Security Advisers.
• Transcript of Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson (September 12, 2024) India MEA 12 Sep 2024
• Philippines, China Hold Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea Philippines DFA 12 Sep 2024 -- Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro had a frank and candid exchange of views with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong on managing the situation in the West Philippine Sea, including in Escoda Shoal, during a meeting of the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism held in Beijing on 11 September 2024.
• Nuclear safeguards: AUKUS statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, September 2024 UK FCDO 12 Sep 2024 -- UK Ambassador to the IAEA Corinne Kitsell's statement on behalf of Australia, the UK and the US to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors on IAEA safeguards and AUKUS
• Royal Navy and RAF shadow Russian ships and intercept Russian aircraft to protect UK national security UK MOD 12 Sep 2024 -- HMS Iron Duke and HMS Tyne shadowed four Russian vessels in UK waters and RAF jets intercepted a Russian Bear aircraft approaching the UK area of interest
• Royal Navy's nuclear submarine support facility upgraded UK MOD 12 Sep 2024 -- UK submarines will be able to go through maintenance work faster and therefore redeploy more quickly, following major upgrade works at a key naval base facility
• DRDO & Indian Navy successfully flight test Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile off Odisha coast India PIB 12 Sep 2024 -- Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy successfully conducted the flight test of the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha, on September 12, 2024, at approximately 1500 hours
• Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh says Tarang Shakti Exercise will strengthen cooperation, coordination & trust with friendly countries India PIB 12 Sep 2024 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has termed Multinational Exercise 'Tarang Shakti' as an effort to strengthen cooperation, coordination and trust with the partner countries
• INDIAN ARMY CONTINGENT DEPARTS FOR INDIA- OMAN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE AL NAJAH V India PIB 12 Sep 2024 -- The Indian Army contingent departed today for the 5th edition of India-Oman Joint Military Exercise AL NAJAH
• Israel - Heavy Duty Tank Trailers DSCA 12 Sep 2024 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of Heavy Duty Tank Trailers and related equipment for an estimated cost of $164.6 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• United States Continues to Impose Sanctions on Suppliers to Pakistan's Ballistic Missile Program US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024 -- The Department of State is taking action against five entities and one individual that have been involved in the proliferation of ballistic missiles and controlled missile equipment and technology.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With ROK Minister of Defense Kim Yong-hyun DoD 12 Sep
• PH, India eye deeper defense ties Philippine News Agency 12 Sep 2024 -- The Philippines and India's military ties got a further boost with the visit of a ranking defense official of the South Asian nation to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
• Warships in South China Sea signal Germany's willingness to counter China's threats VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- Two German naval vessels are en route from South Korea to the Philippines through the South China Sea in what analysts describe as a show of Berlin's resolve to confront Chinese threats that now extend as far as Europe.
• Six months on, key measures languish in Pacific Islands pact with US VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- More than six months after a crucial security deal between Washington and some Pacific Island nations was signed into law, key features of the Compacts of Free Association have not been implemented, raising questions in the region about U.S. commitment to its Pacific partners in the face of an increasingly assertive Beijing.
• Statement by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the 2024 Quad Leaders Summit The White House 12 Sep 2024
• On-the-Record Press Gaggle by White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby The White House 12 Sep 2024
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Romanian Foreign Minister Odobescu US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024
• Joint Statement on the 4th U.S.-Lithuania Strategic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski At a Joint Press Availability US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024
• Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Poland - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Sep 2024 -- Minister Radosław Sikorski hosted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Secretary's way back from Ukraine.
• Secretary Blinken's Meetings with President Duda, Prime Minister Tusk, and Foreign Minister Sikorski of Poland US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024
• Joint Statement by Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell Lithuania MFA 12 Sep 2024 -- On September 12, 2024, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell met in Vilnius for the 4th Lithuania-U.S. Strategic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific.
• Gabrielius Landsbergis at a meeting with Kurt M. Campbell: "Lithuania and the United States are united by the understanding that the challenges posed by China and other autocracies can only be overcome by acting together" Lithuania MFA 12 Sep 2024 -- On 12 September 2024, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania and US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell met in Vilnius for the fourth round of bilateral strategic dialogue on the Indo-Pacific region.

Defense Industry

• Contracts For Sept. 12, 2024

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News
• 12 September 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 12 Sep 2024

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Prime Minister's Office Statement Israel - Prime Minister 12 Sep 2024
• 14 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on UN-run school in central Gaza: sources People's Daily 12 Sep 2024 -- At least 14 Palestinians were killed and 10 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a UN-run school sheltering displaced people in the central Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources on Wednesday.
• Guterres condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff and 12 others in Israeli strike, calls for independent probe UN News 12 Sep 2024 -- The UN chief on Thursday described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in Gaza during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as "unconscionable".
• Over 22,500 have suffered 'life-changing injuries' in Gaza: WHO UN News 12 Sep 2024 -- More than 22,500 people - a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel's offensive began - have life-changing injuries, requiring rehabilitation services "now and for years to come", the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.
• Endless and senseless killing, day after day UNRWA 12 Sep 2024
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Gaza UN Secretary-General 12 Sep 2024
• US renews call for Israel to protect humanitarian sites VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- The United States said Thursday it is continuing to press Israel to protect humanitarian sites in Gaza, a day after an Israeli airstrike hit a United Nations school complex sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing 18 people there, including six U.N. workers.
• Lebanon: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell after meeting with Foreign Minister Bou Habib European External Action Service (EEAS) 12 Sep 2024

