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• Louisiana Guard, UK Soldiers' Training Builds Readiness in Kosovo Army News 17 Sep 2025 -- On the surface, they come from different worlds, one a U.K. combat medic on her first operational deployment, the other a seasoned U.S. Army flight paramedic with hundreds of flight hours under her belt.
• Army's XM204 terrain-shaping munition set for fielding in Europe Army News 17 Sep 2025 -- The U.S. Army's Project Manager Close Combat Systems has passed First Article Testing (FAT) and completed Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the XM204 interim top-attack munition.
• U.S., Saudis Lead Largest Counter-Drone Exercise in Middle East CENTCOM 17 Sep 2025 -- On During a visit by the new commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sept. 16, U.S. and Saudi forces led the Middle East's largest live-fire counter-unmanned aerial system exercise focused on improving the detection, tracking and elimination of modern drone threats.
• Air Force Reserve expands international partnerships across Europe US Air Force 17 Sep 2025 -- Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force Reserve Command Lt. Gen. John Healy is expanding international partnerships through a strategic engagement tour across Europe this month. The tour advances the Reserve Allies and Partners Program's mission to build interoperable reserve capabilities and strengthen international partnerships in support of combatant commander priorities.
• U.S. Coast Guard awards contract for reconstruction of Pier 1 at Coast Guard Yard US Coast Guard 17 Sep 2025 -- The Coast Guard awarded a contract valued at nearly $11 million to Ocean Construction Services Inc. on Sept. 9 for comprehensive modifications to Pier 1 at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama NATO 17 Sep 2025 -- (As delivered)
• Inside Rubicon, The Elite Russian Drone Unit Wreaking Havoc On Ukraine's Troops RFE/RL 17 Sep 2025 -- Months after their surprise invasion of Kursk in August 2024, Ukrainian forces were struggling to hold their lines in the Russian border region, facing intensifying pressure from a combination of Russian regular units and North Korean troops.
• Verkhovna Rada adopts Law 'On the Military Ombudsman' Ukraine MOD 17 Sep 2025
• Oleksandr Kozenko discusses strengthening Ukrainian Air Force capabilities with Danish company TERMA Ukraine MOD 17 Sep 2025
• Joint communique - Papua New Guinea and Australia on a Mutual Defence Treaty Prime Minister of Australia 17 Sep 2025
• Press conference - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister of Australia 17 Sep 2025
• Ballarat and Mako hit the water Australia DOD 17 Sep 2025 -- HMAS Ballaratrecently sailed from her home port in Western Australia on a three-month regional presence deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific.
• FIRST TRAINING SQUADRON ARRIVES AT MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE India PIB 17 Sep 2025 -- The First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy comprising INS Tir, INS Shardul, INS Sujata, and ICGS Sarathi entered Maputo, Mozambique on 16 Sep 2025. The squadron led by Capt Tijo K Joseph was warmly received by the Mozambique Navy alongwith the Defence Advisor in Maputo.
• DELIVERY OF DSC A20 (YARD 325), FIRST SHIP OF 05 X DIVING SUPPORT CRAFT TO INDIAN NAVY India PIB 17 Sep 2025 -- DSC A20, the first indigenously designed and constructed Diving Support Craft was delivered by M/s Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL), Kolkata to the Indian Navy on 16 Sep 2025 at Kolkata
• Strategic Roadmap to Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Raksha Mantri to inaugurate two-day conference on future of defence land management & cantonment administration India PIB 17 Sep 2025 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will inaugurate 'MANTHAN 2025', a two-day national conference organised by the Directorate General of Defence Estates on the central theme 'Strategic Roadmap to Viksit Bharat @2047', in New Delhi on September 18, 2025
• Armed Forces shape future roadmap at Combined Commanders' Conference 2025 India PIB 17 Sep 2025 -- The Combined Commanders' Conference (CCC) 2025 was conducted by the Armed Forces in Kolkata, West Bengal from September 15 to 17, 2025
• Operation Sindoor, 2016 Surgical Strike & 2019 Balakot Air Strike are proof that India chooses the path of hard power when negotiations fail: Raksha Mantri India PIB 17 Sep 2025 -- "Operation Sindoor, 2016 Surgical Strike and 2019 Balakot Air Strike are proof that India's patience is its strength not weakness, and we choose the path of hard power when negotiations fail to yield any solution," said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh during the Hyderabad Liberation Day event on September 17, 2025.
