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• CENTCOM Launches Innovation Joint Task Force to Rapidly Equip Warfighters CENTCOM 23 Sep 2025 -- On Sept. 23, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the establishment of an innovation task force designed to accelerate the delivery of combat capabilities to warfighters.
• Readout of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Call With Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur DoD 23 Sep 2025
• Coast Guard prepares for aircraft fleet expansions with awards for engines, radar US Coast Guard 23 Sep 2025 -- The Coast Guard recently completed contract actions aimed at accelerating delivery of new MH-60 medium-range recovery helicopters and HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft and expanding mission capabilities of the expanded aviation fleet.
• Marine Corps Announces Project Dynamis to Accelerate AI-Powered Decision Advantage USMC News Release 23 Sep 2025 -- The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, signed a memorandum Sept. 10 to formally establish Project Dynamis, an initiative to accelerate the modernization of Marine Corps contributions to Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) in partnership with the Department of the Navy's Project Overmatch.
• Successful Trident II D5 Life Extension (D5LE) Launches Demonstrate Continued Readiness of Nation's Sea-Based Deterrent US Navy 23 Sep 2025 -- The U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II D5LE missiles from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the east coast of Florida from September 17-21. One launch test event Sunday evening lit up the night sky and was visible from Puerto Rico.
• Remarks by CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman at the 2025 Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference United States Space Force 23 Sep 2025 -- It never ceases to amaze me to how many of you show up to see the new Secretary. I really do appreciate that!
• Saltzman: maintaining US lead in space demands faster, more focused capability delivery United States Space Force 23 Sep 2025 -- Winning in space and maintaining U.S. superiority demands a new approach to a decidedly earthbound activity - capabilities delivery, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said Sept. 23.
• Space Force renames 'Front Door' to reflect broader impact on industry collaboration United States Space Force 23 Sep 2025 -- Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced Space Systems Command's Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association's annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 23. The rebranding underscores the initiative's vital role in connecting industry partners with offices across the Space Force and beyond.
• Allies demonstrate agility during tactical airlift, with first-ever landing on volcanic island in the High North NATO Allied Air Command 23 Sep 2025 -- In a recent deployment, a United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) A400 transport aircraft landed for the first time on Jan Mayen, Norway, delivering a U.S. Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) from pre-positioned location in Norway.
• Statement by the North Atlantic Council on recent airspace violations by Russia NATO 23 Sep 2025 -- The North Atlantic Council met this morning at the request of Estonia, under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty, to consult and strongly condemn Russia's dangerous violation of Estonian airspace on 19 September.
• Wider Europe Briefing: What Is NATO's Operation Eastern Sentry? RFE/RL 23 Sep 2025
• Allies: responsibility for endangering peace and security lies with Russia Estonia MFA 23 Sep 2025 -- Today, 23 September, the North Atlantic Council met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels for Article 4 consultations, initiated by Estonia following the violation of Estonian and NATO airspace by Russian fighter jets on 19 September.
• Speech by Foreign Minister Wadephul at the UN Security Council Emergency Meeting on Russia's Violation of Estonian Airspace Germany Federal Foreign Office 23 Sep 2025
• Norway joins NATO in condemning Russia's violation of Allied airspace Government of Norway 23 Sep 2025 -- Today, NATO stands united in issuing a clear condemnation of Russia's violation of Allied airspace. It has also been made known that multiple countries have recently experienced violations of their airspace by Russia. Three such incidents have taken place in Norway.
