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• Pentagon Prioritizes Homeland Defense, Warfighting, Slashing Wasteful Spending DoD News 09 Feb 2025 -- During a media interview today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said efforts at the Defense Department include modernizing the nuclear triad and building an iron dome for the U.S., referring to the iron dome that defends Israel against aerial threats.
• Sustainable aviation fuel pilot program underway at RAAF Base East Sale Australia DOD 09 Feb 2025 -- A 12-month pilot program using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has recently commenced at RAAF Base East Sale.
• AERO INDIA 2025 India PIB 09 Feb 2025 -- Indian Navy has championed the cause of 'Aatmanirbharta' wherein it has transformed from a Buyer's Navy to a Builder's Navy with over 60 warships being constructed in Indian Shipyards.
• INDIAN NAVY CHIEFS' CONCLAVE 2025 India PIB 09 Feb 2025 -- The Indian Navy Chiefs' Conclave was held at the Naval Headquarters, New Delhi from 08 - 09 Feb 25, bringing together eight Former Naval Chiefs and the current Naval leadership.
• IAF CONDUCTS SEMINAR ON 'NAVACHAR UTKRISHTAM BHAVISYAM' (Innovation is Path to Better Future) AERO INDIA 25 India PIB 09 Feb 2025 -- Indian Air Force (IAF) is working to harness the potential of indigenous defence industry through Govt policies under the umbrella of Atmanirbharta by continuously engaging with the Industry Partners
• INS TUSHIL AT PORT VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES India PIB 09 Feb 2025 -- INS Tushil, on her maiden passage around the West coast of Africa, arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, on 07 Feb 25 for an operational turnaround. Officials from the High Commission of India and officials from the Indian Navy detachment warmly welcomed the ship.
• Iran no longer 'begging' for missiles, proudly building them: Zarif IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad-Javad Zarif has hailed Iran's missile capabilities, saying the Islamic Republic is no longer dependent on others in terms of its defense.
• The Chief of the General Staff During an Exercise in the Central Command Israel Defense Forces 09 Feb 2025
• Steller 2025 exercise shows Philippine attempts to expand foreign military presence in SCS: expert Global Times 09 Feb 2025 -- US forces will participate in Exercise Pacific Steller 2025, a multi-large deck event (MLDE) hosted by the French Navy in the Philippine Sea beginning February 8, according to the website of Commander of the US Pacific Fleet.
• White House defends efforts to shut down foreign aid agency VOA 09 Feb 2025 -- White House national security adviser Michael Waltz on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's plan to shut down the country's chief foreign aid agency, contending that "all too often" it was not aligned with U.S. strategic interests and wastes money.

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• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 09 Feb 202
• Israel has become 'laughingstock of Middle East': Ben-Gvir IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Far-right former Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has declared that Israel has become a "laughingstock" of the Middle East, calling for inhabitants of Gaza to be immediately moved to neighboring countries.
• Netanyahu's policies on Gaza increasingly turning Israel into 'laughingstock' : Ben-Gvir Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- Former Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has strongly criticized prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies on the besieged Gaza Strip, saying the regime has become "a joke and the laughingstock" across the West Asia region and other parts of the world.
• Israel withdraws from corridor splitting Gaza as tenuous ceasefire holds VOA 09 Feb 2025 -- A new benchmark was reached Sunday in the tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, with Israeli troops withdrawing from the Netzarim corridor, a narrow strip of land that bisects the territory. It allowed more Palestinians to return to the northern sector where they once lived, but much of the land has been leveled by 15 months of fighting.
• Israeli forces fully withdraw from Netzarim Corridor IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV network has reported that the Israeli regime's armed forces completed their withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor and that displaced Palestinians started returning to the northern areas of the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Israel's withdrawal from Netzarim 'failure of war goals': Hamas IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Hamas says the complete withdrawal of the Israeli military from the Netzarim Corridor marks yet another failure for the occupying regime in achieving its declared war goals in Gaza.
• Israel, Hamas complete 5th prisoner-for-hostage swap under Gaza ceasefire deal People's Daily 09 Feb 2025 -- Israel and Hamas on Saturday completed the fifth prisoner-for-hostage swap under the first phase of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
• Withdrawal from Netzarim Corridor another 'failure' of war goals for Israel: Hamas Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement has celebrated the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Netzarim Corridor as a victory, describing it as yet another failure for the occupying regime in achieving its declared goals in the 15-month-long genocidal war on the people of Gaza.
