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• US Space Forces Indo-Pacific marks two years of accomplishments, growth United States Space Force 22 Nov 2024 -- The U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific is celebrating its second birthday by reflecting on the significant strides made in strengthening the U.S. military's space operations and enhancing partnerships in the region.
• Austin Makes First Visit to Fiji by U.S. Defense Secretary DoD News 22 Nov 2024 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III arrived in Fiji today, marking the first visit to the Pacific Island nation by a U.S. Defense Secretary.
• George Washington returns to Yokosuka US Navy 22 Nov 2024 -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan as the United States' only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Nov. 22.
• Oak Hill arrives in Malaga, Spain US Navy 22 Nov 2024 -- The Harpers Ferry-class amphibious landing dock ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) arrived in Málaga, Spain, for a port visit and a brief stop for fuel Nov. 18, 2024.
• USS Wasp Departs Rota before Return to Home Port US Navy 22 Nov 2024 -- The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), departed Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, Nov. 21, 2024, after a brief stop for a replenishment of supplies and fuel prior to making the journey back home after a successful deployment to the U.S 6th Fleet area of operations.
• Navy to Commission Future Littoral Combat Ship Beloit US Navy 22 Nov 2024 -- The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) will be commissioned on Nov. 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. CST in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• USS Hampton (SSN 767) Arrives at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard US Navy 22 Nov 2024 -- USS Hampton (SSN 767), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine and its compliment of more than 130 crewmembers arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Nov. 21, 2024.
• Virginia National Guard Winds Down Poland Mission Army News 22 Nov 2024 -- Approximately 40 Soldiers assigned to the Virginia National Guard's 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, returned to the United States Nov. 19 after serving federal active duty in Poland since January.
• Readout of Acting Under Secretary of Defense For Policy Amanda Dory's Meeting With Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan Nagashima Akihisa DoD 22 Nov 2024
• Meeting with the Defence Ministry leadership, representatives of the military-industrial complex and missile system developers President of Russia 22 Nov 2024 -- The President held a meeting with the Defence Ministry leadership, representatives of the military-industrial complex and missile system developers.
• Meeting of the Maritime Board's Council for Defending the National Interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic President of Russia 22 Nov 2024
• Albanese Government continues record investment in Defence with selection of Landing Craft Heavy Design Australia DOD 22 Nov 2024 -- The Albanese Government has selected a design by Damen Shipyards Group as the preferred option for the Australian Defence Force's Landing Craft Heavy under a program that will bolster national defence by establishing a new littoral fleet.
• Joint Statement on Canada-Australia Partnership on Emerging Missile Defence Research Canada 22 Nov 2024 -- Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence of Canada, and the Honourable Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia, released a joint statement on a new agreement to collaborate on research on emerging missile threat defence.
• Remarks by Minister of National Defence Bill Blair at the 2024 Halifax International Security Forum Canada 22 Nov 2024
• Operation Resolution New Zealand Defence Force 22 Nov 2024
• CULMINATION OF PAN-INDIA COASTAL DEFENCE EXERCISE - 'SEA VIGIL 24' India PIB 22 Nov 2024 -- The fourth edition of the Pan-India Coastal Defence Exercise Sea Vigil 24 concluded successfully on 21 Nov 24.
• Raksha Mantri meets his Japanese & Philippines counterparts on the final day of his three-day visit to Lao PDR India PIB 22 Nov 2024 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, on November 22, 2024, met his Japan counterpart Mr Gen Nakatani and Secretary of National Defence (Defence Minister) of the Philippines Mr Gilberto Teodoro on the final day of his three-day visit to Vientiane, Lao PDR
• FISHING VESSEL COLLIDES WITH INDIAN NAVAL UNIT ON TRANSIT ALONG THE WEST COAST India PIB 22 Nov 2024 -- An Indian fishing vessel Marthoma with a crew of 13 reportedly collided with an Indian Naval submarine PM 21 Nov 24 about 70 nm North West of Goa
• PM call with the Secretary General of NATO: 22 November 2024 Gov.UK 22 Nov 2024
• New Glasgow Rolls-Royce nuclear submarine office creates new jobs UK MOD 22 Nov 2024 -- The new Rolls-Royce Submarines site will enhance UK engineer capabilities and support the country's nuclear deterrent, alongside supporting jobs.
• Fiji takes ownership of new Guardian-class Patrol Boat Australia DOD 22 Nov 2024 -- Fiji has today taken delivery of a new Guardian-class Patrol Boat in Henderson, Western Australia.
• Declaration from the NORDEFCO Ministerial Meeting Government Offices of Sweden 22 Nov 2024 -- Yesterday, 21 November 2024, the Nordic Ministers of Defence met in Copenhagen to discuss how to further strengthen Nordic defence cooperation (NORDEFCO) and take stock of the progress made under the Danish Chairmanship in 2024.
• Letter of Intent on military mobility between Nordic countries Government Offices of Sweden 22 Nov 2024
• PH, Japan beef up defense ties in ADMM Plus meet Philippine News Agency 22 Nov 2024 -- The growing partnership and defense ties between the Philippines and Japan were further strengthened following the meeting of its top defense leaders Friday.
• Readout of President Biden's Call with President Macron of France The White House 22 Nov 2024
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2024
• United States Participation in Kimberley Process Plenary Meetings US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2024 -- The United States participated in the annual Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary meetings in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 12-15.
• Press Release: Notice to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua The White House 22 Nov 2024
• Letters to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua The White House 22 Nov 2024