• HMS Richmond visits Philippines to increase defence cooperation and boost trade UK MOD 17 Sep 2025 -- HMS Richmond visits Manila, cementing defence ties in the region.
• Parties to the Defence Agreement approve historic investment in ground-based air and missile defence systems Danish Ministry of Defence 17 Sep 2025 -- The political parties behind the Defence Agreement have decided to procure additional ground-based air defence systems. The decision entails the procurement of eight systems, comprising both long-range and medium-range capabilities. This is the largest single investment ever in Danish Defence.
• Norway - MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedoes DSCA 17 Sep 2025 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Norway of MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedoes and related equipment for an estimated cost of $162.1 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• EDA launches fourth review of Member States' defence ambitions European Defence Agency 17 Sep 2025 -- The European Defence Agency (EDA) and the EU Military Staff (EUMS) have begun consultations with Member States for the next Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), the EU's 'State of the Union' in defence.
• President Radev: Addressing the Deficit of Critical Capabilities Requires Overcoming the Deep Fragmentation in European Defence Science and Defence President of the Republic of Bulgaria 17 Sep 2025 -- nst the backdrop of the dynamic security environment, addressing the deficit of critical capabilities requires overcoming the deep fragmentation in European defence science and defence and broad cooperation between European countries.
• New package for stronger civil defence Government Offices of Sweden 17 Sep 2025 -- Security in Sweden's neighbourhood has deteriorated dramatically in recent years. The Government is therefore carrying out the most sweeping modernisation of Sweden's total defence since the end of the Cold War. In the Budget Bill for 2026, the Tidö Parties propose a new package for stronger civil defence.
• PH Navy sees more defense cooperation with UK counterpart Philippine News Agency 17 Sep 2025 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) on Wednesday said it is looking into having defense and maritime cooperation with its counterpart in the United Kingdom (UK), whose Royal Navy is considered one of the best in the world.
• AFP sees stronger defense ties with French counterparts Philippine News Agency 17 Sep 2025 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said it is seeing stronger defense relations with its French counterparts in the coming years.
• UK visiting forces pact seen as clear support for PH sea claim Philippine News Agency 17 Sep 2025 -- The Philippines on Wednesday welcomed the United Kingdom's (UK) intention to forge a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Manila, calling it a clear show of support for the country's position in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

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• UN experts condemn Israel's strikes in Qatar and attacks on peace-making OHCHR 17 Sep 2025 -- UN experts* today condemned Israel's military strike in Qatar on 9 September 2025 which killed five members of the negotiation team of Hamas and a member of the Qatari security forces.
• Israel's Military Operations in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 17 Sep 2025
• Aboul Gheit warns of grave consequences of Israel's offensive on Gaza City, welcomes UN report confirming Israel's act of genocide League of Arab States 17 Sep 2025 -- Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, warned of the grave consequences of the Israeli occupation's expanded ground offensive on Gaza City.
• OIC General Secretariat Welcomes the Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Genocide in Gaza and Calls for an End to this Genocide and Accountability for Those Responsible Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 17 Sep 2025 -- The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the report issued by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which confirmed that Israel, the occupying power, committed the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
• Commission proposes suspension of trade concessions with Israel and sanctions on extremist ministers of the Israeli government and violent settlers European Commission 17 Sep 2025 -- Following the announcement of President von der Leyen in her State of the Union address, the European Commission presented today its proposal to the Council to suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel ("the Agreement") as well as its proposals for sanctions on Hamas, extremist ministers and violent settlers.
