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• Yemen conducts 3 operations in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Bab el-Mandeb IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have conducted three operations against three ships in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Bab el-Mandeb.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 29 Oct 2024
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and DOD Sign Agreement to Bolster Interagency Collaboration on Offshore Wind Development DoD 29 Oct 2024 -- As part of the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to expand offshore wind opportunities and advance an all-of-government approach to address the climate crisis, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Defense (DOD) to support the coordinated development of wind energy generation on the Nation's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
• Readout of U.S.-Croatia Bilateral Defense Consultations DoD 29 Oct 2024
• Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience Carla N. Zeppieri, Hold an Off-Camera, On-The-Record Press Briefing on the National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan DoD 29 Oct 2024
• DoD Releases National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan DoD 29 Oct 2024 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) today published the unclassified National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan (NDIS-IP), detailing how the DoD will achieve the four strategic priorities laid out in the NDIS.
• Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks at the 2024 Microelectronics Commons Annual Meeting (As Delivered) DoD 29 Oct 2024
• Remarks of Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks at the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Defense Forum (As Delivered) DoD 29 Oct 2024
• North Korean Presence Underscores Russia's Struggle, Pentagon Press Secretary Says DoD News 29 Oct 2024 -- The Pentagon expressed concern today over North Korea's escalating support for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
• DOD Lays Out Plan to Implement National Defense Industrial Strategy DoD News 29 Oct 2024 -- In January the Defense Department released the National Defense Industrial Strategy, a first-of-its kind roadmap detailing priorities for how the department would strengthen the defense industrial base — the collection of private sector companies of all sizes responsible for building military hardware and weapons systems.
• Hicks Highlights DOD's Commitment to Responsible AI Use DoD News 29 Oct 2024 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks today spoke about the Defense Department's commitment to being a world leader in forging sound ethical policies for military use of artificial intelligence.
• With Industry Help, DOD Strives to be Leader in Microchip Research, Production DoD News 29 Oct 2024 -- Microchips enable virtually every military system, from ships, planes, tanks, long-range munitions, radar and communication gear to night vision, satellites, sensors — making them vital to the Defense Department.
• 3rd MDTF and the Intelligence Center of Excellence Execute Vanguard 24 Experiment Army News 29 Oct 2024 -- The 3rd Multi-Domain Effects Battalion (MDEB), 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3rd MDTF), partnered with the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, Joint and Allied forces, and industry partners to execute the Vanguard 24 experiment September 8-24, 2024.
• Army Engineers reinforce regional security with support to US Army Garrison Black Sea in NATO's eastern flank Army News 29 Oct 2024 -- While the U.S. Army Garrison Black Sea name is new for U.S. forces operating out of the base, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District has been designing and constructing facilities here for well over a decade.
• USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group leads Task Force 70 surface, air forces into Keen Sword 25 US Navy 29 Oct 2024 -- The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is leading a contingent of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 ships, aircraft and personnel participating in exercise Keen Sword 25 from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, 2024.
• U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Royal Malaysian Navy commence Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2024 US Navy 29 Oct 2024 -- The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Royal Malaysian Armed Forces commenced Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2024, Oct. 29. This marks the beginning of eight days of maritime engagements designed to enhance interoperability and strengthen security ties between the two nations.
• New NATO Multinational Brigade in Latvia conducts its first full-scale field Exercise Latvia MOD 29 Oct 2024 -- The NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia will conduct its first major field exercise as a complete Brigade from November 1st to November 14 in the regions of Vidzeme and Zemgale.
• Meeting between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen NATO 29 Oct 2024 -- Today Secretary General Rutte met with President von der Leyen for the first time since Mr Rutte took office at the helm of NATO.
• Strategic Deterrence Forces exercise President of Russia 29 Oct 2024 -- Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin led a training exercise that involved the forces and resources of the ground, sea and air components of the strategic deterrence forces.
• Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin supervises training of Strategic Deterrence Forces Russia MoD 29 Oct 2024 -- Today, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has supervised a training of ground, naval, and aviation components of the Strategic Deterrence Forces.
• Putin orders drills of Russia's nuclear forces amid 'emerging new threats' Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia has launched a massive exercise of the country's nuclear forces featuring missile launches in a simulation of a retaliatory strike.
