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• U.S. Forces Conduct Strike Targeting ISIS-Somalia AFRICOM 13 Jul 2025 -- In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against ISIS-Somalia on July 13, 2025.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US sends B-52s to Guam amid growing tensions across Indo-Pacific Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- The United States has deployed B-52H Stratofortress bombers to Guam as part of a Bomber Task Force (BTF) operation amid growing military and political tensions across the Indo-Pacific.
• Russia Accuses NATO of Provoking Escalation in Baltic Sea Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- Russia notes the line of NATO countries on restricting freedom of navigation in the Baltic region, the military-political situation has become significantly more complicated because of this, the risks of escalation have increased, Russian Ambassador to Oslo Nikolay Korchunov told Sputnik.
• Russia's Drone Warfare Tactics and Tech Evolving Too Fast for Ukraine's NATO Sponsors to Catch Up Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- A new type of warfare is emerging in the skies over Ukraine — and it's being shaped by a collision of cutting-edge drone tech by two powerful opposing military camps.
• North Korea's Kim pledges 'unconditional support' for Russia in Ukraine conflict Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un affirmed Pyongyang's readiness to "unconditionally support" all Moscow's actions in its conflict with Ukraine during strategic talks with Russia's top diplomat, according to reports by state media.
• Kim Jong Un Confirms North Korea's Support for Russia's Measures to Resolve Ukraine Crisis Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- During a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed Pyongyang's readiness to support the Russian authorities' measures to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
• China's Defense Ministry Accuses Japan of Creating Maritime, Air Security Risks Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- The reconnaissance activities of Japanese military ships and aircraft targeting China are the root cause of maritime and air security risks between the two countries, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said on Sunday.
• Chinese warplane's monitoring of Japanese recon aircraft over China's East China Sea ADIZ lawful: spokesperson Global Times 13 Jul 2025 -- The Chinese warplane's monitoring of Japanese reconnaissance aircraft within China's East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is legitimate and was carried out in a professional manner, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Sunday after the Japanese side hyped the "close encounters." A Chinese expert stressed that it was the Japanese spy plane that came close to China for reconnaissance in the first place.
• China says response to Japanese planes' actions reasonable, professional PRC MND 13 Jul 2025 -- The response of Chinese military aircraft to the Japanese planes repeatedly conducting close reconnaissance in the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone was entirely reasonable and professional, a Chinese defense spokesman said on Sunday morning.
• Ministry of National Defense: Minister Wellington Koo Inspects Marine Corps Anti-Air Warfare Exercise, Commends Personnel for Their Dedication to Air Defense ROC MND 13 Jul 2025
• Ministry of National Defense: Minister Wellington Koo Inspects Air Force Anti-Air Warfare Exercise, Commends Personnel for Their Dedication to Combat Readiness ROC MND 13 Jul 2025
• Indigenous land-based version of Sky Sword II makes Han Kuang debut CNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Taiwan's domestically built land-based version of the Sky Sword II missile made its Han Kuang debut on Sunday as the Army tested the emergency deployment capability of the surface-to-air missile in Taoyuan during the fifth day of the live-fire phase of the annual military drills.
• 3 soldiers suffer minor injuries during Han Kuang drills CNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Three soldiers sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a vehicle accident on Saturday in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, while participating in the annual Han Kuang military exercises, the military said Sunday.
• Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 opens Australia DOD 13 Jul 2025 -- Australia's largest bilateral military exercise, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, officially commences today following an opening ceremony on board HMAS Adelaide.
• HMCS St. John's departs for Operation REASSURANCE Canada 13 Jul 2025 -- Today, His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) St. John's departed Halifax to begin its deployment on Operation REASSURANCE, where it will join Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) as part of Canada's continuing contribution to NATO's collective defence in European waters, until December 2025.
• Iranian lawmakers advance bill to strengthen Armed Forces for confrontation with Israel Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Iranian lawmakers are advancing a bill in Parliament to increase military spending aimed at strengthening the Armed Forces for an all-out confrontation with the Israeli regime.
• EU chief slams Trump tariff threat, pledges retaliation if required Global Times 13 Jul 2025 -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned on Saturday that Washington's decision to impose 30 percent tariffs on European Union (EU) exports risks severely disrupting transatlantic supply chains, and pledged that the EU would respond with countermeasures if necessary.
• EU urged to respond firmly as Trump's tariff threat sparks outrage Global Times 13 Jul 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement of sweeping 30 percent tariffs on European Union (EU) exports on Saturday has provoked a fierce backlash across the bloc, with officials and industry leaders demanding a strong and united response amid continued trade talks.

