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• US not to participate in any NATO military exercises in Europe: Report Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The US has reportedly informed NATO of its decision not to participate in military exercises in Europe beyond those already scheduled for 2025, raising questions about the future of Washington in the continent.
• France says it will tap frozen Russian assets to send $211 million in arms to Ukraine IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced that France will use interest from frozen Russian assets to fund an additional €195 million ($211 million) in arms for Ukraine.
• China far outpacing US in military, commercial ship numbers VOA 09 Mar 2025 -- When President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had created a new White House office to "resurrect" American military and commercial shipbuilding, he elevated long-standing calls to fix the struggling industry that he said is vital to national security. His clarion call to build more ships "very fast and very soon" comes at a time of rising strategic competition with China.
• Peace requires safeguarding, military spokesperson says on China's defense spending increase Global Times 09 Mar 2025 -- The world is not a peaceful place, and peace requires safeguarding, a Chinese military spokesperson said on Sunday, elaborating on the 7.2 percent growth in China's 2025 defense budget. The spokesperson emphasized that the increase has been reasonable and steady.
• People's Liberation Army-Navy vessels operating near Australia Australia DOD 09 Mar 2025 -- People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Task Group 107, comprised of the Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang, the Renhai-class Cruiser Zunyi, and the Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu are operating in the Sunda Strait, between the Indonesian Islands of Java and Sumatra.
• China, Iran, Russia to hold joint naval drill, eye military cooperation boost: Chinese defense ministry Global Times 09 Mar 2025 -- Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that China will soon hold a joint naval exercise with Iran and Russia near Iran, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy sending a destroyer and a replenish ship. Chinese experts said the routine drill helps safeguard security in the strategically important energy shipping region and is crucial to global peace and stability.
• China, Russia, and Iran Set To Hold Naval Exercises Amid Deepening Cooperation RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- Warships from China, Russia, and Iran will hold exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway as the three partners highlight their deepening cooperation and showcase their growing capabilities, according to reports in state-run media.
• Iran, China, Russia will kick off 'Security Belt 2025' naval exercise on Monday IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- The Navies of Iran, China and Russia will kick off joint drills in the northern Indian Ocean with the aim of promoting security in the area and enhancing trilateral naval cooperation.
• Iranian, Russian, Chinese forces to hold joint naval exercise: Beijing Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- A joint naval exercise involving the naval forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, and China is scheduled to be held in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, where the three nations will engage in large-scale maritime operations featuring various divisions of their military forces.
• Ministry of National Defense Press Release Regarding "U.S. Request for Taiwan's Mandatory Military Service to Be Extended to Two Years" ROC MND 09 Mar 2025
• Upcoming drills in waters off Pingtung 'routine': Navy CNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Drills in waters southwest of Pingtung County scheduled for March 24 are "routine" exercises and will not involve live-fire training, according to a statement from the Navy on Sunday.
• First rear fuselage for LCA Mk1A handed over to HAL by Indian private industry in the presence of Raksha Mantri in Bengaluru India PIB 09 Mar 2025 -- The first rear fuselage for Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A, produced by Indian Private Industry, Alpha Tocol Engineering Services Private Ltd, was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Aircraft Division in Bengaluru, Karnataka on March 09, 2025
• INDIAN ARMY CONTINGENT DEPARTS FOR INDIA- KYRGYZSTAN JOINT SPECIAL FORCES EXERCISE KHANJAR-XII India PIB 09 Mar 2025 -- The 12th edition of the India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise KHANJAR-XII is set to take place in Kyrgyzstan from 10 March to 23 March 2025
• US considering 'rare earths' deal with DR Congo in exchange for military aid: Report Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The United States is reportedly engaged in exploratory talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) regarding a potential deal on rare earth elements, marking the latest effort by the Donald Trump administration to secure access to vital resources overseas following unsuccessful negotiations with Ukraine.