• Russia Practices Massive Nuclear Retaliatory Strike in Strategic Forces Drill Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- The Yars, Sineva, and Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles were launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia's Arkhangelsk Region and from the Barents Sea during Tuesday's exercise of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Putin Oversees Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Drill From Kremlin Situation Room Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw an exercise of strategic nuclear deterrence forces from the situation center at the Kremlin.
• Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Gorshkov makes business call at port of Bizerte, Tunisia Russia MoD 29 Oct 2024 -- Today, the Northern Fleet's frigate Admiral Gorshkov, tasked with missions in the off-shore maritime zone, entered the port of Bizerte of the Republic of Tunisia.
• Zelensky Requests Tomahawk Missiles as Part of Non-Nuclear Deterrence Package - Reports Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- The clause on a "non-nuclear deterrence package" that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky requested as part of his "victory plan" included long-range Tamahawk missiles, US media reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.
• We Really Count on Progress in Bolstering Ukraine's Air Shield - President at the Meeting with Swedish Prime Minister President of Ukraine 29 Oct 2024
• President of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Finland Discuss Defense Support and Preparations for the Second Peace Summit President of Ukraine 29 Oct 2024
• Norway Increases Military Aid to Ukraine President of Ukraine 29 Oct 2024
• Norway providing support for more air defence to Ukraine Government of Norway 29 Oct 2024 -- 'Norway will provide NOK 1.4 billion in funding to expand air defence systems in Ukraine. Together with other countries, Norway is providing funding that will enable Romania to send a Patriot air defence system to Ukraine,' said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
• Army conducts simulated battle on Day 2 of exercises in Changhua CNA 29 Oct 2024 -- The second day of major military drills conducted by Taiwan's Army in Changhua County featured an "unscripted" simulated conflict between two competing brigades that involved more than 4,000 members of the armed forces.
• Army UH-60M Black Hawk fleet update Australia DOD 29 Oct 2024 -- Army is rapidly bringing its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in to service, with the aircraft and crew flying more than 1,400 hours in support of introduction into service activities since the aircraft's arrival in 2023.
• HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa New Zealand Defence Force 29 Oct 2024
• Aotearoa completes Indo-Pacific mission New Zealand Defence Force 29 Oct 2024 -- From Hawaii to the South China Sea, HMNZS Aotearoa's 2024 Operation Crucible deployment has been a successful reaffirmation of New Zealand's partnerships on the water.
• HMC Ships Glace Bay and Shawinigan return home from Baltic Sea deployment Canada 29 Oct 2024 -- His Majesty's Canadian Ships (HMCS) Glace Bay and Shawinigan returned home today from a four-month deployment with Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in the Baltic Sea under Operation REASSURANCE, Canada's support to NATO deterrence and defence measures.
• Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) returns from Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise Canada 29 Oct 2024 -- Members of the Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) (FDU(P)) have returned to Victoria, B.C., after participating in Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise 24 (MN-MIWEX 24), hosted by the Republic of Korea Navy from October 14-25, 2024, off the coast of Busan, South Korea.
• Raksha Mantri reviews the performance of DPSUs; Receives dividend cheques amounting to Rs 1,620 crore India PIB 29 Oct 2024 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviewed the performance of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) at South Block, New Delhi on October 29, 2024
• Marching Towards Atmanirbharta: India's Defence Revolution India PIB 29 Oct 2024 -- The recent inauguration of the TATA Aircraft Complex at the TATA Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) Campus in Vadodara, Gujarat, on October 28, 2024, marks a key milestone in India's journey toward Atmanirbharta in defence.
• Iran Will Increase Country's Defense Budget by Over 200% Next Year Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- Iran's defense budget will be tripled in the new calendar year that will take place on March 21, 2025, by more than 200%, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Tuesday.
• Spain cancels arms deal with Israeli company worth billions over Gaza war Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- The Spanish government has canceled a contract to buy ammunition for its Civil Guard police force from an Israeli company, amid the Israeli regime's ongoing atrocities in Gaza.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Turkish Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler DoD 29 Oct 2024
• "Our defense industry greatly contributes to the Turkish economy" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 29 Oct 2024 -- Speaking at the delivery ceremony of T625 Gökbey helicopters, President Erdoğan said: "With more than 3,500 companies and more than 90,000 employees, our defense industry is one of the sectors that make the greatest contribution to the Turkish economy. We are by far the world's largest manufacturer in the unmanned aerial vehicle market. Since 2018, Turkish companies, including TAI, have made 65 percent of UCAV sales worldwide."