Other Conflicts

• PH, China discuss ways to manage tensions in Escoda Shoal Philippine News Agency 12 Sep 2024 -- The Philippine and Chinese governments had "frank and candid" talks on Escoda Shoal (Sabina Shoal), the latest point of contention between the two states as Manila continued to assert that it is part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
• Philippines, China Hold Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea Philippines DFA 12 Sep 2024 -- Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro had a frank and candid exchange of views with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong on managing the situation in the West Philippine Sea, including in Escoda Shoal, during a meeting of the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism held in Beijing on 11 September 2024.
• UN warns of escalating conflict in Yemen amid humanitarian crisis, regional tensions UN News 12 Sep 2024 -- Despite recent economic de-escalation agreements, Yemen remains at risk of a return to full-scale conflict, with continued fighting and increased rhetoric between the warring sides, the UN envoy for the country warned on Thursday.
• Special Envoy Warns Security Council of Escalation, Humanitarian Crisis and Threat of 'Unprecedented' Environmental Disaster in Yemen UN Security Council 12 Sep 2024 -- Amid rising regional tensions, a national humanitarian crisis and a looming environmental disaster, all stakeholders must put Yemen first, the United Nations official charged with mediating a sustainable resolution to the conflict in that country told the Security Council today.
• Civilians killed as Myanmar rebels attack junta forces in the north Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- Thousands of people have fled from fighting between ethnic minority guerrillas and Myanmar junta troops that entered a fifth day on Thursday, and at least 10 civilians have been killed, residents told Radio Free Asia.
• China in delicate dance with Myanmar's rebel groups Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- Nearly 2 million people in Myanmar's northern Shan state are facing a shortage of medicine and other basic commodities after China shuttered its border, according to residents and ethnic rebels, who said prices for goods have "skyrocketed" in the region over the past two weeks.
• Surge of Myanmar migrants into Thailand comes with grim costs Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- When Zin Myo Yu paid to be smuggled through Myanmar's Mon state into Thailand for a lucrative factory job, she was painfully aware of the risks.
• At least 10 children killed in less than a week as deadly attacks continue in Myanmar UNICEF 12 Sep 2024 -- "UNICEF is deeply alarmed by reports that at least ten children have been killed in airstrikes in Myanmar in less than a week.
• Exclusive interview: US boosts diplomacy, security support in Somalia VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- In an exclusive interview, U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Richard Riley shed light on the ongoing diplomatic efforts and security challenges facing the East African nation, including U.S. efforts to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the ongoing dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia.
• US commander: Support for Somalia in the works as country readies for withdrawal of AU mission VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- A U.S. Marine Corps general who commands forces in Africa says stability and support programs for Somalia are in the works as the country prepares for the withdrawal of African Union troops in December.

