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• Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on DOD Support to Hurricane Helene Response Efforts DoD 06 Oct 2024 -- "At the request of FEMA and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, and in close coordination with our local, state, and federal partners, the Department of Defense continues to be integrated into the efforts of local, state, and federal emergency responders to help the people of North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene."
• Tennessee Guardsmen Continue Supporting Helene Recovery Efforts Army News 06 Oct 2024 -- More than 450 Soldiers and Airmen with the Tennessee National Guard continue to support state, county, and local first responders in East Tennessee areas impacted by severe flooding following Hurricane Helene.
• US sends aircraft, personnel to assist in Batanes relief ops Philippine News Agency 06 Oct 2024 -- The United States (US) has deployed personnel and planes in the Philippines to assist in relief operations in the province of Batanes following the onslaught of Typhoon Julian (Krathon).
• Iran condemns 'unlawful' US, UK airstrikes on Yemen Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- Iran has condemned in the strongest terms the latest round of joint airstrikes by American and British forces against targets in Yemen, stating that the aerial attacks are in flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and international law.
• Iran strongly condemns US-UK aggression against Yemen IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh has strongly condemned yet another attacks launched by the United States and Britain on Yemen as part of their efforts to protect the Zionist regime and its interest in the West Asia region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 1,000 UK troops show commitment to eastern Europe in NATO exercise UK MOD 06 Oct 2024 -- More than 1,000 British troops have begun one of the largest exercises this year in the Balkans, showing the UK's commitment to the region's security.
• In Kazakhstan, Unbreakable Brotherhood 2024 CSTO command post exercise is finished Russia MoD 06 Oct 2024 -- Today, at the Bereg training ground of the Kazakhstan armed forces, the Unbreakable Brotherhood 2024 CSTO command post exercise was overed by a joint operation.
• In Kharkiv, Dutch Defense Chief Says Drone Aid, More F-16s Coming RFE/RL 06 Oct 2024 -- In a surprise visit to Kyiv and the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans offered 400 million euros ($439 million) to aid Ukraine's drone program and vowed that deliveries of additional Dutch F-16 fighter jets would arrive in the "coming months."
• Netherlands Supply Kiev With First Batch of F-16s - Defense Minister Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- The Netherlands have supplied Ukraine with the first batch of F-16 fighter jets out of the 24 pledged in 2023, with the remaining ones to be delivered in the coming months, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Sunday.
• UK trade mission visits Kyiv to deepen industry ties UK MOD 06 Oct 2024 -- Trade mission agrees key requirements for Ukraine's future equipment and capability needs.
• Deployment of ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East Australia DOD 06 Oct 2024 -- The Australian Government has deployed ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East as part of Operation Beech.
• LONG RANGE TRAINING DEPLOYMENT OF FIRST TRAINING SQUADRON TO MUSCAT, OMAN India PIB 06 Oct 2024 -- Indian Naval Ships Tir, Shardul and Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera of First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy on long range training deployment arrived at Muscat, Oman on 05 Oct 24
• HMNZS Manawanui crew and passengers rescued after ship runs aground in Samoa New Zealand Defence Force 06 Oct 2024 -- Crew and passengers of Royal New Zealand Navy Ship HMNZS Manawanui were rescued in the early hours of the morning on Sunday in Samoa after the vessel was grounded off the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa.
• HMNZS Manawanui update Royal New Zealand Navy 06 Oct 2024 -- The 75 crew and passengers on board HMNZS Manawanui have made it to safety in Samoa after the ship grounded near the southern coast of Upolu. They are being supported in Samoa or on supporting vessels.
• Samoa Fears Oil Spill After New Zealand Navy Ship Sinks - Reports Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- A New Zealand Navy ship, which earlier ran aground near Samoa earlier, caught fire and then completely sank, in connection with which concerns are growing on the island about a possible oil spill, local portal reported.
• Azerbaijan under pressure to annul military deal with US IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- A group of legislators in the Republic of Azerbaijan called on the government to review Baku's relations with Washington and withdraw from a military agreement with the United States.
• Ukrainian missile attack kills 6 North Korean officers: report Radio Free Asia 06 Oct 2024 -- Six North Korean military officers were among about 20 military personnel killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near the city of Donetsk, a Ukrainian news agency reported.

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• PM Netanyahu visited an IDF base on the northern border Israel - Prime Minister 06 Oct 2024
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 06 Oct 2024
• PM's Office Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 06 Oct 2024 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today, spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron.
• US Offers Israel 'Compensation' for Avoiding Attacks on Some Iranian Targets - Reports Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- The administration of US President Joe Biden has offered Israel a "compensation package" if it refrains from striking some Iranian targets in response to the recent missile attack on the Jewish state, Israeli state broadcaster Kan reported on Sunday.
• Iran's retaliatory attacks against Israel 'among largest in history': Netanyahu Press TV 05 Oct 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the retaliatory attacks that Iran has carried out against the occupied Palestinian territories as being "among the largest in history."