• Denmark - AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles DSCA 29 Oct 2024 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Denmark of AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related elements of logistics and program support for an estimated cost of $744 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• The Defence Forces Received Additional Off-Road Vehicles Estonia CDI 29 Oct 2024 -- Today, new Mercedes-Benz Unimog U4000 trucks arrived in Estonia to support the Estonian Defence Forces in more effectively carrying out the tasks of maneuver and reconnaissance units in the field. These versatile and reliable vehicles are renowned for their capability to perform in challenging conditions.
• Finnish Defence Forces to procure domestic multiple launch rocket systems Finnish MoD 29 Oct 2024 -- The Finnish Defence Forces will procure multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) from the Finnish Patria Land Oy amounting to EUR 4.7 million.
• PH Navy ups interactions with allies via new defense plan Philippine News Agency 29 Oct 2024 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) on Tueday said it saw more interactions with its allies in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) this year as Manila shifted to protecting its vast maritime territories with the Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC).
• What is Houthis' New Al-Qaria Submersible Strike Drone and How Does It Operate? Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- The Yemeni militia effectively shut the Red Sea down to Israeli and Western commercial shipping last November, using a combination of ballistic missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and drone boats. Now, the group has apparently added an explosive underwater drone to its arsenal.
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria The White House 29 Oct 2024
• Background Press Call on U.S. Efforts to Address U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern The White House 29 Oct 2024

Defense Industry

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Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News
• 29 October 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 29 Oct 2024

Operation Days of Repentance / Yimi Tshuva

• Response to Israeli aggression will be based on int'l law: Iran's UN envoy IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations says the United States' unconditional support for Israel, coupled with its obstruction of the Security Council's mandate as a permanent member, has emboldened the Zionist regime to continue its crimes and aggressions in Gaza and Lebanon, and now against Iran, which gravely undermines regional peace and security.
• Iran will neither hesitate nor rush in responding to Israeli aggression: Araghchi Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denounced as "a flagrant violation of internal law" Israel's latest aggression against Iran, saying the Islamic Republic will neither hesitate nor rush in responding to the occupying regime.
• New surprises, heavier blows await Israel in coming days: Senior IRGC cmdr. Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- A high-ranking commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that new initiatives will catch Israel by surprise in the future and deal heavier blows to the criminal regime.
• Israeli strike on Iran 'much ado about nothing': Ayatollah Khamenei's advisor Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has downplayed Israel's recent act of aggression against Iran, stressing that Tehran could make any aggressor regret their actions.
• Iran says will exercise 'legitimate' right to defense at 'right time, place' Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani says the Islamic Republic reserves the right to self-defense, asserting that the country will exercise the "legitimate" right at the "appropriate time and place."
• Iran's response to Israeli attacks to fit within intl. law: UN envoy Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic reserves its inherent right to respond to the Israeli regime's recent attacks against the country, saying Tehran's potential retaliation will be perfectly aligned with the international law.
• Heated exchange at UNSC meeting on Israeli aggression against Iran IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was the scene of tense verbal exchange between the United States and its supporters justifying terroristic actions of the occupying Zionist regime and other member states that are opposed to Israel's destabilizing behaviors in the West Asia region.

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israel votes to ban UN Palestinian aid agency, drawing outcry Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- Israel passed a law on Monday banning the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact its work in war-torn Gaza, Reuters reported.
• Oct. 28: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 29 Oct 2024
• 4 more Zionist soldiers killed in northern Gaza IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- The Zionist regime's army has admitted that four more Israeli soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in an ambush by resistance combatants in Jabalia, located in the northern Gaza Strip.
• At least 77 killed in latest Israeli regime attack on Gaza IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- At least 77 Palestinians have been killed in the latest Israeli regime attack on civilians in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel has killed nearly 12,000 students since Oct 2023: Gaza education ministry Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Gaza's Ministry of Education says Israel has killed at least 11,852 students across the besieged Palestinian territory since October 2023.
• Death toll from Israel's strikes on Gaza's Beit Lahia rises to 109 Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Israeli warplanes have bombed a residential building sheltering displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, killing scores of people and trapping many others .
• Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza surpasses 43,000 People's Daily 29 Oct 2024 -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 43,000, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Monday.