• Protest expressed to Russia over its violation of Estonian airspace Lithuania MFA 23 Sep 2025 -- On 21 September, the chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and issued a strong protest regarding the violation of the airspace of the Republic of Estonia by the fighter jets of the Russian Air Force on 19 September, as well as dangerous flights over an oil platform located in the Baltic Sea in the exclusive economic zone of Poland on the same day.
• Battalion ready to respond Australia DOD 23 Sep 2025 -- Residents of the Adelaide Hills town of Woodside were met with an unusual sight during Exercise Rhino Run, when soldiers of the 10th/27th Battalion, the Royal South Australia Regiment (10/27RSAR) patrolled the town's main street in full combat ensemble.
• That's a wrap for Thai Boomerang 2025 Australia DOD 23 Sep 2025 -- Exercise Thai Boomerang 2025 has come to an end with a closing ceremony at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand.
• Strong partnerships on show in the UK Australia DOD 23 Sep 2025 -- A record 132 Australian defence industry companies were showcased at this year's Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition (DSEI) in London, as part of Defence's Team Defence Australia (TDA) delegation.
• Minister Anand speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio Canada 23 Sep 2025
• National Defence Minister McGuinty meets with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Canada 23 Sep 2025
• Readout of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Meeting With Canadian Minister of National Defence David McGuinty DoD 23 Sep 2025
• Tri Services Academia Technology Symposium (T-SATS) Concludes With Strategic Vision For Future -Ready Indian Academia Defence Ecosystem India PIB 23 Sep 2025 -- The maiden Tri Services Academia Tech Symposium (T-SATS), a landmark two-day initiative aimed at synergising the Services-Academia R&D ecosystem, concluded on September 23, 2025 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
• Raksha Mantri inaugurates TASL's defence manufacturing facility in Morocco for production of Wheeled Armoured Platform India PIB 23 Sep 2025 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister of Morocco Mr Abdelatif Loudyi jointly inaugurated Tata Advanced Systems Limited's (TASL) state-of-the-art defence manufacturing facility in Berrechid, Morocco, on September 23, 2025
• MDL signs MoU with Tamil Nadu Government to develop world-class Greenfield Shipyard on Eastern Coast India PIB 23 Sep 2025 -- Under the framework of the Government of India's Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), a Defence Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu, the state's nodal agency for investment promotion and facilitation, on September 19, 2025, to explore the development of a world-class greenfield shipyard on India's eastern coast
• INDIAN NAVY SET TO COMMISSION 'ANDROTH', SECOND IN ASW-SWC SERIES India PIB 23 Sep 2025 -- The Indian Navy is set to commission its second state-of-the-art Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), Androth, at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on 06 Oct 2025.
• General Shaikh Mohammed Bin Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Commander Bahrain National Guard, called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force at Air Headquarters, Islamabad. ISPR Pakistan 23 Sep 2025
• State Secretary Andžejs Viļumsons and Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Christiaan Rebergen discuss European security issues Latvia MFA 23 Sep 2025 -- On 23 September 2025, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andžejs Viļumsons, met with the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Christiaan Rebergen, who had arrived in Latvia for a working visit.
• Shovels in the ground for new Defence housing New Zealand Government 23 Sep 2025 -- The largest Defence housing project in decades is officially underway, delivering modern homes for military families and driving job growth in regional communities, Associate Defence Minister Chris Penk has announced.
• Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on President Trump's United Nations General Assembly Address US Senate Foreign Relations Committee 23 Sep 2025 -- Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump's remarks before the United Nations General Assembly today:
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Tony Dokoupil of CBS Mornings US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2025
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Craig Melvin of NBC Today US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2025