• Unexploded munitions threaten civilians in Gaza, aid group warns Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- An international aid organization says unexploded munitions left by Israeli forces after 15 months of the regime's genocidal war on Gaza threaten the lives of thousands of civilians.
• 31 Palestinians injured in Israeli raid in West Bank IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Israeli forces have reportedly conducted fresh raids in different parts of the occupied West Bank, leaving at least 31 Palestinians injured.
• Israel continues West Bank raids; Palestine condemns 'ethnic cleansing' Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- Israeli forces have continued their raids across the occupied West Bank, targeting local Palestinians and their properties.
• Israeli assault on West Bank displaces over 30,000 Palestinians in two weeks Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- The Israeli assault on the northern occupied West Bank has forcibly displaced 30,000 Palestinians from their homes in the past two weeks, local officials and media reports say.
• Israeli strike against Lebanon leaves 6 killed, 2 injured IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Six Lebanese were killed and two injured in an airstrike by the Israeli army in eastern Lebanon, media outlets have reported.
• Israeli drone strike kills six in eastern Lebanon amid ceasefire violations Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- At least six people have been killed and two others were injured in an Israeli aerial attack targeting an area in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, amid a fragile ceasefire between the Tel Aviv regime and the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement.
• Guterres calls for permanent Gaza ceasefire, establishment of Palestinian state Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to push for a permanent Gaza ceasefire and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
• UN Official Slams Trump's Gaza Plan as 'Ethnic Cleansing' Sputnik 09 Feb 2025 -- US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is tantamount to "ethnic cleansing," Navi Pillay, chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said in an interview published on Sunday.
• Trump's Gaza plan 'dangerous plot' to eliminate Palestine: Araghchi IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed plan to forcibly transfer hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of Gaza is unacceptable, describing it as part of a broader colonial plot to eliminate Palestine.
• Iran calls for extraordinary OIC meeting on 'dangerous' Gaza plot IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran has condemned the "dangerous" joint U.S.-Israeli plot to forcibly relocate the people of the Gaza Strip, calling for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the issue.
• Arab League condemns Netanyahu's remarks on moving Palestinians to Saudi Arabia IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The Secretary-General of the Arab League has strongly condemned remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who suggested Saudi Arabia could create a Palestinian state on its soil.
• OIC condemns US president's remarks about Gaza IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in a statement expressed its condemnation and denunciation of US President Donald Trump's statements on his call to displace the Palestinian people outside the Gaza Strip, his support for alleged Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian land, and his order to stop funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
• League Secretary-General Aboul Gheit denounces irresponsible Israeli statements regarding Saudi Arabia League of Arab States 09 Feb 2025 -- Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, vehemently denounced the remarks made by the Prime Minister of the occupying power regarding the purported transfer of Palestinians to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister's telephone call with the Foreign Minister of Turkiye Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2025 -- Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar spoke to Foreign Minister of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan today.
• Pakistan Strongly Condemns Israeli Prime Minister's Irresponsible Statement Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2025 -- Pakistan strongly condemns in unequivocal terms the recent statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting that the Palestinian people should establish a state in Saudi Arabia.
• Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister's telephone call with the Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2025 -- Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Badr Abdelatty, today. They discussed the developments in Gaza including critical humanitarian situation impacting millions of Palestinian residents.
• Arab League condemns Netanyahu's proposal to create Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- The Arab League has condemned the Israeli prime minister's recent suggestion that Saudi Arabia could create a state for Palestinians on its territory, saying such comments reflect their "complete detachment from reality."
• 'Israel is an absolute evil': Lebanon's parliament speaker tells US envoy Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- The Speaker of Lebanon's Parliament, Nabih Berri, has described Israel as "an absolute evil", emphasizing that the Tel Aviv regime's continued occupation of Lebanese territories in defiance of international resolutions must be resisted and confronted.
• 'Extremist mindset': Riyadh rejects Netanyahu's remarks on displacing Palestinians Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- Saudi Arabia has categorically rejected recent remarks made by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their homeland and establishing a Palestinian state within the Saudi territory.
• Arab League Secretary General Condemns Israeli Statements on Saudi Arabia SPA 09 Feb 2025 -- Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned statements made by the Israeli occupation's prime minister regarding the transfer of Palestinians to Saudi Arabia, denouncing the rhetoric as unacceptable and completely detached from reality.
• "No power can force the people of Gaza out of their eternal homeland" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 09 Feb 2025 -- Holding a press conference before departing for a three-stop visit covering Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan, President Erdoğan said: "No power can force the people of Gaza out of their eternal and everlasting homeland that they have inhabited for thousands of years. With Gaza, the West Bank, and East al-Quds, Palestine belongs to the Palestinians."