• Hezbollah Names Naim Qassem As Successor To Slain Chief Nasrallah RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- Hezbollah has elected its deputy secretary-general, Naim Qassem, to succeed slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, the group announced on October 29.
• Naim Qassem elected as new chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has been elected as the new chief of the Lebanese resistance movement after his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was martyred in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut last month.
• Hamas, Islamic Jihad hail election of Naim Qassem as new Hezbollah chief Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- The Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad have hailed the election of Sheikh Naim Qassem as Secretary-General of Hezbollah following the martyrdom of his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut last month.
• Hezbollah launches barrage of rockets at Israeli settlements IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Hezbollah has launched a heavy barrage of rockets into northern Israeli occupied territories, resulting in casualties among Zionist settlers.
• Hezbollah appoints Sheikh Naim Qassem as new chief IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement announced on Tuesday it has chosen Sheikh Naim Qassem to succeed Martyr Hassan Nasrallah as the new secretary general of the group.
• Hezbollah launches 30 operations against Zionist targets IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has said in a statement that its fighters carried out 30 different operations on Monday against the Zionist regime in the occupied territories.
• Number of Lebanese martyrs of Zionist attacks rises to 2,710 IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Lebanon's Ministry of Health announced that the number of victims of the Zionist regime's attacks on Lebanon's territory has increased to 2,710 martyrs.
• UN chief speaks out against Israeli plan to ban agency supporting Palestinians VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing his concern over new Israeli legislation that would ban the main U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees.
• UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban UN News 29 Oct 2024 -- Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body's agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if implemented, the Israeli parliament's decision to ban it would only deepen suffering in Gaza.
• Letter from UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini to the President of the United Nations General Assembly Mr Philémon Yang UNRWA 29 Oct 2024
• WFP sounds alarm: urgent action needed as food insecurity in Gaza reaches critical levels WFP 29 Oct 2024 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza could soon escalate into famine unless immediate action is taken. As winter approaches, the lack of food and other vital humanitarian supplies entering the Strip will likely lead to catastrophic consequences.
• Gaza humanitarian crisis could develop into famine: WFP Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- The World Food Program (WFP) says an immediate action has to be taken to avert famine in the Gaza Strip, amid Israel's sever restrictions on aid flow into the besieged coastal enclave.
• 'A new way to kill Gaza children': UNICEF condemns Israel's ban on UNRWA Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- UNICEF has protested Israel's ban on the UN aid agency, stating that the move will lead to an increase in the death toll of children in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• 'Most violent raid': Israel kills at least 60 people in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- At least 60 people, including children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on several areas in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.
• President Pezeshkian congratulates Sheikh Naim Qassem's appointment as new Hezbollah chief IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in a message congratulated Sheikh Naim Qassem on his appointment as new secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement.
• Iran strongly condemns Israel's attack on residential house in Beit Lahia IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh has strongly condemned the brutal attack by the Zionist forces on a residential house in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
• Lebanon: Statement by the High Representative on the attack against UNIFIL peacekeepers European External Action Service (EEAS) 29 Oct 2024 -- Eight Austrian peacekeepers participating in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured today following rocket attacks stemming likely from Hezbollah or an affiliated group.
• Norway asks the UN to clarify Israel's obligations under international law Government of Norway 29 Oct 2024 -- Norway asks the UN General Assembly to request ICJ ruling: Does Israel violate international law as it prevents the UN, international humanitarian organization and states from providing humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians under occupation?
• Several EU states slam Israeli law to stop UNRWA activities IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Spain have all condemned the Israeli Knesset for passing a law aimed at preventing the activities of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories.
• Pakistan condemns Israeli actions to undermine UNRWA Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Oct 2024 -- Pakistan unequivocally condemns the latest Israeli attempt to dismantle the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
• South Africa files 750-page evidence at ICJ against Israeli genocide in Gaza Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- South Africa has filed a detailed submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) outlining evidence of Israel's violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention during its barbarism in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Global condemnations pour in after Israel's ban on UN's Palestine aid agency Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Global condemnations have poured in following Israel's legislation prohibiting the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Palestine, a decision that threatens to inflict severe repercussions on millions of Palestinians enduring Israeli occupation and genocide.
• The Government of Spain strongly condemns today's attack against the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura Spain MFA 29 Oct 2024 -- The Government of Spain strongly condemns today's attack against the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura and expresses its solidarity with the wounded.
