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• Yemeni forces clash with American warships in the Red Sea as the U.S. strikes Hudaydah IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Yemeni forces have clashed with U.S. warships in a prolonged Red Sea operation, as American forces launched new airstrikes on the west of the country.
• Yemeni forces conducts fresh retaliatory operation against US warships in Red Sea Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have launched an attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and its escorts in the northern Red Sea in retaliation for the continued US aggression against the Arab country and the destruction of its vital infrastructure.
• Houthis Claim Attack on USS Harry Truman, US Warships Sputnik 06 Apr 2025 -- Shia movement Ansar Allah, which rules northern Yemen, attacked warships in the northern Red Sea, including a supply vessel for the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• National Guard Bureau Chief Sees Promising Partnership in Timor-Leste Army News 06 Apr 2025 -- The chief of the National Guard Bureau visited Timor-Leste last week to underscore the Rhode Island National Guard's budding security cooperation ties with the island nation through the Department of Defense State Partnership Program.
• UK and US hit major milestone in development of hypersonic weapons UK MOD 06 Apr 2025 -- UK hypersonic research, which could see weapons travelling at several thousand miles per hour, has reached a landmark moment after successful completion of a major testing programme.
• Rubio's NATO visit exposes mounting tensions, eroding trust in transatlantic ties People's Daily 06 Apr 2025 -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended his first NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, where he reaffirmed Washington's position that Europe should take more responsibility for defending the alliance.
• China, Cambodia launch joint drills at newly established Ream logistics & training center Global Times 06 Apr 2025 -- China and Cambodia launched the "Golden Dragon-2025" joint exercise, after the China-Cambodia Joint Support and Training Center at Port Ream was officially inaugurated and put into operation on Saturday. An expert said on Sunday that the two countries will likely conduct more joint drills using this center in the future, contributing to bilateral and military relations as well as regional peace and stability.

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• Israel deports two British MPs for criticizing Tel Aviv IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Two MPs from Britain's Labour Party have been denied entry to Israel and deported over what the regime has labeled as spreading "anti-Israel hatred."
• Israel Detains Two British Parliamentarians on Official Visit Sputnik 06 Apr 2025 -- Israeli authorities confirmed they had barred two British parliamentarians from entering the country, claiming they planned to spread "anti-Israel rhetoric."
• The Chief of the General Staff at a Situational Assessment on the Lebanese Border Israel Defense Forces 06 Apr 2025
• Israeli attacks kill 46 Palestinians as renewed Gaza offensive enters 20th day IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Israeli forces have escalated air and ground offensives across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 46 Palestinians in a 24-hour period, as the regime's renewed assault continued for the 20th consecutive day.
• Over 600,000 children in Gaza at risk of 'permanent paralysis': Ministry Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- More than 600,000 children in Gaza are at risk of permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities due to Israel's prevention of polio vaccines in the besieged Palestinian region.
• Israel plans to cut off Rafah from rest of Gaza by establishing new corridor Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- The Israeli military has deployed troops in southern Gaza to establish a new military corridor, effectively cutting off Rafah from the rest of the besieged Palestinian territory.
• Rocket barrage launched from Gaza strikes Israeli port of Ashdod Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that it launched a rocket barrage targeting the Israeli-occupied port of Ashdod.
• Rafah 'wiped off the map' by Israel's ethnic cleansing campaign Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Rafah, a city along the border of the Gaza Strip and Egypt, has entirely been "wiped off the map" by Israel's brutal campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing, says the Gaza government media office.
• 'Full-blown crisis': Gaza municipality warns as Israel cuts 70% of water supply Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Gaza municipality has warned of a "full-blown crisis" after the Israeli military on Saturday halted the flow of water to the narrow Strip, effectively cutting off 70% of the territory's total water supply.
• Hamas calls for widespread participation in general strike in the West Bank IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- The Islamic Resistance Movement has called for widespread participation in a planned general strike and demonstrations in the West Bank to condemn the Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip.
• Hamas calls for mass participation in general strike in West Bank Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has called on the people in the West Bank to stage a general strike in a show of solidarity with the people in the Gaza Strip some 80 kilometers away.
• Europe placing itself on wrong side of history by appeasing Israel, says Iran IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says Europe is compromising its moral credibility and placing itself on the wrong side of history by appeasing Israel, while the regime is facing global outrage over its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
• Europe standing on wrong side of history by appeasing Israel: Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says Europe is standing on the wrong side of history by appeasing Israel, stressing that it is showing disregard for "the rule of law" by ignoring the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, the regime's criminal prime minister.
• OIC calls for independent probe into Israeli killing of aid workers in Gaza IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the establishment of an independent committee to investigate the crimes committed by the Israeli regime against aid workers in the Gaza Strip.
• OIC Condemns the Heinous Crime of the Israeli Occupation and the Execution of Medical and Humanitarian Personnel and Calls on the International Community to Urgently Investigate and End the Policy of Impunity Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 06 Apr 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the crime of the execution by the Israeli occupation forces, on 23 /3/ 2025, in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, of eight Palestinian Red Crescent and six civil defence personnel, in addition to a UN employee while carrying out their humanitarian tasks.

