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• National Guard Mobilizes 800 Troops in D.C. to Support Federal, Local Law Enforcement DoD News 14 Aug 2025 -- On Aug. 11, President Donald J. Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and vowed to make streets there safe again. The National Guard is now playing a big part in that effort, assisting both federal and local law enforcement personnel in enforcing existing laws and taking violent criminals off the streets.
• Trump says to seek extensions of federal control of D.C. police People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will submit a crime bill and ask Congress for approval to extend the federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department to address crime in the nation's capital.
• Army support to the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force US Army 14 Aug 2025 -- The Department of the Army and the D.C. National Guard has responded swiftly to the President's orders. Within the last 24 hours, Guardsmen arrived and were out on missions, assisting law enforcement in the nation's capital beginning Tuesday evening.
• U.S. Africa Command Quarterly Civilian Harm Assessment Report AFRICOM 14 Aug 2025 -- Discrepancies between U.S. Africa Command Civilian Harm Assessment Report and Other Organizations' Reports

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing DoD 14 Aug 2025
• OASD(SO/LIC) and Singapore's Ministry of Defense Reaffirm Their Commitment to Cooperative Development DoD 14 Aug 2025
• Army Reserve Soldiers Bring the Thunder in 'Global Strike' DoD News 14 Aug 2025 -- Approximately 7,000 soldiers from around the Army Reserve are training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, as a part of the Combat Support Training Exercise 25, Global Strike, an annual exercise designed to prepare reserve soldiers for the transforming battlefield of the future.
• Enlisted Recruiting Numbers Up Over Last 6 Months, Official Says DoD News 14 Aug 2025 -- Americans across the country are enlisting to fight for the nation, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said at a briefing today.
• AFRICOM and Kenya Defence forces issue first-ever African chiefs of defense joint communiqué, setting course for continental security opportunities AFRICOM 14 Aug 2025 -- U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have formally released the first Joint Communiqué to emerge from the African Chiefs of Defense Conference (ACHOD), marking a new phase of coordinated action among African and international defense leaders.
• UNITAS 2025 To Be Held Across Multiple Locations Along the East Coast of United States US Navy 14 Aug 2025 -- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and participating nation forces are set to arrive at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., in support of UNITAS 2025 (66) the world's longest-running multinational maritime exercise, scheduled to start September 15, 2025.
• US Space Force prepares X-37B Mission 8 for launch United States Space Force 14 Aug 2025 -- The U.S. Space Force, in partnership with the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and SpaceX, is making final preparations to launch the eighth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-8) on Aug. 21 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Putin Not Excluding Next Stage of Contacts With US Can Be Reaching Agreements on New START Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- It is not excluded that the next stage of contacts between Russia and the United States can be reaching agreements on the New START (New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• Support for defence industry manufacturers: 50 companies received concessional loans worth UAH 2.7 billion Ukraine MOD 14 Aug 2025
• Ministry of Defence is working on systemic changes to support those released from captivity: Denys Shmyhal Ukraine Government 14 Aug 2025
• Coalition of Willing Opposes Any Restrictions on Ukrainian Army as Part of Ukraine Deal Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- The so-called "coalition of the willing" has opposed any restrictions on the Ukrainian armed forces as part of the deal on settling the Ukraine conflict ahead of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, a joint statement read.
• UK Scales Back Plans for Troop Deployment to Ukraine Amid Ceasefire Talks Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- The United Kingdom is reducing the scope of plans to deploy "reassurance forces" to Ukraine in case a ceasefire is agreed on, a British newspaper reported.
• Chief of the Defence Staff speech to CSIS UK MOD 14 Aug 2025 -- The Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin gave a speech to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington
• Taiwan unveils 2 indigenously developed drones, tank CNA 14 Aug 2025 -- Taiwan's military on Thursday unveiled two newly developed drones and a wheeled tank with a 105 mm gun in a video posted on the website of the Military News Agency, highlighting the country's progress in indigenous defense technology.
• Defence export success for South Australian missile manufacturer Australia DOD 14 Aug 2025 -- Two major export deals worth a combined $80 million have been secured by Kongsberg Defence Australia, seeing missile launchers and command and control consoles made in South Australia soon to be exported to Europe.
• Australia and Philippines Joint Military Training Program continues Australia DOD 14 Aug 2025 -- The Joint Australian Training Team - Philippines (JATT-P) Program continues to strengthen the Defence relationship between both countries as it passes the halfway mark for 2025.