• OPINION: Resuming bilateral Cambodian military drills won't be enough for the US Radio Free Asia 09 Mar 2025 -- Why is Phnom Penh now willing to give the United States what it has been demanding for years?
• Frozen Ambitions: America's Long Pursuit Of Greenland RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- Greenlanders will head to the polls on March 11 amid a looming geopolitical showdown over calls from US President Donald Trump for the Danish territory to become an American island.
• Rubio heads to Saudi Arabia for US-Ukraine talks, then Canada for G7 VOA 09 Mar 2025 -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday for U.S.-Ukraine talks as President Donald Trump pushes to broker a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine war, despite Russia's latest massive aerial attacks against Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
• PRESS GAGGLE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP The White House 09 Mar 2025

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• Israel plans to set up 'Migration Directorate' to expel Palestinians from Gaza IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced that the Israeli regime is planning to establish a "Migration Directorate" in line with U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to forcibly deport Palestinians from Gaza.
• Israel's Ben-Gvir pushes bill to end Oslo Accords, other agreements Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Israel's extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir has submitted a bill to the Knesset to cancel the 1993 Oslo Accords and a series of subsequent deals, which were meant to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Hamas says main conditions remain in place to end Gaza war IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, says its three primary conditions remain in place to resume talks with Israel over a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
• Israeli army kills and wounds more Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- At least two Palestinians have been killed and an unknown number of others wounded in the latest Israeli army attack in Gaza City, raising the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks to five in the past 24 hours.
• Hamas confirms direct talks with US envoy for captives in Doha Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Hamas says Palestinian negotiators have held several meetings with US President Donald Trump's special envoy over the release of an American-Israeli captive being held in Gaza.
• UNRWA Situation Report #162 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information updated for 26 February - 4 March 2025 UNRWA 09 Mar 2025
• Trump's idea of mass deportation of Palestinians from Gaza is 'pure fantasy': UN rapporteur Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing has dismissed US President Donald Trump's controversial plan for the mass deportation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip as "pure fantasy."
• Trump envoy describes recent meeting with Hamas as 'very helpful' VOA 09 Mar 2025 -- President Donald Trump's envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler, said Sunday that his meetings last week, with the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas, about hostages it is holding in Gaza were "very helpful" and could lead to their release "within weeks."
• Statement by the High Representative on the Arab Plan for Gaza European External Action Service (EEAS) 09 Mar 2025 -- The European Union welcomes the Arab Recovery and Reconstruction Plan presented at the Cairo Summit on 4 March that was also adopted by the OIC. This plan represents a serious basis for discussions on the future of the Gaza Strip and the EU will discuss these ideas with its Arab partners.
• Defying Trump's 'riviera' scheme, European powers back Arab reconstruction plan for Gaza Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Key European nations, including the UK, France, Germany, and Italy, have backed an Egyptian proposal to reconstruct Gaza as a counter to US President Donald Trump's controversial "riviera" plan that advocates the forcible displacement of Palestinians from the Strip.
• Yemen threatens Israel with 'blockade' if it ignores ultimatum on stopping Gaza attacks Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Yemen's Supreme Political Council has warned that it would resume its naval operations aimed at enforcing a "blockade" against the Israeli regime if Tel Aviv failed to heed the country's ultimatum on stopping its deadly attacks against the Gaza Strip.

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• The Federal Foreign Office on the situation in Syria Germany Federal Foreign Office 09 Mar 2025
• Hundreds Of Civilians Said To Have Been Killed By Syrian Security Forces RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- The United Nations and the United States have called on Syrian authorities to take immediate action after it was reported that Syrian government forces have killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the Alawite minority group in recent days.
• UN rights chief raises alarm over escalating violence in Syria UN News 09 Mar 2025 -- The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former government and other local armed men.
• Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the escalating violence in Syria's coastal areas UNICEF 09 Mar 2025
• UN rights chief demands immediate end to killing of civilians in Syria Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The UN Human Rights chief has called for an immediate halt to the ongoing violence in northwestern Syria, where entire families have reportedly been killed in escalating clashes, demanding a prompt investigation into the killings and holding the perpetrators accountable.