• Netanyahu Vows to Defeat 'Iranian Proxies' Without Help of Nations Mulling Arms Embargo Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his confidence on Saturday that Israel would defeat so-called 'pro-Iranian forces' in the region without the help of the Western countries that consider imposing an arms embargo on the Jewish state.
• Netanyahu lashes out at Macron over call for 'arms embargo' on Israel Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- French President Emanuel Macron has called for an "arms embargo" on the Israeli regime over the latter's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, prompting a fiery backlash from the regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Oct. 5: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 06 Oct 2024
• Israeli regime martyrs 30 Palestinians, injures 150 in Gaza IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Palestinian media reported that the Zionist army attacks on northern Gaza have martyred 30 Palestinians and injured 150 others.
• Dozens killed in massive Israeli bombing of school, mosque in Gaza Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- The Gaza government says Israel has committed "two horrific massacres" in the central Gaza Strip, killing 24 Palestinians and injuring 93 others.
• Death Toll From Israeli Strike on Gaza Mosque Rises to 24 - Report Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- The death toll from Israel's strike on a mosque sheltering displaced persons in the city of Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip has risen to 24, Palestinian news agency Shehab reported on Sunday.
• IDF Launches Military Operation Against Hamas in North of Gaza Strip Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that it began a military operation in the Jabalya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, adding that it struck several infrastructure facilities of Palestinian movement Hamas.
• Israel marks one year since Hamas attack VOA 06 Oct 2024 -- Israel's military said Monday it carried out airstrikes targeting Hamas militants in the central Gaza Strip, one year after a Hamas attack on southern Israel sparked a war that includes fighting in Lebanon and concerns about a regional conflict.
• Israel Intensifies Attacks Near Beirut As October 7 Anniversary Looms RFE/RL 06 Oct 2024 -- Israel stepped up its massive air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in its drive to wipe out Hezbollah's capabilities and leadership, even as the world awaits with trepidation the October 7 anniversary of the bloody attack on Israel by Hamas -- which, like Hezbollah, is a U.S.-designated terror group with ties to Iran.
• Israel Started to Plan Pager Blast Operation Against Hezbollah Back in 2022 - Reports Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- Israel has begun planning an operation to blow up pagers belonging to Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah back in 2022, The Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing Israeli, Middle Eastern and US officials, familiar with the events.
• Israeli Army Strikes School, Mosque in Gaza, Continues Attacks on Lebanese Territory Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed a strike at the Ibn Rushd school and the Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque in the Gaza Strip town of Deir al Balah, where it said the command centers of Palestinian movement Hamas had been hosted.
• Hezbollah fires two ballistic missiles into occupied Palestine: Report IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Two ballistic missiles have been fired from Lebanon to the southern and central occupied Palestine, media outlets have reported.
• Zionist regime once again targets Syria-Lebanon borders IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Syrian media confirmed on Saturday night that Israel has bombed the Qusayr area in the suburbs of Homs, a border town with Lebanon.
• Hezbollah rockets, drones rain down on Zionist settlements, bases IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement has fired a barrage of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, a towns containing Zionist settlements and other positions in the north of occupied Palestine.
• Hezbollah attacks Israeli-occupied city with rockets Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has hit Israel's Carmel base in Haifa with rockets, causing chaos and casualties in the Israeli-occupied city.
• Lebanon delays school year amid Israel's escalating bombing campaign Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- Lebanese authorities have announced a delay in the start of the school year due to the escalating Israeli attacks, which have killed hundreds and displaced more than a million people across Lebanon.
• Hezbollah targets Israel's military base with 'squadron of attack drones' Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- Hezbollah says its fighters have launched attack drones at an Israeli military base near the northern city of Haifa, in response to the regime's "barbaric" invasion of Lebanon.
• Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe UN News 06 Oct 2024 -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the "humanitarian catastrophe" now engulfing Lebanon following a massive escalation in Israeli airstrikes and a "limited" ground invasion there targeting Hezbollah militants.
• UNHCR's Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon UNHCR 06 Oct 2024 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Lebanon.
• Israel's invasion of Lebanon displaces over 20,000 Palestinian refugees: UNRWA Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi says Israel's devastating airstrikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut have displaced about 20,000 Palestinian refugees in the country.
• Iran FM spokesman slams Netanyahu crimes, urging seriously dealing with 'modern day Hitler' IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly condemned the Zionist crimes in Lebanon and Palestine, terming Benjamin Netanyahu as the "modern day Hitler" that has to be seriously and effectively dealt with by the international community.
• Iran cancels flights to prepare for Strong Response operation: Nournews Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- An account on the X social media platform which is affiliated to Iran's Supreme National Security Council says that the country is preparing for an operation to hit 35 strategic targets in the Israeli-occupied Palestine after authorities ordered flights cancellations in several airports in the country.