• Neighbours on watch at Talisman Sabre Australia DOD 14 Aug 2025 -- Papua New Guinea (PNG) has for the first time hosted complex training activities within Exercise Talisman Sabre, the biggest Australia-US bilaterally planned multilateral exercise which this year involved more than 40,000 military personnel from 19 nations.
• DELIVERY OF YARD 3027 (IKSHAK) India PIB 14 Aug 2025 -- Ikshak (Yard 3027), the third of four Survey Vessel (Large) ships, 102nd ship steered by the Indian Navy's Warship Design Bureau, built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata and overseen by Warship Overseeing Team (Kolkata) was delivered to the Indian Navy on 14 Aug 25.
• INS SANDHAYAK COMPLETES MAIDEN PORT CALL AT SINGAPORE India PIB 14 Aug 2025 -- INS Sandhayak, the first Survey Vessel Large (SVL) of Indian Navy with state-of-the-art hydrography capability has concluded a fruitful maiden visit to Singapore
• Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff; General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, NI (M), Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee; Admiral Naveed Ashraf, NI (M), Chief of the Naval Staff; and Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu, NI (M), Chief of the Air Staff, on behalf of the Armed Forces of Pakistan, extend heartfelt felicitations to the nation on the auspicious occasion of Pakistan's 78th Independence Day—marking the triumph of unity, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to a shared vision for a brighter future. ISPR Pakistan 14 Aug 2025
• Bahrain - M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System DSCA 14 Aug 2025 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Bahrain of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and related equipment for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• New headquarters for cutting-edge Squadron New Zealand Government 14 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Defence Judith Collins today opened the new headquarters of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's No. 5 Squadron at Ohakea and its four P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
• PH to Washington: Consider Subic as warship manufacturing huby Philippine News Agency 14 Aug 2025 -- The Philippines is urging the United States to consider the country as its potential manufacturer of US warships, as Washington, DC seeks to fortify its fleet over the next 30 years.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar At the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in the Examination of Protection Requests US Dept. of State 14 Aug 2025
• Signing of a Safe Third Country Agreement with Paraguay US Dept. of State 14 Aug 2025 -- "Today, I welcomed Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramírez to the State Department to sign a Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) between the United States and Paraguay."

Defense Industry

• Contracts For Aug. 14, 2025

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News
• 14 August 2025 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 14 Aug 2025
• UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict UN News 14 Aug 2025 -- Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year, the UN reported on Thursday. More than 4,600 survivors endured abuses used as weapons of war, torture, terrorism and political repression.

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood | Operation Northern Arrows | Giddeon's Chariots

• Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 14 Aug 2025
• Israeli minister unveils plan to build 3,000 new settler units in occupied West Bank Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Extremist Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced his intention to approve the construction of over 3,000 settler units in the highly contested E1 area of the occupied West Bank, a move that will effectively end prospects for a Palestinian state.
• Israeli army okays "main framework" of Gaza attack plan despite global condemnation, kills 41 across Gaza People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir on Wednesday approved the main framework of a government plan to expand the offensive in Gaza to areas not yet under Israeli control.
• Dozens more killed as Israel intensifies bombardment to occupy Gaza City Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- More women and children are killed in Gaza as the Israeli occupation force pushes ahead with the occupation of Gaza City and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians across the besieged territory.
• Hamas destroys Israeli tank as Israel prepares Gaza reoccupation Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Hamas has destroyed an Israeli tank in Gaza as Israel's military chief approved a large-scale plan to capture Gaza City, including the mobilization of up to 100,000 reservists.
• Hamas: Netanyahu's 'Greater Israel' comments reflect his 'madness, delirium' Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments in support of a so-called "Greater Israel" scheme reflect the "madness and delirium" that govern his behavior and his extremist ruling gang.
• Hezbollah chief hails Iran's unwavering support for Lebanon, Resistance Front against Israel Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has praised Iran's unwavering support for Lebanon and Hezbollah in the face of the Israeli regime.
• Israeli drone strike kills one person in southern Lebanon Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli military has conducted a deadly drone strike on southern Lebanon in yet another violation of the country's sovereignty and a ceasefire agreement with the Hezbollah resistance movement.
• Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip UN News 14 Aug 2025 -- As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and impediments, while scorching temperatures are adding to the suffering of the population.
• Peacekeepers find weapons trove in southern Lebanon, as drought threatens millions UN News 14 Aug 2025 -- UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have uncovered rocket launchers, mortar rounds and other unauthorized weapons, while the country grapples with a severe drought, threatening millions with life-threatening water shortages.
• Gaza starvation deaths continue to rise: UN People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- Casualties from the acute lack of food mount as airstrikes and bombardment across Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace people and destroy civilian infrastructure, said UN humanitarians on Wednesday.
• Iran rebukes Netanyahu's claim of 'Greater Israel' IRNA 14 Aug 2025 -- In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims about "Greater Israel", Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Western media routinely accuse anyone who references Greater Israel of anti-Semitism.
• Iran calls 'Greater Israel' a 'diabolical idea reflecting Netanyahu's fascist intent' Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- The Foreign Ministry has issued a strong condemnation of recent remarks made by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning his aspirations for realization of the so-called "Greater Israel" scheme.
• Statement by the High Representative on the E1 settlement plan European External Action Service (EEAS) 14 Aug 2025 -- The decision of Israeli authorities to advance the E1 settlement plan further undermines the two-state solution while being a breach of international law. If implemented, settlement construction in this area will permanently cut the geographical and territorial contiguity between occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank and sever the connection between the northern and southern West Bank.
• OIC Condemns the Israeli Occupation's Approval of 3,400 New Settlement Units Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 14 Aug 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has issued a strong condemnation of the Israeli government's recent approval for the construction of 3,400 new settlement units in the West Bank, including areas of occupied Al-Quds.
• OIC to hold an emergency meeting on Gaza, says deputy FM for legal affairs IRNA 14 Aug 2025 -- An emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will be held to address the situation in Gaza, says Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi.
• No: 171, 14 August 2025, Regarding the Approval of Settlement Plan Intended to Separate the West Bank from East Jerusalem Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Aug 2025
• Iraq joins Arab condemnation of Netanyahu's 'Greater Israel' remarks Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Iraq has strongly denounced the most recent remarks issued by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the so-called vision of "a Greater Israel," describing it as a clear provocation to regional sovereignty.
• Saudi, Dutch Foreign Ministers Discuss Gaza SPA 14 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah today received a phone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Casper Veldkamp, with whom he discussed regional and international developments, with a focus on the situation in the Gaza Strip and its security and humanitarian repercussions
• China boosts aid to UN Palestinian refugee agency, urges global backing Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- China signed an agreement on Wednesday to contribute to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and called for continued international support for the body, which says it faces an "existential crisis" from the war in Gaza and a severe funding gap.
• Federal Foreign Office on the announcement of the Israeli Government's settlement plans Germany Federal Foreign Office 14 Aug 2025
• Houthi: 'Greater Israel' plan aims to divide, humiliate Muslims Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Yemen's Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the so-called "Greater Israel" plan, promoted by the US and Israel, is clearly aimed at dividing and humiliating the Islamic Ummah.
• Yemeni forces target Israel's Ben Gurion airport using hypersonic ballistic missile Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have launched a missile strike on Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport in protest against Israel's ongoing genocide and starvation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Other Conflicts

• Today's top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar UNOCHA 14 Aug 2025
• US FONOPs 'reinforced' PH effort to uphold int'l law in WPS - envoy Philippine News Agency 14 Aug 2025 -- The United States' conduct of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) near the Bajo de Masinloc has helped support Manila in its efforts to promote international law in the area, said US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson.
• Security exec: PH unfazed by Chinese aggression in BdM Philippine News Agency 14 Aug 2025 -- No amount of aggressive action from China in Bajo de Masinloc (BdM) (also known as Scarborough Shoal) will deter the Philippines from asserting its rights in the vital waterway, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año said Thursday.
• China expels US warship near disputed shoal amid rising military, trade tensions Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- China's Ministry of Defense says expelled the USS Higgins, a US guided missile destroyer, after the ship "illegally entered China's territorial waters off Huangyan Island" — the Chinese name for the disputed Scarborough Shoal — without government approval.
• Afghanistan: International community must reject Taliban's violent and authoritarian rule, say UN experts OHCHR 14 Aug 2025 -- UN experts* today called on the international community to reject the Taliban's violent and authoritarian rule and resist any moves towards normalising the de facto authorities' regime, four years after the group seized power in Afghanistan.