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• 22 November 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 22 Nov 2024

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• Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs VOA 22 Nov 2024 -- Israeli forces launched strikes Friday on Beirut's southern suburbs and areas in southern Lebanon identified by Israel Defense Forces as Hezbollah strongholds.
• ICC Arrest Warrant Will Dog Netanyahu Even If He Never Faces The Hague RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- It's not clear if Benjamin Netanyahu will ever face prosecution after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• UNHCR: Lebanon-Syria humanitarian and displacement crisis continues to deepen UNHCR 22 Nov 2024 -- The past few weeks have been the deadliest and most devastating for Lebanon and its people in decades, with Israel dramatically intensifying its airstrikes and ground incursions, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe for civilians.
• Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies UN News 22 Nov 2024 -- The past two months of intensifying Israeli bombardment in Lebanon have been the "deadliest and most devastating" in decades as communities uprooted from the front line flee continue to flee across the border to Syria, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
• Lebanon: a conflict particularly destructive to health care WHO 22 Nov 2024
• Orban Invites Netanyahu To Hungary In Defiance Of ICC Arrest Mandate RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has invited his Israeli counterpart to visit Hungary, defying an arrest warrant for issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Benjamin Netanyahu that other European states say they will honor.
• The Government of Spain reiterates its condemnation of attacks against UNIFIL Spain MFA 22 Nov 2024
• Expansion of settlements undermines peace and must cease immediately: UK Explanation of Vote at the UN Fourth Committee UK FCDO 22 Nov 2024 -- Explanation of Vote by Archie Young, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly, at the UN Fourth Committee on Palestine.

Other Conflicts

• 2024 deadliest year ever for aid workers, UN humanitarian office reports UN News 22 Nov 2024 -- The death toll of humanitarian workers in 2024 has become the "deadliest on record", with 281 killed globally, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Friday.
• UN Relief Chief decries 'bullets and bombs' against aid workers UNOCHA 22 Nov 2024 -- The year 2024 has become the deadliest on record for humanitarian personnel, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today, citing data from the Aid Worker Security Database.
• Malaysia, Vietnam elevate ties amid South China Sea tensions Radio Free Asia 22 Nov 2024 -- Malaysia and Vietnam have agreed to elevate ties and cooperate closely to maintain peace in the South China Sea, following a rare protest by Kuala Lumpur over Hanoi's island-building program in the disputed waterway.
• The Azadi Briefing: Iran To Deport Afghan Prisoners RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024
• Violence Flares In Northwest Pakistan Following Attack That Killed Dozens RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- Religious tensions are on the rise in northwestern Pakistan following a deadly attack on a police-escorted convoy of Shi'ite Muslims that threatened to reignite sectarian violence in a strife-plagued region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
• Myanmar rebels capture town on main road to Chinese-built port Radio Free Asia 22 Nov 2024 -- Insurgents in western Myanmar have captured a town on a road junction leading to a Chinese-funded deep sea port, which is bound to raise new concern about the fate of an extensive development that includes energy pipelines running from the coast to southern China.
• Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar's deadly landmine epidemic UN News 22 Nov 2024 -- Myanmar has become the world's deadliest country for landmine and unexploded ordnance casualties, with over 1,000 victims in 2023 alone, surpassing all other nations, according to separate studies by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
• WFP scales up operations to reach millions in Sudan UN News 22 Nov 2024 -- A World Food Programme (WFP) convoy arrived in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan, on Friday - the first since famine was declared there three months ago, the UN agency has reported.
• WFP announces major surge in food aid into Sudan's hard-to-reach areas WFP 22 Nov 2024 -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a surge in its operations across Sudan, part of a scale-up effort to reach millions of people in the country's most needy and isolated conflict areas.
• Over 2 million children in South Sudan at risk of acute malnutrition VOA 22 Nov 2024 -- The international community warns that as many as 2 million children and 1 million pregnant or lactating mothers in South Sudan are facing acute malnutrition. Poor access to safe drinking water, sanitation and the spread of disease continue to fuel the crisis.