• No: 224, 29 October 2024, Regarding the Steps by Israeli Parliament to Ban the Activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Oct 2024
• There is no justification for denying civilians in Gaza access to life-saving aid: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 29 Oct 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East.
• Hamas slams Israeli regime's decision to ban UNRWA IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned the Israeli parliament's approval of a law prohibiting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in occupied Palestinian territories.
• Yemeni army elaborates on latest anti-Israeli operations IRNA 29 Oct 2024 -- The spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces explained the latest operations against the Zionist regime.
• Yemeni forces strike Israeli vital target in Ashkelon using combat drones Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have launched a drone attack against a vital target in the city of Ashkelon in the Israeli-occupied territorials, in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese nation enduring relentless Israeli aggression.
• Houthis Claim Drone Attack on Industrial Zone in Israeli City of Ashkelon Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- On Tuesday, Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, announced that they had launched a drone attack on the Ashkelon industrial zone in Israel.
• Iraqi resistance launches drone strikes on key Israeli targets in Haifa, Golan Heights Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror groups have carried out a string of attacks on key positions in the Israeli-occupied territories and the strategic Golan Heights in response to the Tel Aviv regime's atrocities against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and its bloody onslaught on Lebanon.

Other Conflicts

• Navy monitoring 2 Chinese fishing boats off PH east coast Philippine News Agency 29 Oct 2024 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) on Tuesday said it is monitoring the presence of two Chinese fishing boats earlier reported as operating in the country's east coast near Aurora province.
• Gunmen kill 5 workers at southwest Pakistan dam VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Officials in Pakistan's violence-stricken Balochistan province said Tuesday that gunmen attacked workers at the site of a dam, killing five and wounding two others.
• Canada imposes sanctions as violence in Myanmar escalates Canada 29 Oct 2024 -- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations against 3 individuals and 4 entities for supplying weapons and military equipment to the Myanmar military.
• UK, EU and Canada impose new sanctions targeting Myanmar military regime and its associates UK FCDO 29 Oct 2024 -- The UK, EU and Canada have announced further sanctions targeting the Myanmar military's access to military material, equipment and funds.
• Myanmar opposition: Dialogue impossible, China must rethink junta support VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Despite efforts by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve Myanmar's political and economic crisis, opposition leader Zaw Wai Soe told VOA that dialogue with the military regime is impossible amid ongoing atrocities.
• Myanmar ethnic alliance says offensive will continue until junta overthrown Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- A year after its launch, the ethnic rebel alliance that spearheaded the Operation 1027 offensive in Myanmar's northern Shan state has said it will not rest until the country's military regime is removed from power.
• Myanmar junta bombs captives held by insurgents killing 12 Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- A junta airstrike on a rebel-controlled prison in Myanmar killed 12 prisoners of war and wounded about 60, an anti-junta militia force told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday.
• Indonesia's response to Chinese incursion shows Prabowo's assertiveness, analysts say Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- Jakarta's feisty response last week to the Chinese coast guard "disrupting" Indonesian survey activities in the North Natuna Sea appears to show that new President Prabowo Subianto has shed his "cuddly grandpa" election persona in favor of his familiar disposition as a ex-general, analysts said.
• Sudan's 'living nightmare' continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings UN News 29 Oct 2024 -- Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across multiple regions, UN officials said on Tuesday.
• Sudan: UN Fact-Finding Mission documents large-scale sexual violence and other human rights violations in newly issued report UN Human Rights Council 29 Oct 2024 -- Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, who have been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces in the country's ongoing conflict, are responsible for committing sexual violence on a large scale in areas under their control, including gang-rapes and abducting and detaining victims in conditions that amount to sexual slavery, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in a new detailed report today.
• Sudan displacement crisis worsens as fighting, hunger, sexual violence escalate VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- The International Organization for Migration warned Tuesday that Sudan's displacement crisis is worsening as increasing numbers of people flee fighting, hunger and sexual violence, thereby threatening "regional instability.
• Somalia expels Ethiopian diplomat VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Somalia has declared an Ethiopian diplomat working in Mogadishu a persona non grata.
• Chad president launches operation to fight Boko Haram after attack kills over 40 troops VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Chad's President Mahama Idriss Deby has launched a security operation to track and neutralize several hundred Boko Haram fighters who attacked and killed on Sunday more than 40 Chad government troops in the Lake Chad Basin, shared by Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and Chad. Deby visited the area on Monday and assisted in the burial of his soldiers.