• Four Years On, UN Says Taliban Close To 'Erasing' Afghan Women From Public Life RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- A new report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) backs up the warning issued by UN Women documenting numerous cases of women being detained by inspectors from the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - the Taliban's morality police - for allegedly breaching the dress code requirements.
• UN Syria Commission finds March coastal violence was widespread and systematic: outlines urgent steps to prevent future violations and restore public confidence OHCHR 14 Aug 2025 -- The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today published a report on the wave of violence that engulfed coastal and western central Syria from January, finding that acts that may amount to war crimes were committed.
• Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators UN News 14 Aug 2025 -- Top UN human rights investigators said on Thursday that war crimes may have been committed in predominantly Alawite areas of Syria in a wave of deadly violence earlier this year.
• Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti Briefed by UNODC UN Security Council 14 Aug 2025 -- On 25 July 2025, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti received a briefing by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
• Joint donor statement on the situation in and around El Fasher, Sudan UK FCDO 14 Aug 2025 -- Joint statement on behalf of 29 donors on the situation in and around El Fasher, Sudan

News Reports

• Latest US human rights report scales back criticism on some allies while ramping up attack on perceived foes: media Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- The US State Department on Tuesday released an annual government report on global human rights abuses, which significantly reduced criticism of some US allies such as Israel while escalating disapproval of perceived foes, BBC reported.
• Justice Department Charges Five Senior Leaders of the United Cartels, a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization US Dept. of Justice 14 Aug 2025 -- Today the Justice Department announced criminal charges against five high-ranking members of the United Cartels. Those charged are Juan Jose Farias Alvarez ("El Abuelo); Alfonso Fernandez Magallon ("Poncho"); Luis Enrique Barragan Chavez ("Wicho / R5"); Edgar Orozco Cabadas ("El Kamoni"); and Nicolas Sierra Santana ("El Gordo").
• Reward Offers Totaling Up to $26 Million for Information Leading to Arrests and/or Convictions of Leaders of Foreign Terrorist Organization Cárteles Unidos in Mexico US Dept. of State 14 Aug 2025 -- Today, the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing reward offers under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions, in any country, of Mexican narcotics traffickers associated with Cárteles Unidos in Mexico:
• Treasury Takes Decisive Action Against Violent Mexican Cartels US Treasury 14 Aug 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning two notorious Mexican cartels—Carteles Unidos (a.k.a."United Cartels")and Los Viagras—and seven affiliated individuals linked to terrorism, drug trafficking, and extortion in Mexico's agricultural sector.
• Justice Department Announces Seizure of Over $2.8 Million in Cryptocurrency, Cash, and other Assets US Dept. of Justice 14 Aug 2025 -- The Department of Justice unsealed six warrants yesterday in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Central District of California, and the Northern District of Texas authorizing the seizure of over $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, $70,000 in cash, and a luxury vehicle.
• U.S. Targets Cryptocurrency Exchange, Offering Rewards Totaling Up to $6 Million US Dept. of State 14 Aug 2025 -- Today, the Departments of State and the Treasury are targeting Garantex, a Russian-operated cryptocurrency exchange allegedly used by a wide variety of cybercriminals and cybercrime organizations for money laundering, and its network.
• Treasury Sanctions Cryptocurrency Exchange and Network Enabling Sanctions Evasion and Cyber Criminals US Treasury 14 Aug 2025 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is re-designating the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europe OU(Garantex), which has directly facilitated notorious ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing over $100 million in transactions linked to illicit activities since 2019. OFAC is also designating Garantex's successor, Grinex, and taking action against three executives of Garantex and six associated companies in Russia and the Kyrgyz Republic that have supported the exchange's involvement in malicious cyber activities.
• Honduran National Sentenced to 18 Years In Prison for Role in International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy US Dept. of Justice 14 Aug 2025 -- A Honduran national was sentenced today to over 18 years in prison for participating in an international drug trafficking conspiracy.
• Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yuryi Ushakov on the upcoming meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump President of Russia 14 Aug 2025
• Meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit President of Russia 14 Aug 2025 -- The President held a meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit, which will take place on August 15 in Anchorage.
• Russian Regulators Restrict WhatsApp, Telegram In Latest Internet Crackdown RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- Russian regulators have moved to restrict usage of the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest in a major step to push Russians onto a newly launched government-managed "super app."