• Türk says killings of civilians in Syria must cease immediately, calls for investigations OHCHR 09 Mar 2025 -- Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on serious escalation of violence in Syria
• Killing of civilians in Syria must immediately stop, demands U.N. rights chief IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called on the authorities in Syria to immediately stop the killing of civilians in coastal areas of the crisis-hit Arab country.
• Clashes, revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 dead in 2 days Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- A UK-based war monitor says more than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of intense clashes between militants aligned with Syria's ruling Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham administration and armed opposition groups loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad and ensuing revenge killings in the country's western region.
• 1,000 reported killed as clashes rage on in Syria's coastal regions IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Intense fighting between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces and armed groups opposing the interim rulers continues in parts of northwestern Syria.
• Death toll from fighting in Syria's coastal region tops 1,000 IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Clashes in Syria's western coast, pitting forces of the interim government against loyalists of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, have reportedly left 1,018 people dead, mostly civilians.
• Spanish Government expresses concern over violence of recent days in Syria Spain MFA 09 Mar 2025
• The Escalation of Fighting and Civilian Deaths in Syria US Dept. of State 09 Mar 2025 -- The United States condemns the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent days.
• Hezbollah rejects 'baseless' claims of involvement in deadly Syria clashes Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has categorically dismissed allegations of involvement in the recent deadly clashes in Syria, describing the accusations as "baseless."
• The Chief of the General Staff Toured the Area of Separation in Syria Israel Defense Forces 09 Mar 2025
• Israel to issue permits for Syrian Druze workers Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Israel has announced it will issue work permits for members of the Syrian Druze community amid reports showing that the regime is supporting separatist tendencies in the Arab country.
• Spain calls for respect for institutions in the face of growing tension in Bosnia and Herzegovina Spain MFA 09 Mar 2025

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• Greenland Elections: Go American, Stay Danish, Or Go It Alone? RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- Normally the elections for the 31-member Inatsisartut, the parliament of Greenland, would get scant attention. The world's biggest island, with a population of just 60,000, is rarely in the news.
• Trump to keep tariffs to pressure Mexico, Canada, China on fentanyl, aides say VOA 09 Mar 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping new tariffs in place on Mexico, Canada and China to pressure them to block the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the United States, top White House economic officials said Sunday.
• Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Expanded Leadership to Revamp ICE DHS 09 Mar 2025 -- Today, Secretary Kristi Noem announced new leadership to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reinstitute a culture of results and accountability after four years of agency decay under the Biden Administration.
• Presidium of China's annual legislative session holds 2nd meeting People's Daily 09 Mar 2025 -- The presidium of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held its second meeting Saturday.
• China's national legislature holds 2nd plenary meeting of annual session People's Daily 09 Mar 2025 -- The third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held its second plenary meeting Saturday to deliberate work reports of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).
• China's real estate market keeps stabilizing as government policy support boosts confidence: Minister Global Times 09 Mar 2025 -- China's real estate market continued to recover in January and February, showing signs of stabilization, said Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong at a press conference on Sunday.
• Reunification cannot be obstructed, cross-Straits exchanges cannot be cut out: NPC deputies from Taiwan delegation Global Times 09 Mar 2025 -- "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces cannot obstruct the historical trend of reunification, Yan Ke, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) from the Taiwan delegation and vice president of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, said on Sunday when addressing media after a group meeting at the third session of the 14th NPC.
• Lawmakers, political advisors oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism, external interference Global Times 09 Mar 2025 -- National lawmakers and political advisors of Taiwan origin have given their acknowledgment of the parts concerning Taiwan in a government work report and voiced their firm opposition to "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference.