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Ukraine Conflict News

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• Gaza should remain in ruins for decades, says Israeli energy minister Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen says the Gaza Strip should remain in a state of devastation without reconstruction for decades, as the indirect Israel-Hamas talks in Qatar for a comprehensive ceasefire to end the war have run into a snag.
• Israeli energy minister claims Gaza should remain in ruins for decades IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has claimed that the Gaza Strip should remain in a state of devastation without reconstruction for decades, media reports said.
• Elimination of Terrorists Who Fired an Anti-Tank Missile at IDF Troops in the Northern Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 13 Jul 2025
• Israeli attacks kill 139 Palestinians in Gaza: Ministry IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 58,026 as the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the besieged enclave continues unabated, authorities reported on Sunday.
• Israel kills 10 Palestinians in strikes on Gaza water distribution point Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- The Israeli military has conducted fresh airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 27 Palestinians, including 10 at a water distribution point, in the besieged territory.
• 150 Palestinians killed as Gaza witnesses its bloodiest day in 3 months Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- As many as 150 Palestinians have been killed throughout the Gaza Strip as the coastal sliver witnesses its deadliest day since May, when the Israeli regime scaled up its genocide against the territory to new monumental highs.
• Gaza municipalities halt essential services amid severe fuel shortage Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Municipal authorities in the Gaza Strip have announced the suspension of essential services due to a severe fuel shortage resulting from a complete blockade of the already besieged Palestinian region.
• Israel intensifies Rafah demolitions to make room for detention camp for Gazans Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Israel has intensified demolitions in Gaza's southern city of Rafah as reports emerge of a scheme to confine the entire Palestinian population of the territory to a camp built atop the town's ruins.
• Israeli settlers committing regime-backed 'war crimes' in West Bank: Ex-PM Olmert Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says settlers have been committing "war crimes" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank under the protection of the Tel Aviv regime.
• Hamas calls for halting 'inhumane' U.S.-Israeli aid mechanism in Gaza IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called for immediate Arab and international intervention to stop the ongoing U.S.- and Israeli-backed aid mechanism in Gaza, which the movement described as inhumane.
• Islamic Jihad: Palestinian resistance will never surrender IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Mohammad al-Hindi, the deputy secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, says that Palestinian resistance will not capitulate under external pressures.
• Surrender has no place in lexicon of Resistance Front, says top Islamic Jihad leader Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- A high-profile leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement says Israel has not offered any practical proposals aimed at ending the Gaza genocidal war, saying that surrender and humiliation have no place in the lexicon of resistance groups.

Other Conflicts

• Romualdez urges unity in defending WPS on anniv of arbitral ruling Philippine News Agency 13 Jul 2025 -- Reelected Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Sunday called on Filipinos to remain united in asserting the country's sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, as the nation marked the ninth anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Award that invalidated China's sweeping claims in the region.
• Activities in Commando Headquarters and the Locating of Weapons Caches: Footage From IDF Activities in Syria to Prevent Weapons Smuggling Along the Syrian-Lebanese Border Israel Defense Forces 13 Jul 2025