• Remarks by Commissioner Šuica on the package of proposals on Israel European Commission 17 Sep 2025
• Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Kallas on the New Strategic EU-India Agenda and on the package of proposals on Israel European Commission 17 Sep 2025
• Remarks by Commissioner Šefčovič on the New Strategic EU-India Agenda and on the package of proposals on Israel European Commission 17 Sep 2025

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• Today's top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Afghanistan, Ukraine UNOCHA 17 Sep 2025
• NMC slams China's use of water cannons vs. BFAR vessel Philippine News Agency 17 Sep 2025 -- The National Maritime Council (NMC) condemned the water cannon attacks by China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel near the Bajo de Masinloc on Tuesday.
• More bases, sensors, assets needed to secure WPS -DND Philippine News Agency 17 Sep 2025 -- The Department of National Defense (DND) on Wednesday said plans are underway for the construction of strategic bases and procurement of modern equipment to fully secure the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
• Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years UNICEF 17 Sep 2025
• Afghanistan: Ban on secondary education for girls marks four long years UN News 17 Sep 2025 -- For millions of girls in Afghanistan, it has been four long years since the ban on secondary education came into force, one of many rights abuses rolled out by the de facto authorities since they regained control of Kabul.
• Amid Growing Ideological Grip, Afghanistan Faces 'Perfect Storm of Crises', Warns Special Representative in Briefing to Security Council UN Security Council 17 Sep 2025 -- As the head of the United Nations presence in Afghanistan told the Security Council today that the country's de facto authorities seem caught between pragmatism and ideology, so too were the organ's members on the conditions for international engagement with the Taliban.
• Afghanistan cannot succeed while women and girls are excluded: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 17 Sep 2025 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan faces 'perfect storm' of crises, UN warns UN News 17 Sep 2025 -- Afghanistan is confronting "a perfect storm" of overlapping crises, the UN's outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as an Afghan women's rights advocate told the body that Taliban policies amount to "gender apartheid" which are suffocating a whole generation of girls.
• Thai security forces clash with Cambodian protesters at disputed border Radio Free Asia 17 Sep 2025 -- Thai security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets as they clashed with Cambodian protesters on Wednesday in a disputed border area. It's the most significant escalation since they declared a ceasefire to end a deadly five-day conflict in July.
• UN hails Colombia's first convictions under transitional justice measures as 'crucial milestone' UN News 17 Sep 2025 -- The UN has welcomed Colombia's first convictions under its transitional justice tribunal, calling sentences handed down to former rebel commanders "a crucial milestone on the path to accountability," in the words of human rights chief Volker Türk.

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• Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi President of Russia 17 Sep 2025
• Navalny's Widow Says Lab Tests Show Her Husband Was Poisoned In Prison RFE/RL 17 Sep 2025 -- Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, said laboratory tests done outside of Russia show her husband was poisoned in the Arctic prison where he died in mysterious circumstances in February 2024.
• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the joint strategic military exercise ZAPAD-2025 EC/CEU 17 Sep 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on September 17, 2025 PRC MofA 17 Sep 2025
• Hong Kong to 'fast-track' mega-project near border Radio Free Asia 17 Sep 2025 -- Hong Kong will "fast-track" an ambitious initiative along the border with Shenzhen in mainland China and establish artificial intelligence as a "core industry" to accelerate economic growth, Chief Executive John Lee said Wednesday in his annual policy address.
• Wang Yi Holds Talks with ROK Foreign Minister Cho Hyun PRC MofA 17 Sep 2025 -- On September 17, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Cho Hyun in Beijing.
• Outcome of ROK-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 17) ROK MFA 17 Sep 2025
• Terrorist Designations of Four Iran-Aligned Militia Groups US Dept. of State 17 Sep 2025Today, the Department of State is designating Iran-aligned militia groups Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Kata'ib al-Imam Ali as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
• Terrorist Designations of Four Iran-Aligned Militia Groups US Dept. of State 17 Sep 2025 -- Fact Sheet
• Iran Blocks Family Memorial For Mahsa Amini On Third Anniversary Of Her Death RFE/RL 17 Sep 2025 -- Three years after the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities are still preventing her family from holding a memorial service for the 22-year-old who died while in the custody of Tehran's morality police for an alleged violation of the law on wearing a head cover.
• World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an 'essential medicine' UN News 17 Sep 2025 -- The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European countries are losing large numbers of doctors and nurses who are leaving to work abroad.