• Lawmakers, political advisors oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism, external interference People's Daily 09 Mar 2025 -- National lawmakers and political advisors of Taiwan origin have given their acknowledgment of the parts concerning Taiwan in a government work report and voiced their firm opposition to "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 09 Mar 2025
• S. Korean president released as prosecution decides not to appeal People's Daily 09 Mar 2025 -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was released Saturday as the prosecution decided not to appeal against a court's release approval.
• US Threatens Possible Military Response After Tehran Rejects Nuclear Outreach RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- The White House again warned Tehran that it can be dealt with either through military means or by reaching a deal over its nuclear program, remarks that came hours after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected a US proposal for negotiations between the two bitter rivals.
• Pezeshkian: Iran considers conflict detrimental to itself, region and the world IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran's principled policy is based on de-escalation and fostering unity in West Asia, as the Islamic Republic believes that any kind of tension and conflict will be detrimental to all, including the country itself.
• President Pezeshkian warns that tension and conflict will harm Iran, global stability Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says tension, unrest and conflict will be detrimental to Iran, the region and the entire world.
• Iran says it might consider negotiations only to ease nuclear 'militarization' concerns IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic might consider holding negotiations only if the objective is to ease concerns about the "potential militarization" of its nuclear program.
• Iran will not wait for any letter from the U.S. to neuter the sanctions: Qalibaf IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says Iran will not wait for any letter from the United States in order to neuter the existing sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
• Iran will not wait for any letter from US: Parliament speaker Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Iran will not wait for any letter from the United States as the country relies on its domestic capacities.
• Iran rules out talks aimed at dismantling 'peaceful nuclear program': UN mission Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations says there is no possibility of any negotiations aimed at dismantling the country's "peaceful nuclear program."
• IRGC dismantles two terrorist teams in southeast Iran IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has disbanded two Takfiri terrorist teams in Sistan-and-Baluchestan province, southeast Iran.
• Role of world's largest gas field in Iran's energy security Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday attended the signing ceremony of seven contracts worth $17 billion to boost pressure at the South Pars gas field by domestic companies.
• Iran rebukes Canada's new sanctions as deceitful, in breach of international law Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly denounced the latest round of Canadian sanctions against the Islamic Republic, characterizing them as "deceitful" and "in violation of international law."
• Iraq warns US its power grid would collapse without Iran gas supplies Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- A senior Iraqi official has warned the United States that any move by Washington to restrict the supply of natural gas from Iran to Iraq would cause a collapse to the Arab country's electrical grid.
• Washington rescinds Iraq's waiver to buy electricity from Iran: Report IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- The United States has reportedly ended a waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran, as part of President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" policy against the Islamic Republic.
• Trump admin. revokes Iraq's sanctions waiver for Iranian electricity imports Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The administration of US President Donald Trump has refused to renew a sanctions waiver that previously allowed Iraq to pay for electricity imported from Iran, putting the country's ability to meet its domestic energy needs at risk.
• Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the Eurogroup press conference European Commission 09 Mar 2025
• Press conference - Canberra Prime Minister of Australia 09 Mar 2025
• Qatar says all Israeli nuclear sites must come under IAEA oversight IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- Qatar has called for increased international efforts to place all Israeli nuclear facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• Qatar urges IAEA oversight of all Israeli nuclear facilities Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed in a statement that Doha has appealed to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to subject all Israeli nuclear facilities to the inspection and regulation of the global nuclear body.
• EXPLAINED: Top leader To Lam plans to redraw Vietnam's provincial lines Radio Free Asia 09 Mar 2025 -- Since becoming Vietnam's top leader last August, Communist Party General Secretary To Lam has tightened his grip on the party-state - placing loyalists in key posts to advance his big government shake-up plan.
• Authorities Reject Georgescu's Presidential Candidacy Sparking Violence In Bucharest RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- Romania's Central Electoral Board (CEB) rejected the candidacy of far-right politician Calin Georgescu from a rerun of a presidential election, sparking clashes between his supporters, angry at the move, and police.