News Reports

• SSU eliminates killers who murdered SSU colonel in Kyiv Security Service of Ukraine 13 Jul 2025 -- During a special operation, the Security Service of Ukraine eliminated enemy agents who on orders of russia's federal security service murdered an SSU colonel in Kyiv.
• Putin Says UK, France Still Blame Russia for Collapse of Their Colonial Empires Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- The United Kingdom and France blame Russia for the dissolution of their colonial empires and have retained this historical resentment to this day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
• Putin Explains What Truly Divided Russia and the West Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- President Vladimir Putin discussed the roots of the contradictions between the West and Moscow in a previously unpublished segment of an interview for the documentary Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years by Saida Medvedeva and Pavel Zarubin, aired by the Rossiya TV channel.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Jul 2025
• China-Russia Relations 'Most Stable, Mature' in Modern World - Foreign Minister Sputnik 13 Jul 2025 -- Relations between Russia and China are the most stable, mature and strategically valuable among major countries in the modern world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing.
• Taiwan heads into high-stakes recall showdown that could reshape Legislature CNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Taiwan is bracing for a political shake-up as a majority of directly elected lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) face the prospect of early removal from office in unprecedented waves of recall votes slated for July 26 and Aug. 23.
• US seeks clarity from allies on their role in potential conflict on China's Taiwan island, frustrating allies: reports Global Times 13 Jul 2025 -- According to a Financial Times (FT) report, the Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role they would play if the US and China went to conflict over China's Taiwan island, which has frustrated the two American allies.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 13 Jul 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Jul 2025
• Press Statement by Chief of Policy Office of DPRK Ministry of National Defence KCNA 13 Jul 2025 -- The chief of the Policy Office of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Sunday issued the following press statement titled "The U.S.-Japan-ROK military nexus threatening regional peace should be closely watched and deterred":
• Press Statement on Second Strategic Dialogue between DPRK and Russian Foreign Ministers Released KCNA 13 Jul 2025 -- A press statement on the second strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation was issued on July 12.
• DPRK Government Hosts Reception in Welcome of Russian Foreign Minister KCNA 13 Jul 2025 -- The DPRK government hosted a reception at Myongsasimni Hotel in the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area on the evening of July 12 in welcome of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a visit to the DPRK.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Russian Foreign Minister KCNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met on July 12 Sergei Lavrov, foreign minister of the Russian Federation, who visited the DPRK to take part in the second strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of the DPRK and Russia.
• Russian Foreign Minister Visits DPRK KCNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Sergei Lavrov, foreign minister of the Russian Federation, arrived at Wonsan Kalma Airport on Friday night to visit the DPRK at the invitation of the DPRK Foreign Ministry.
• 'Dirty campaign': Russia rejects US media report it supports 'zero-enrichment' Iran deal IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected a recent US media report claiming that Moscow would support a nuclear deal in which Iran commits to "zero enrichment" as proposed by the United States, denouncing it as a "dirty politicized campaign."
• Russia rejects US media report it backed 'zero enrichment' Iran deal Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Russia has dismissed a recent report claiming that President Vladimir Putin had urged Iran to agree to a zero enrichment agreement with the United States, describing it as "defamation."
• Exclusive | Pezeshkian signaled Iran's readiness for dialogue from position of strength, says presidential aide IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a clear message to the world in his latest interview by saying that Iran is ready to negotiate and establish peace in the region from a position of strength, according to a presidential aide.
• President: Military strength and national unity was the key to victory in the war IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran's recent victory in the face of the Israeli regime's war of aggression would not have been possible without both the military's capabilities and the nation's unity.
• Pezeshkian credits victory against Israel to strong defense, national unity Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has credited Iran's triumph in the 12-day war against Israel to the nation's robust defense capabilities and unwavering cohesion, emphasizing their significance in overcoming the Israeli regime's aggression.
• Iran's prosecutor general urges U.N. action against aggression on the country IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- Iran's prosecutor general has called on the United Nations to take actions regarding the war crimes of the United Sates and the Israeli regime in launching air strikes on the Iranian soil.
• Iranian FM: Netanyahu 'openly dictating' US in talks with Iran Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- The Iranian foreign minister has stated that Israel's prime minister has failed to achieve any of his objectives through the regime's latest war of aggression against Iran.
• 'Brazen attack on intl. law': Iranian foreign ministry report details Israeli aggression Press TV 13 Jul 2025 -- In a report, Iran's foreign ministry has detailed how the large-scale and unprovoked Israeli military aggression against Iran violated international law and humanitarian principles.
• Israeli-linked ringleaders and elements arrested in southwestern Iran IRNA 13 Jul 2025 -- The prosecutor general of Yasuj has said that following the recent Israeli regime's attack on Iran, some of the ringleaders and elements affiliated with the regime were arrested in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.
• Doorstop - Shanghai, People's Republic of China Prime Minister of Australia 13 Jul 2025
• Doorstop - Shanghai Prime Minister of Australia 13 Jul 2025
• Doorstop - Shanghai Prime Minister of Australia 13 Jul 2025
• "The doors of a new era are opening for our country" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 13 Jul 2025 -- Delivering the closing speech of AK Party's Consultation and Assessment Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "The doors of a new era are opening for our country. We are realizing step by step our ideal of the Century of Türkiye."
• Opening remarks by President António Costa at the meeting with President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto EC/CEU 13 Jul 2025
• Statement by President von der Leyen with President Subianto of the Republic of Indonesia European Commission 13 Jul 2025