News Reports

• Five Eyes Alliance Eyes Sharing Top-Secret Cloud Storage Tool for Data Exchange Sputnik 29 Oct 2024 -- Members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance would like to create a shared top secret cloud environment someday to seamlessly exchange data, Breaking Defense reported on Tuesday, citing top Canadian intelligence official Brig. Gen. Eric Vandenberg.
• Australia supports UK, EU efforts to call out Russian disinformation and malicious activity Australia DFAT 29 Oct 2024 -- The Australian Government joins the United Kingdom and other international partners in expressing serious concerns about Russia's continued use of disinformation globally, including efforts to justify its illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.
• Cryptocurrency promoters on X amplify China-aligned disinformation VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- A group of accounts that regularly promote cryptocurrency-related content on X have amplified messages from Chinese official accounts and a China-linked disinformation operation covertly pushing Beijing's propaganda toward Western social media users known as "Spamouflage".
• Release of the Covid-19 Inquiry Report Prime Minister of Australia 29 Oct 2024 -- Australia was one of the most successful nations in its pandemic response, but an investigation by the independent COVID-19 Response Inquiry finds the country was not adequately prepared for a pandemic.
• CISA Releases Its First Ever International Strategic Plan CISA 29 Oct 2024 -- Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its 2025-2026 International Strategic Plan, the agency's first, which supports the agency's first comprehensive strategic plan and aligns with the National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience.
• Foreign Ministry's statement on personal sanctions on the leadership of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of New Zealand Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Oct 2024
• Statement by the Representative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Thematic Discussion on "Regional Disarmament and Security" in the First Committee of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, October 28, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Oct 2024
• Russia: Torture now 'a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad' UN News 29 Oct 2024 -- In a new report report launched on Tuesday the UN independent expert on human rights in Russia exposes alarming patterns of torture used as a State-sanctioned tool of repression to stifle dissent and intimidate communities abroad.
• China's deep-sea security faces risks posed by foreign intelligence agencies: Ministry of State Securit Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- China's state security organs have uncovered across Chinese territorial waters a variety of devices with special techniques that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies employed to gather sensitive oceanic information and data to enhance surveillance and gather data on China's maritime areas in a series of intelligence gathering and technical espionage activities, posing a significant threat to China's national security, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) said on Tuesday.
• EXPLAINED: What's Hong Kong's role in China's hi-tech military plans? Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- The city is named in a U.S. ban on AI, semiconductors and quantum computing investments in 'countries of concern.'
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on October 29, 2024 PRC MofA 29 Oct 2024
• US finalizes rule restricting investment in Chinese tech firms VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- The Treasury Department on Monday finalized a new rule meant to prevent U.S.-based people and companies from investing in the development of a range of advanced technologies in China, thereby preventing Beijing from accessing cutting-edge expertise and equipment.
• China opposes US final rules to curb tech investment; Move shows 'Washington runs out of strategies to contain Beijing' Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed firm opposition to the US' latest move to finalize rules to curb tech investments in China and vowed to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the country's legitimate rights and interests.
• China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the sentencing of Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan European External Action Service (EEAS) 29 Oct 2024 -- The EU is dismayed by the sentencing of Chinese Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan to three years and one year and 9 months imprisonment, respectively, for the alleged offence of 'inciting subversion of state power'.
• China imprisons rights lawyer couple who planned to meet EU officials Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- Authorities in China on Tuesday handed down a three-year jail term to prominent human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and a one-year, nine month sentence to his wife Xu Yan after the couple were detained en route to meet with European Union officials in Beijing.
• As China sentences prominent dissidents, others protest behind bars VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- A court in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou on Tuesday sentenced Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, Xu Yan, to prison.
• China unveils new policy measures to boost birth support People's Daily 29 Oct 2024 -- China on Monday introduced a series of new birth support policies aimed at building a society more conducive to raising children, as the nation confronts profound demographic challenges posed by its rapidly aging population.
• China unveils design of Haolong space shuttle for low-cost transport missions Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- China on Tuesday unveiled the design of the Haolong space cargo shuttle. It is an independently developed, reusable commercial winged spacecraft for low-cost space station cargo transport missions, the Global Times learned from the spacecraft's maker.