• Judge Approves Divorce For Vladimir Gusinsky, Wife, As Once Powerful Oligarch Claims He Is Broke RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- A U.S. judge has approved the divorce of Vladimir Gusinsky and his wife of 33 years, Elena Konstantinou, after an acrimonious, 3-year legal fight in which the once-powerful Russian oligarch declared he was all but broke.
• Manalit: Belarus's Sanctions Loophole Feeding Russia's War Machine RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- In the spring of 2024, the Belarusian government placed the Manalit radio components plant in Vitsebsk on its Republican Honor Board for "outstanding economic results." It was the second time in a row the plant had received this recognition.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Remarks on August 14, 2025 PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025
• Relevant information will be released in due course, says FM spokesperson on reports that Wang Yi will visit India Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- In response to media inquiries over reports that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Delhi on August 18 and meet with India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated that China and India are maintaining interactions at various levels. "We stand ready to work with India to act on the important common understandings reached between the leaders of our two countries, maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, cement political mutual trust, enhance practical cooperation, properly handle differences, and promote the sustained, sound, and steady development of China-India ties," said Lin, noting that regarding the specific visit, relevant information will be released in due course.
• China stands ready to work with India to promote sound and steady devt of relations: FM says on evolving bilateral ties Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- When asked about how China sees the bilateral relations with India evolve as India's ties with the US face challenges, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that China and India are both major developing countries and important members of the Global South. A cooperative pas de deux of the dragon and the elephant as partners helping each other succeed is the right choice for both sides.
• HKSAR government condemns smears against Hong Kong under pretext of Jimmy Lai case Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Wednesday that it strongly disapproved and rejected the slanderous remarks made by external forces, including anti-China media organizations, regarding Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's case under the national security law in Hong Kong and the treatment provided to him during his custody.
• Wang Yi Meets with Foreign Minister of Myanmar Than Swe PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025 -- On August 14, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Foreign Minister of Myanmar Than Swe, who was in China for the 10th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Anning, Yunnan.
• Wang Yi Meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Viet Nam Bui Thanh Son PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025 -- On August 14, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Viet Nam Bui Thanh Son, who is in China to attend the tenth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting, in Anning, Yunnan.
• Foreign Ministers of China, Cambodia, and Thailand have a Tea Chat in Anning PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025 -- On August 14, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi invited Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa to have a tea chat in Anning, Yunnan.
• Wang Yi Meets with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025 -- On August 14, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, who is in China to attend the tenth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting, in Anning, Yunnan.
• Wang Yi Meets with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025 -- On August 14, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, who is in China to attend the tenth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting, in Anning, Yunnan.
• China and the Caribbean Countries Having Diplomatic Relations with China Hold the Ninth Round of Consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs PRC MofA 14 Aug 2025 -- On August 13, 2025, the ninth round of consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean countries having diplomatic relations with China was held in Beijing.
• China's cyberspace regulator exposes typical cases of illegal military-related social media accounts Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- China's cyberspace authority on Thursday disclosed a number of typical cases involving self-media accounts that violated the Regulations on the Online Communication of Military Information. These accounts illegally published military-related content, misled public understanding, damaged the image of the armed forces, and had a negative social impact. Authorities have taken action in accordance with the law, removing illegal content and shutting down the offending accounts, according to a release by the Cyber Administration of China on its website.
• China launches countermeasures against two EU financial institutions People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- China's commerce ministry on Wednesday announced countermeasures against two financial institutions in the European Union (EU) after the EU listed two Chinese financial institutions in its sanctions against Russia.
• Cabinet seeks additional NT$87.84 billion for gov't spending CNA 14 Aug 2025 -- The Executive Yuan on Thursday said it would request legislative approval for an additional NT$87.84 billion (US$2.92 billion) in government spending for the 2025 fiscal year.