News Reports

• President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss damage to telecommunications cables in Baltic Sea and Finland's participation in summit of NB8 and Polish leaders in Harpsund Finnish Government 22 Nov 2024 -- On Friday 22 November, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the recent damage to undersea telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea.
• Dual U.S. and Albanian Citizen Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Distributing Instructions Regarding Homemade Explosives US Dept. of Justice 22 Nov 2024 -- A former New York man and dual citizen of the United States and Albania was arrested yesterday in New York on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and distributing instructional information regarding the making of explosives.
• Telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye President of Russia 22 Nov 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye at Senegal's initiative.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions during a meeting with young activists in Belarus, Brest, November 22, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Nov 2024
• Indian National Charged with Conspiring to Illegally Export U.S. Aviation Components to Russia US Dept. of Justice 22 Nov 2024 -- On Nov. 20 in the District of Oregon, Sanjay Kaushik, 57, of India, was indicted for conspiring to export controlled aviation components with dual civilian and military applications to end users in Russia, in violation of the Export Control Reform Act.
• Russia Declares Forum Advocating Regional Autonomy A Terrorist Organization RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- The Russian Supreme Court has declared the international organization Post-Russia Free Nations Forum a terrorist group, the latest move in the Kremlin's clampdown on any sign of dissent.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on November 22, 2024 PRC MofA 22 Nov 2024
• Xi Jinping wraps up G20 summit, state visit to Brazil amid growing US-China competition VOA 22 Nov 2024 -- As the world's two largest economies vie for influence in South America, Brazil sits at the heart of the global power struggle. The choices the country makes in the coming years could reshape the region's economic and political trajectory, according to analysts.
• Calls to revoke China's trade status widen in Washington VOA 22 Nov 2024 -- Influential members of Congress, including the senator poised to become secretary of state in the incoming Trump administration, are pressing hard to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the United States.
• DHS Will Now Restrict Goods from Over 100 PRC-Based Companies from Entering the United States Due to Forced Labor Practices DHS 22 Nov 2024 -- Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announced the addition of 29 companies based in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List - bringing the total number of entities on the UFLPA Entity List to 107.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 22 Nov 2024
• Iran Plans To Install 'New Advanced' Centrifuges In Response To IAEA Resolution RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- Iran has vowed to respond to a resolution adopted by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog that criticizes the Islamic republic for what it says is poor cooperation by installing a number of "new and advanced" centrifuges.
• Lukashenka Threatens Internet Shutdown If There Are Protests During Presidential Vote RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- The authoritarian ruler of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has threatened to shut down the Internet in the event of mass protests during or after the upcoming presidential election, after the previous vote in 2020 erupted in unprecedented unrest amid opposition allegations it was rigged.
• Press release on a joint meeting of Foreign Ministry Collegiums of Russia and Belarus and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Nov 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions at a news conference following the joint meeting of the Collegiums of Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, Brest, November 22, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Nov 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a joint board meeting of foreign ministries of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, Brest, November 22, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Nov 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with Foreign Minister of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov, Brest, November 22, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Nov 2024
• Vietnam's Politburo disciplines former parliament chairman Radio Free Asia 22 Nov 2024 -- Vietnam's Politburo has disciplined former National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue for violations in office, the Tuoi Tre news site reported on Friday.
• Bulgaria, Romania Step Closer To Schengen As Austria Drops Veto RFE/RL 22 Nov 2024 -- Austria has dropped its long-standing veto to Bulgaria and Romania joining the passport free Schengen zone, opening the door to their accession next year.
• Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev: Final decision on Bulgaria's land accession to Schengen to be taken on 12 December, as scheduled Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria 22 Nov 2024 -- The final decision on Bulgaria's land accession to Schengen will be taken on 12 December by the Home Affairs Council.
• Designation of Former Colombian General for Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2024 -- The United States is today designating former Colombian General Mario Montoya Uribe due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights.
• World News in Brief: Mpox update, Haiti violence, deadly strikes in Ukraine, Pakistan attack condemned UN News 22 Nov 2024 -- The mpox outbreak continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday following the conclusion of a meeting of its emergency committee convened in Geneva.
• Mozambique's president, election runner-up agree to meet for talks VOA 22 Nov 2024 -- The runner-up in Mozambique's October 9 presidential elections, Venancio Mondlane, has accepted President Filipe Nyusi's offer to join discussions with him and three other candidates in hopes of ending weeks of postelection protests and violence that have left at least 30 people dead in the southeast African country.