News Reports

• U.S. Citizens Convicted of Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government US Dept. of Justice 12 Sep 2024 -- A jury today convicted Omali Yeshitela, 82, Penny Hess, 78, Jesse Nevel, 34, all of St. Louis, and Augustus C. Romain Jr., 38, of Atlanta, of conspiracy to act as agents of a foreign government. The defendants were charged in a superseding indictment on April 13, 2023.
• The United States of America and the Republic of Estonia sign Memorandum of Understanding on Countering Foreign State Information Manipulation US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024 -- Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Estonian Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop, with Estonian Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jonatan Vseviov in attendance, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation between the United States and the Republic of Estonia on countering foreign state information manipulation.
• South Korea, Interpol confiscate drugs worth $1bn in Golden Triangle Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- South Korean police in cooperation with the global police organization Interpol confiscated drugs worth about 1.4 trillion won (US$1.04 billion) across the Golden Triangle region, said South Korean police, calling the region the "main origin" of the drug ketamine.
• Report: IS-Somalia becomes financial hub; leader could be top IS chief VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- The International Crisis Group says Islamic State in Somalia has become an important financial influence for terrorism, and a report suggests the leader of the branch might become the new overall head of the militant group.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding the US intention to use the OSCE ODIHR to interfere in the Georgian elections Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Sep 2024
• Plenary session of United Cultures Forum President of Russia 12 Sep 2024 -- Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 10th St Petersburg International United Cultures Forum.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on September 12, 2024 PRC MofA 12 Sep 2024
• Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi President of Russia 12 Sep 2024 -- Vladimir Putin met with Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi.
• China tries to reshape Tibet, Xinjiang narratives with new propaganda efforts VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- Chinese authorities have rolled out new propaganda efforts aimed at countering Western narratives about the human rights situation in the northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Tibet.
• U.S., EU back Taiwan's global role, call for China to show restraint CNA 12 Sep 2024 -- The United States and the European Union issued a joint statement on Wednesday supporting Taiwan's international participation and urging China to show restraint in the Taiwan Strait following high-level talks on China and the Indo-Pacific.
• MAC slams 'ambiguous' language in Chinese law threatening Taiwanese CNA 12 Sep 2024 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Wednesday denounced as "a lie" a claim made earlier in the day by China's Taiwan Affairs Office that China only aims to punish "a very small minority of Taiwan independence diehards."
• Mainland rebukes DPP for hindering resumption of cross-Strait tourism People's Daily 12 Sep 2024 -- A mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday that Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities constitute the true hindrance to restoring normalcy to cross-Strait tourism.
• U.S. House passes act to strengthen ties with Taiwan, Pacific Islands CNA 11 Sep 2024 -- The Pacific Partnership Act, unanimously passed by the United States House of Representatives on Monday, aims to strengthen cooperation with Taiwan and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), its backers have said.
• Chinese mainland will not tolerate or condone Lai Ching-te's 'Taiwan independence' remarks: Taiwan Affairs Office Global Times 11 Sep 2024 -- Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te's insistence on "Taiwan independence" and his promotion of separatist rhetoric severely challenges the one-China principle and threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, which the Chinese mainland will not tolerate or condone, said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.
• UNGA Resolution 2758 cannot be misinterpreted or challenged: mainland spokesperson People's Daily 11 Sep 2024 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson said Wednesday that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2758, which fully reflects the one-China principle, cannot be misinterpreted or even challenged.
• Mainland pledges thorough review of public tips to combat "Taiwan independence" acts People's Daily 11 Sep 2024 -- The mainland will thoroughly review and lawfully address public tips it has received in order to crack down on a small group of diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists and their activities, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 12 Sep 2024
• Putin admires Kim Jong Un, unlike other world leaders, North Koreans are told Radio Free Asia 12 Sep 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin looks up to Kim Jong Un with the utmost admiration and respect, North Koreans were told at this week's mandatory lectures at neighborhood watch unit meetings, two residents told Radio Free Asia.
• NPT Safeguards Agreement with Iran: Quad statement to the IAEA UK FCDO 12 Sep 2024 -- France, Germany, the UK and United States (the Quad) gave a joint statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Iran's implementation of its obligations under its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement.
• Meeting with Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Ahmadian President of Russia 12 Sep 2024 -- The President of Russia had a meeting with Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Ahmadian.
• Report: Iran boosts ties with criminal networks to attack critics in US, Europe VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- The Washington Post is reporting that the Iranian government has increased its ties with criminal networks overseas to carry out attacks on its critics in the United States and Europe.
• Meeting with National Security Advisor of India Ajit Kumar Doval President of Russia 12 Sep 2024 -- The President of Russia had a meeting with National Security Advisor of the Republic of India Ajit Kumar Doval at the Constantine Palace.
• Transcript of the Press Briefing by the Spokesperson on Thursday, 12 September 2024 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Sep 2024
• Senior State Administration Officials on Venezuela US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024
• Sanctions and Visa Restrictions on Venezuelan Individuals Aligned with Nicolás Maduro in Response to Electoral Fraud US Dept. of State 12 Sep 2024 -- The United States is taking action today to promote accountability for Nicolás Maduro and his representatives for obstructing a competitive and inclusive presidential election in Venezuela and abusing the human rights of the Venezuelan people.
• Treasury Targets Venezuelan Officials Aligned with Nicolas Maduro in Response to Electoral Fraud US Treasury 12 Sep 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 16 Maduro-aligned officials who obstructed a competitive and inclusive presidential election process in Venezuela and violated the civil and human rights of the people.
• US sanctions 16 Maduro allies over disputed presidential election VOA 12 Sep 2024 -- The United States announced on Thursday its latest set of sanctions against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
• Azerbaijani Opposition Leader Ali Karimli To Face Trial On Slander Charge RFE/RL 12 Sep 2024 -- The Nasimi district court in Baku has set September 19 as the trial date for the chairman of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (AXCP), Ali Karimli, who is being prosecuted on a charge of slander.
• UNICEF responding to severe flooding in West and Central Africa affecting 4 million people UNICEF 12 Sep 2024 -- Severe flooding across West and Central Africa has hit an estimated 4 million people so far this year, many of them children, displacing at least 500,000 people and destroying more than 300,000 homes.
• World News in Brief: UNICEF mpox response in DR Congo, 'unprecedented' threat to Sudan's heritage, call to suspend Cambodia journalism charter UN News 12 Sep 2024 -- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is stepping up lifesaving support to the Congolese Government to protect children under 15 from mpox, who account for around 60 per cent of suspected cases and 80 per cent of deaths in the African nation so far this year.