Other Conflicts

• Chinese Maritime Police Force Japanese Boat Out of Disputed Islands Area - Statement Sputnik 06 Apr 2025 -- The Chinese Maritime Police have driven off a Japanese fishing boat from the area around disputed islands in the East China Sea, spokesman for the China Maritime Police Bureau Liu Dejun said on Sunday.
• China Coast Guard drives away a Japanese vessel for illegally entering waters of Diaoyu Dao Global Times 06 Apr 2025 -- From April 5 to 6, a Japanese fishing vessel illegally entered China's territorial waters around the Diaoyu Dao, Chinese Coast Guard vessels took necessary control measures in accordance with the law and issued warnings to drive it away, Liu Dejun, the spokesperson of the China Coast Guard, said on Sunday.

News Reports

• US revokes all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- The US State Department has revoked all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over the African country's refusal to take back expatriates.
• OIC General Secretariat Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Burkina Faso OIC 07 Apr 2025 -- The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the recent series of bloody terrorist attacks in Soro and the eastern part of Burkina Faso, which claimed scores of casualties.
• New Russia-US Contacts Upcoming Next Week- Kremlin's Envoy Sputnik 06 Apr 2025 -- New contacts between Russia and the United States can be expected as early as next week, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Sunday.
• China states its position on opposing U.S. abuse of tariffs People's Daily 06 Apr 2025 -- The Chinese government's position on opposing U.S. abuse of tariffs was released on Saturday.
• China to impose additional 34-pct tariffs on all U.S. imports starting April 10 People's Daily 06 Apr 2025 -- China will impose additional 34-percent tariffs on all products imported from the United States starting from April 10, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Friday.
• G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on China's Large-scale Military Drills around Taiwan US Dept. of State 06 Apr 2025 -- The text of the following statement was released by the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
• Taiwan will not retaliate against Trump's tariffs: Lai CNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Taiwan has no plans to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's 32 percent tariff on Taiwanese goods, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) announced Sunday, as he sought to ease public fears over the potential economic fallout from Washington's latest trade measure.
• Cross-party meeting on response to U.S. tariffs to be held Monday CNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Taiwan's two biggest opposition parties have agreed to attend a cross-party meeting called by the Executive Yuan on Monday to discuss its NT$88 billion (US$2.65 billion) proposal to assist Taiwanese businesses, in the wake of sweeping tariffs announced by United States President Donald Trump.
• First Luxembourg parliamentarian group since 2019 visits Taiwan CNA 06 Apr 2025 -- The first group of Luxembourg parliamentarians to visit Taiwan since 2019 arrived in Taipei Sunday and will meet with senior government officials to enhance bilateral relations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 06 Apr 2025
• S. Korea's acting president expected to designate snap presidential election date next week People's Daily 06 Apr 2025 -- South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who is serving as acting president following former President Yoon Suk-yeol's ouster from office, was expected to designate the date of a snap presidential election next week, Yonhap news agency said Friday.
• Iran will not initiate war, but will respond decisively to any aggression: Top general IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- The chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says the Islamic Republic does not seek war but firmly stands against bullying and intimidation.
• Iran not a warmonger, but will stand up to bullying: Top general outlines Leader's reply to Trump's letter Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Iran's top general says Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei gave an "appropriate" response in accordance with his strategies and directives to a letter sent by US President Donald Trump to him last month.
• Iran Rejects Trump Call For Direct Talks Over Nuclear Program RFE/RL 06 Apr 2025 -- Iran's foreign minister rejected US proposals for direct negotiations over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, days after US President Donald Trump called for face-to-face talks.