Other Conflicts

• NMC backs Marcos stance in WPS, says PH resolute vs. foreign intrusion Philippine News Agency 09 Feb 2025 -- The National Maritime Council (NMC) has expressed its full support for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s firm commitment to assert and defend the Philippines' sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
• Israeli forces keep advancing on Syrian territories IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Israeli forces have reportedly captured more Syrian territories as part of their continued aggression against the crisis-hit Arab country.
• Bodies of 18 SAMIDRC soldiers killed in DR Congo conflict transported to Uganda for autopsy People's Daily 09 Feb 2025 -- The bodies of 18 soldiers from other African countries killed in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were transported to Uganda for post-mortem examinations on Saturday, an official said.
• Puntland-Somaliland Dispute: More Than Local Feud Sputnik 09 Feb 2025 -- US President Donald Trump's remarks about relocating Gazans prompted the White House to name three possible destinations — Morocco, Puntland, and Somaliland.

News Reports

• Trump revokes security clearances for Biden's top aides People's Daily 09 Feb 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked former Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other Democrats' security clearances, multiple U.S. media reported on Saturday.
• The President: Synchronization with continental Europe - a triumph of regional cooperation President of the Republic of Lithuania 09 Feb 2025 -- On Sunday, in a speech marking Baltic Energy Independence Day, President Gitanas Nausėda emphasized that synchronization with continental Europe's electricity grid is a truly regional triumph born out of close cooperation.
• Address by Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania, at the Baltic States' Energy Independence Day event President of the Republic of Lithuania 09 Feb 2025
• The President at a meeting with leaders of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, the European Commission: Only united action can ensure Europe's long-term security President of the Republic of Lithuania 09 Feb 2025 -- On Sunday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Estonian President Alar Karis, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to mark the start of the synchronization of the Baltic States' electricity systems with continental Europe.
• The President announces successful synchronization: The Baltic electricity systems now operate exclusively in Europe President of the Republic of Lithuania 09 Feb 2025 -- On Sunday, President Gitanas Nausėda, together with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Estonian President Alar Karis, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, announced the successful synchronization of the Baltic States' electricity systems with the continental European grid at a joint press conference.
• Statement by the European Commission on potential imposition of US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium European Commission 09 Feb 2025
• In Central African Republic, A Campaign Of Terror By Wagner's Successors RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- Just after noon on January 17, 2023, Privat Damabakizi, 35, and his wife were working in their farm field in a tiny Central African Republic settlement near the border with Cameroon when his brother, Alvin, called him.
• Chinese e-commerce merchants slam US tariff uncertainty Global Times 09 Feb 2025 -- Many cross-border e-commerce industry practitioners in China have slammed the US' flip-flop on tariff policies on small packages for creating tremendous uncertainty and potentially hurting both merchants and consumers. Still, the Chinese cross-border e-commerce industry can cope with possible policy shifts by optimizing supply chains and diversifying market strategies, an industry expert said on Sunday.
• EU's reported plan to blacklist 25 Chinese firms 'unwise," likely motivated by political posture: expert Global Times 09 Feb 2025 -- The European Union (EU) plans to add another 25 Chinese entities to a blacklist of companies for so-called "circumventing sanctions on Russia," as part of the next package of measures aimed at hobbling Moscow, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday.
• China cracks case involving consulting firm luring retired personnel to steal state secrets: MSS Global Times 09 Feb 2025 -- China's state security authorities recently cracked a case in which a foreign espionage agency commissioned a consulting firm operating in China to conduct investigations by recruiting retired personnel from key positions. They used tactics such as emotional manipulation, financial inducement, contract packaging, and project collaboration to lure these individuals into collecting and stealing China's state secrets, according to an article published by the Wechat account of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) of China on Sunday.
• Trump's tariff hike on chips seeks to force TSMC negotiations: Experts CNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Three experts in the high technology industry have said that U.S. President Donald Trump's recent pledge to impose higher tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors represents an effort to force Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to the negotiating table.
• Taiwan plans to buy more U.S. natural gas to cut trade surplus: Official CNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Taiwan is preparing to expand purchases of United States natural gas to reduce its trade surplus with the country in an attempt to avert potentially higher tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on Taiwanese imports, according to an economics official.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 09 Feb 2025
• North Korea's Kim Vows Continued Support For Russia's Military Amid Heavy Losses RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 8 vowed to maintain his country's support for Russia in its war against Ukraine and threatened to bolster his nuclear forces to counter U.S. military cooperation with Japan and South Korea in the region.