• China coast guard vessels intrude into waters around Kinmen again CNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Four China Coast Guard vessels intruded into "restricted waters" near Taiwan's outlying Kinmen County on Tuesday, causing Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) to issue warnings to their Chinese counterparts again and urge China to stop such harassment.
• US reiterates 'one China' policy amid reports of Xi's request on Taiwan VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Resisting pressure from Beijing to publicly reject independence for Taiwan, the Biden administration underscores there is no change in its "one China" policy which takes no stand on the issue.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 29 Oct 2024
• Iran summons German ambassador over interference by Berlin officials Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Iran has summoned German Ambassador Markus Potzel over Berlin officials meddling in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic.
• German passport doesn't provide impunity to anyone: Iran FM Press TV 29 Oct 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says granting a German passport to an individual does not provide impunity, not least to a "terrorist."
• Germany Recalls Iran Envoy After Execution Of German-Iranian RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- Germany has recalled its ambassador to Tehran following the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd after his conviction on disputed terrorism charges and summoned Iran's envoy to Berlin to answer questions about the death of the 69-year-old Iranian-German citizen.
• Germany Condemns Iran's 'Inhumane Regime' After Execution Of Iranian-German National RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- Germany's foreign minister on October 28 condemned Iran's "inhumane regime" after the execution of Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd following his conviction on disputed terrorism charges.
• Germany recalls Iranian ambassador over execution of Iranian-German dissident VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Germany's Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador to Iran, Markus Potzel, on Tuesday for consultations and also summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in Berlin following Iran's execution of Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd.
• Transcript of Special Briefing by Secretary (West) on Official Visit of President of the Government of Spain to India (October 28, 2024) India MEA 29 Oct 2024
• Press statement from a meeting in the cooperation format between the Nordic Ministers for Foreign Affairs Government Offices of Sweden 29 Oct 2024 -- Today, October 29, at a meeting in the cooperation format between the Nordic Ministers for Foreign Affairs (N5) there was an exchange of views with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian democratic forces in exile, on the situation in Belarus and on how best to support the Belarusian democratic movement.
• Statement from President Joe Biden on Democratic Backsliding in the Country of Georgia The White House 29 Oct 2024
• Biden 'deeply alarmed' by Georgian election results VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Responding to the recent election in Georgia, U.S. President Joe Biden says he is concerned by what he called the country's democratic backsliding and urged a probe into Saturday's poll that he says was marred by misuse of resources, coercion and voter intimidation.
• Amid Uncertainty Over Election Results, Georgians Look To The West RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- As Georgia reckons with its shock election results, all eyes are turning to the West to see if the United States and Europe will back up the opposition's claims that the election was stolen.
• Georgian Election Commission To Conduct Partial Recount RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- Georgia's Central Electoral Commission said on October 29 that it would recount ballots at five randomly selected polling stations in each of Georgia's 84 electoral districts after a disputed parliamentary election.
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves: 'There Has To Be A Price' For Alleged Election Rigging In Georgia RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- Toomas Hendrik Ilves is a former two-term president of Estonia whose parents fled Soviet occupation. He spent decades in academia in the West before working as a journalist for RFE/RL until Estonia regained independence in 1991.
• In RFE/RL Interview, Zurabishvili Calls For Western Pressure To Keep Georgia On European Path RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- President Salome Zurabishvili has called on the West to pressure the ruling Georgian Dream party to reexamine the results of a "stolen" election over the weekend or risk seeing the Caucasus nation -- an EU candidate with NATO membership aspirations -- lose its "European perspective."
• Georgia: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the latest developments following the Parliamentary elections European External Action Service (EEAS) 29 Oct 2024 -- The developments in Georgia following the 26 October Parliamentary elections are very worrying.
• Western Countries Reassess Ties With Georgia Following Disputed Vote RFE/RL 29 Oct 2024 -- The United States, Canada, and Sweden have voiced criticism following parliamentary elections in Georgia that the pro-Russia ruling Georgian Dream party claimed it won amid reports of widespread irregularities and mass protests by opposition supporters who say the vote was rigged and manipulated by Moscow.
• Over 2 dozen officials disciplined for corruption in southern Laos Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- Up to 26 government officials in southern Laos's Attapeu province have been disciplined or jailed for corruption since February, including the embezzlement of millions of dollars from compensation funds for a dam break, people with knowledge of the situation said.