• Araghchi says no round of talks held between Iran and US Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reiterated Iran's willingness to hold "indirect" talks with the United States while emphasizing that the two countries have held no direct negotiations yet.
• Iran open to diplomacy but US saber-rattling makes direct talks 'meaningless': Araghchi Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Iran's foreign minister has dismissed direct talks with the United States as "meaningless" given Washington's threats to use force against the country, reiterating Tehran's openness to diplomacy and indirect negotiations.
• No Talks Yet: Iran Stands Firm on Mediated Negotiations With US Sputnik 06 Apr 2025 -- Iran has not yet held a single round of talks with the US on its nuclear program and continues to insist on a mediated negotiation, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday.
• Foreign minister says no negotiations so far held between Iran and the U.S. IRNA 06 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says no rounds of negotiations have taken place so far between Iran and the United States.
• Iran's gasoil production up by over 8% in H2 last calendar year Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Iran managed to significantly increase its gasoil production in the second half of the calendar year to late March amid the rising demand for motor fuel and feedstock in the country's power plants.
• Iranian Currency's Value Tumbles To Record Low As US 'Maximum Pressure' Bites RFE/RL 06 Apr 2025 -- Iran's national currency, the rial, tumbled to a record low against the US dollar, as US President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" strategy against the Islamic republic's economy continued to take its toll.
• Death toll in Myanmar earthquake rises to 3,455: official media People's Daily 06 Apr 2025 -- The powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar has claimed 3,455 lives, left 4,840 people injured, and 214 remain unaccounted for as of Saturday, according to the official media Myanmar Radio and Television.
• Bill to seize mosques in India gains presidential assent Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- India's President Droupadi Murmu has given his assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, a controversial legislation that gives the Narendra Modi government a pretext to seize mosques.
• PM call with international leaders: 6 April 2025 Gov.UK 06 Apr 2025 -- The Prime Minister spoke with international leaders including the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and leader of the German Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz.
• PM call with Prime Minister Carney of Canada: 6 April 2025 Gov.UK 06 Apr 2025
• Prime Minister Carney speaks with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Keir Starmer Prime Minister of Canada 06 Apr 2025 -- Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer.
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 06 Apr 2025 -- "I have just finished a very important visit to Hungary. Hungary is a very great friend of Israel. It defends us in the European Union and the UN, and no less, in the corrupt international court in The Hague which is biased against all of us - IDF soldiers and commanders, and the State of Israel. It is trying to deny our right to self-defense."
• Netanyahu to meet Trump at White House to discuss new tariffs imposed on Israel: media People's Daily 06 Apr 2025 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported on Saturday.
• Readout by President von der Leyen following her phone call with UK Prime Minister Starmer European Commission 06 Apr 2025 -- "The President expressed her deep concern over the tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2 and the harm they pose to all countries—both through their direct and indirect effects, including on the world's poorest nations."
• Nigerian security agents plan fresh attacks on followers of Sheikh Zakzaky in Abuja: Report Press TV 06 Apr 2025 -- Nigerian security agents are planning coordinated attacks on the homes and properties of followers of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, according to a report.
• Uzbekistan's Silk Mirage: Is Freedom Of Speech Heading 'Back To The Future'? RFE/RL 06 Apr 2025 -- A decade ago, when Uzbekistan's first president, Islam Karimov, was still alive, it would have been difficult for a Western journalist to research and write a book covering the country, its society, and its political regime.