• Iran's attack on Israel aimed to stop its crimes, build peace in region: President Pezeshkian Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country's recent missile attack on Israel aimed to stop the regime's crimes and establish peace in the region.
• Macron Tells Netanyahu War in Gaza, Lebanon Not in Israel's Interests Sputnik 06 Oct 2024 -- French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that arms supplies to Israel and the continuation of the conflict in Gaza, as well as its extension to Lebanon, were not in the interests of the Israelis, adding that "the time has come for a ceasefire," the French leader's office said.
• PM statement on one-year anniversary of the October 7th attacks Gov.UK 06 Oct 2024
• Iraqi resistance launches airstrike against occupied Golan: Report IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has conducted a drone attack against the occupied Golan Heights in southwestern Syria.
• Iraqi resistance attacks three Israeli positions in occupied Golan Heights Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has conducted drone attacks against Israeli targets in the occupied Golan Heights in support of Palestinian and Lebanese people amid the occupying regime's ongoing aggression in Gaza and Lebanon.
• Al-Aqsa Storm 'legitimate act' by Palestinians: Houthi IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Leader of Yemen's ruling Houthi Ansarullah Movement has described the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation as a "legitimate act" by the Palestinians and a "natural response" to decades of Israeli oppression.
• Israel's genocide in Gaza will definitely lead to its destruction: Houthi Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement says the Israeli regime will definitely face "destruction" given its acts of genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza Strip.

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• Deadly bomb hits Chinese convoy in southern Pakistan VOA 06 Oct 2024 -- A powerful bomb blast in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi targeted a convoy transporting Chinese nationals late on Sunday, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others.
• Amid relentless attacks on children in Sudan, at least 13 children reportedly killed and another 4 injured in Al Kuma, North Darfur UNICEF 06 Oct 2024 -- At least 13 children were reportedly killed and another 4 injured in airstrikes in Al Kuma, in Sudan's North Darfur State on Friday. The children who were killed were between the ages of 6 and 17.

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• Central Asian Returnees Struggle To Find Work Amid Russia's Record-High Deportations RFE/RL 06 Oct 2024 -- Ever since she was deported from Russia last year, Dilfuza Hayitova has been looking for work in her native city of Termez, in southeastern Uzbekistan. But jobs are hard to find in the country, forcing the single mother to survive with a meager income from recycling plastic bottles and empty cans.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 06 Oct 2024
• Xi, Kim exchange congratulatory messages over 75th anniversary of China-DPRK diplomatic ties Global Times 06 Oct 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and 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 (DPRK), on Sunday exchanged congratulatory messages over the 75th anniversary of the China-DPRK diplomatic ties.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Regional-industry Factories under Construction in North Phyongan Province KCNA 06 Oct 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, visited the regional-industry factories under construction in North Phyongan Province and guided the construction project.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Chinese President KCNA 06 Oct 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, received a message of greeting from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on October 6.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Message of Greeting to Xi Jinping KCNA 06 Oct 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, Sunday sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Oversees Live Artillery Firing by Graduates of O Jin U Artillery Academy KCNA 06 Oct 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, oversaw a live artillery firing by the 75th-term graduates of O Jin U Artillery Academy on the eve of their advance into the active commanding officers of core arm of the Korean People's Army.
• 'Iran plans to sue US on November 3 for not complying with Algiers Treaty' IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Deputy Commander of the IRGC for Coordination General Mohammad Reza Naqdi has stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran plans to file a lawsuit against the United States on November 3 for failing to comply with the Algiers Treaty regarding the return of Iran's assets.
• IRGC plays important role in oil facilities' security: Oil minister IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknezhad has highlighted the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s role in ensuring the security of the country's oil facilities.
• Iran's response plan for Israeli aggression 'fully ready': Report Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- The Islamic Republic's plan for a response to the Israeli regime's potential strikes on the country is "fully ready," and will be "decisively" implemented in case of aggression, according to an informed source in Iran's Armed Forces.
• IRGC Navy chief: Iran ready for 'any situation' against Israel Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has highlighted the readiness of the Iranian Armed Forces to counter enemies, including Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying they have plans in place for all fighting scenarios.
• Iran to build wall at western border within 3 years: General IRNA 06 Oct 2024 -- Kordestan's Border Guard commander has said that the construction of a wall at Iran's western borders will be complete within three years.
• Iran captures terrorists behind deadly attack on police forces in Sistan and Baluchestan Press TV 06 Oct 2024 -- Iranian security forces have arrested the two terrorists involved in a deadly shooting attack on two police officers in the country's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan more than a year ago.
• Kazakh Exit Polls Indicate 'Yes' Vote In Tightly Controlled Nuclear Referendum RFE/RL 06 Oct 2024 -- A least two exit polls indicated a large "yes" vote in a tightly controlled referendum to decide whether Kazakhstan should build its first nuclear power plant, which supporters say will help end its reliance on coal but which opponents argue is too expensive and will be an environmental hazard.