• North Korea's Kim Jong-un slams US for prolonging Ukraine war due to 'wild ambition' Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has slammed the United States for its blocking of international peace efforts aimed at ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.
• KPA Founding Anniversary Celebrated in DPRK KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- All the people across the DPRK significantly celebrated the 77th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
• Banquet Given to Celebrate 77th Founding Anniversary of KPA KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- A banquet was given on Feb. 8, the 77th founding anniversary of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA).
• KCNA Commentary on ROK's Reckless Military Maneuvers KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The military provocations being committed in a frantic way in the ROK from the first month of the new year serve as an occasion of highlighting once again what enemy it is facing and how dangerous it may pay dearly for a moment's carelessness.
• KPA Commanding Officers Visit Kumsusan Palace of Sun KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- On the occasion of the 77th founding anniversary of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA), all the service personnel and people of the DPRK pay the highest tribute to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il who achieved the great cause of building the army by dint of self-reliance with his far-sightedness and original military idea for self-defence and outstanding commanding art and devoted their whole lives to training our revolutionary armed forces into the renowned elite army of the Workers' Party of Korea.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to Ministry of National Defence on Day of KPA Founding KCNA 09 Feb 2025 -- The heroic Korean People's Army, which has remained faithful to its sacred mission of firmly defending the sovereignty and security of the state and safeguarding the well-being and happiness of the beloved people with the image of the dignified Workers' Party of Korea embroidered on the glorious colours, is now greeting its proud 77th founding anniversary along with its undying honor, while recording another year of victory and miracles in the history of army building.
• Iran Says Ready To Negotiate With U.S., But Not Under 'Maximum Pressure' RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said his country is ready to negotiate with Washington regarding its nuclear program and related sanctions, but he said talks couldn't take place under President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" strategy.
• Minister says US maximum pressure campaign has failed IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran's Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad says US President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign aiming to drive Iranian oil exports to zero is a dream, which will never come true.
• Araghchi: Lifting sanctions requires negotiation but not under maximum pressure IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has described the sanctions currently in place against the Iranian people as cruel, saying that the measures are a big obstacle in the way of economic development of Iran, which need to be lifted, but under negotiations not maximum pressure policies.
• Iran will continue to support resistance front until ultimate victory: Top security official Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran's top security official says the Islamic Republic will continue its support for the resistance front until its ultimate victory in Palestine and Lebanon.
• Iranian officials, Turkish intelligence chief discuss regional issues, anti-terror fight Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- The visiting head of the Turkish Intelligence Organization, Ibrahim Kalin, has met Iranian officials in Tehran to discuss the latest developments in the region and the fight against terrorism.
• Iran, Afghanistan resolve long-standing water dispute: Envoy IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran's interim ambassador to Afghanistan, Alireza Bikdeli, has said a long-standing dispute between Afghanistan and Iran over shared warder resources has been resolved following recent discussions.
• Iran begins extraction of radioactive materials in Yazd IRNA 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran has begun the extraction and utilization of radioactive materials and associated elements at the Saghand mining and industrial complex's Anomaly-10 zone, in the central province of Yazd.
• Blocking Iran's oil exports unattainable dream: Minister Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has said that the United States will never achieve its dream of cutting Iran's oil exports to zero as touted by its new president Donald Trump.
• Iran to put out 14 gas flares until late March: NPC chief Press TV 09 Feb 2025 -- CEO of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) says that the country will put out another 14 gas flares in its oil-rich southwest until late March.
• China Is Iran's Top Oil Customer. Can Trump Use Sanctions To Change That? RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on a network of people and firms accused of facilitating the sale of millions of barrels of Iranian oil to China as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration seeks to bring Iran's crude exports to zero.
• Why Kosovo's Election Matters For The Region And The World RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- For Kosovo, the February 9 parliamentary elections are about much more than just choosing a new government; they will shape the country's diplomatic future, regional stability, and international standing.
• Far-Right Rallies In Budapest As Orban Flexes Nationalist Muscle In Madrid RFE/RL 09 Feb 2025 -- The streets of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, were tense but calm as thousands of people took part in an annual right-wing event linked to World War II while antifascist demonstrators protested nearby against the global rise of the far right.
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the formation of a new Government in Lebanon UN Secretary-General 09 Feb 2025