• Taiwan bars officials from China military parade marking end of war with Japan CNA 14 Aug 2025 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Thursday announced a ban on all current government officials and certain former ones from traveling to China to attend a military parade on Sept. 3, which Beijing will hold to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• FM responds to question about whether cancellation of China's agriculture minister's Japan visit related to Taiwan regional official's trip to Japan Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- In response to some comments said that the cancellation of the scheduled visit to Japan by Han Jun, China's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was related to the visit to Japan by head of Taiwan's so-called foreign affairs department Lin Chia-lung, Lin Jian, a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that "I'd refer you to competent authorities on the specific reason of Minister Han Jun postponing his visit to Japan," while noting that "on Lin Chia-lung's visit to Japan, let me stress once again that by allowing Lin Chia-lung to pay a 'personal trip,' Japan provides a stage for the separatist activities of 'Taiwan independence' forces, seriously violates the basic norms governing international relations and principles in the four political documents between China and Japan, and sends out a severely wrong signal."
• Taiwan FM confirms Japan trip, says China's backlash won't hurt ties with Tokyo CNA 14 Aug 2025 -- Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) on Thursday confirmed that he visited Japan last month, adding that China's "backlash" over the trip will not affect the cordial relations between Taipei and Tokyo.
• Mainland accuses Taiwan's DPP of "selling out" island's economic interests People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday accused Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of "selling out" the island's economic interests in exchange for U.S. support of its secessionist cause.
• Mainland condemns Taiwan institution's distortion of war against Japanese aggression People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday condemned Taiwan's "Academia Historica" for referring to the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as "the end of the Sino-Japanese War and post-war handover" in a recent statement.
• Taiwan DPP's "information cocoon" is collapsing, says mainland spokesperson People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday that the "information cocoon" created by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities is starting to crumble, as people in Taiwan become aware of the real mainland through the internet and social networking services.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 14 Aug 2025
• South Korean FM pledges to maintain China ties from perspective of seeking truth from facts; statement reflecting Seoul's growing emphasis on strengthening bilateral ties: expert Global Times 14 Aug 2025 -- South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Thursday pledged to maintain China-South Korea relations with a pragmatic approach, and "seek common ground while managing differences" with China, Yonhap News Agency reported, in remarks experts said likely reflect Seoul's growing emphasis on strengthening bilateral ties despite lingering frictions.
• Araghchi: Europeans have no authority to discuss or implement any part of JCPOA IRNA 14 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Europeans, due to their positions, including their emphasis on zero enrichment, which recognizes Iran's right to enrich uranium in the JCPOA, have no authority to speak and implement any part of the JCPOA.
• Iran backs peace among neighbors while safeguarding its national interests: Araghchi Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Iran's foreign minister says Tehran supports the establishment of peace and stability among neighboring countries while it pays special attention to the geopolitical stability of the region and its own national interests.
• Qalibaf to Netanyahu: Iran has defeated far bigger foes Press TV 14 Aug 2025 -- Iran's Majlis (Parliament) speaker has warned the Israeli regime's prime minister that the Iranian nation has, throughout the course of history, defeated adversaries of far greater animosity and battlefield expertise than the Zionist entity.
• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the US Independence Day Reception Hosted by Newsmax Israel - Prime Minister 14 Aug 2025
• PM Netanyahu to the Ultra-Orthodox Fighters of the Border Police Avnet Company Israel - Prime Minister 14 Aug 2025 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Fighters of the Border Police Ultra-Orthodox Avnet Company: "There is no contradiction between Torah and service. You are here doing a sacred mitzvah¬ - ensuring the eternity of Israel."
• Transcript of Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson (August 14, 2025) India MEA 14 Aug 2025
• PM call with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman: 14 August 2025 Gov.UK 14 Aug 2025
• Doorstop interview - Brisbane Prime Minister of Australia 14 Aug 2025
• Aramco Signs $11 Billion Jafurah Midstream Deal with International Consortium SPA 14 Aug 2025 -- Aramco, one of the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, signed an $11 billion lease and leaseback deal involving its Jafurah natural-gas processing facilities with a consortium of international investors, led by funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock
• "Türkiye has obtained a historic opportunity to solve its chronic problem" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 14 Aug 2025 -- Speaking at AK Party's 24th foundation anniversary event, President Erdoğan said: "Our heroic ghazis and the families of our martyrs know why we have taken such a risk. Our opponents and adversaries, in the similar vein, know what a terror-free Türkiye means. I hereby reiterate that Türkiye has obtained a historic opportunity to solve its most chronic problem. We will not allow it to be wasted."
• World News in Brief: Shipwreck off Italy kills at least 27, anniversary of Taliban takeover, Peru amnesty law UN News 14 Aug 2025 -- At least 27 refugees and migrants were drowned in a shipwreck near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).