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• UN's Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos UN News 23 Sep 2025 -- The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world is awash with overlapping crises - from wars and humanitarian emergencies to climate breakdown - and leaders must decide now "what kind of world we choose to build together."
• Failure to end Gaza war undermining world's credibility, UN chief warns UN News 23 Sep 2025 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday that the crisis in Gaza has become "one of the darkest chapters of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," with worsening suffering and deepening regional instability.
• Uphold founding principles and 'be better together': General Assembly President UN News 23 Sep 2025 -- As the UN marks its 80th anniversary, Member States must show the people of the world why the organization matters and uphold its founding principles in the decades ahead, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday.

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• Israel seeks permanent control of Gaza, Jewish majority in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, UN Commission of Inquiry says OHCHR 23 Sep 2025 -- The Israeli government has demonstrated a clear and consistent intent to establish permanent control over the Gaza Strip while ensuring a Jewish majority in the occupied West Bank and inside Israel, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today.
• Speech by President António Costa at the high-level conference on the two-State solution EC/CEU 23 Sep 2025
• Statement by High Representative / Vice-President Kaja Kallas on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question - United Nations Security Council, 10003rd meeting European External Action Service (EEAS) 23 Sep 2025
• Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna: Lasting peace between Israel and Palestine is only possible through the implementation of the two-state solution Estonia MFA 23 Sep 2025 -- Yesterday, 22 September, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna took part in a high-level UN conference in New York focused on finding peaceful solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the implementation of the two-state solution.
• Finland urges Israel to allow Gazan patients to be treated in West Bank Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland 23 Sep 2025 -- Finland has signed a joint statement by 25 countries, coordinated by Denmark, on facilitating the access of Gazan patients to treatment in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, by declaring readiness to support their treatment in the Palestinian territory.
• Joint statement: Offer to assist with treatments of patients from Gaza in the Occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem Government of Norway 23 Sep 2025 -- As the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip continues to unfold, there is an urgent need to scale up medical treatment of patients from Gaza.
• Ongoing Israeli Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank as the Israeli Occupation Cuts Off Lifelines for Palestinians -----Growing International Recognition of Palestine Consolidates Legitimate Rights and Protects the Two-state Solution Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 23 Sep 2025 -- Israeli occupation forces killed 442 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in one week, including dozens of martyrs who were seeking food
• Pakistan Calls for Urgent Action at the Meeting of the OIC Committee of Six on Palestine Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2025 -- At the meeting of the OIC Committee of Six on Palestine, the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister of Pakistan reaffirmed Pakistan's unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause, describing it as central to the OIC's objectives. He stressed that the world continues to witness the harrowing tragedy unfolding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly Gaza, where civilian infrastructure has been deliberately targeted and the suffering of the population has reached catastrophic levels.
• Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister participates in UN Security Council's High-Level Briefing on "the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question" in New York Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2025 -- Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister (DPM/FM) of Pakistan, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, addressed the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) High-Level Briefing on "the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question" in New York today.
• Lebanon: Statement by the Spokesperson on the recent strikes in Southern Lebanon European External Action Service (EEAS) 23 Sep 2025 -- The EU condemns the strike by IDF which has caused a number of civilian fatalities, including children, on Sunday in Southern Lebanon. This incident follows an escalation of IDF attacks and warnings.

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• Today's top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lebanon, Syria UNOCHA 23 Sep 2025
• UN Human Rights Council 60: Syria Core Group Statement for the Item 4 General Debate UK FCDO 23 Sep 2025 -- Syria Core Group Statement for the Item 4 General Debate. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.
• Panama's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Javier Martínez-Acha Vasquez, reaffirmed, on Tuesday in New York, his country's support for the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco for the definitive resolution of the regional dispute on the Moroccan Sahara. Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2025
• Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Mr. Nasser Bourita, held on Monday a working session in New York with the United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, Mr. Staffan De Mistura, at the latter's request. Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2025
• Burundi has reiterated its "steadfast position" in support of Morocco's territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara region, as well as its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan "as the only credible and realistic solution to resolve this regional dispute." Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2025
• Meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on the Sidelines of 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Held on 23 September 2025 in New York: Joint Communique' Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2025 -- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Senior Officials of the Member States of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir (Republic of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Turkiye, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Republic of Niger) met on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 23 September 2025. The Secretary General of the OIC chaired the meeting.
• Sudan war: Life-saving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur UN News 23 Sep 2025 -- Amid the devastating war in Sudan, UN aid teams are overcoming major obstacles to curb a cholera outbreak claiming lives across the country, with young children particularly at risk.
• Haiti's security crisis 'is like the Sword of Damocles above us': Foreign Minister UN News 23 Sep 2025 -- Foreign Ministers from across the Americas met on the margins of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to rally for greater support for Haiti.

News Reports

• Eyeing Central Asia, Trump Clinches $12 Billion In Deals With Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan RFE/RL 23 Sep 2025 -- US President Donald Trump has clinched more than $12 billion in trade deals with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan amid a White House push to deepen economic ties with the strategic Central Asian region.
• Statement by President von der Leyen following the meeting with US President Trump European Commission 23 Sep 2025
• Europe 'Has To Step Up' And Stop Russian Oil Purchases, Trump Tells UN RFE/RL 23 Sep 2025 -- US President Donald Trump called on European allies to immediately stop buying oil from Russia and accused China and India of funding Moscow's war against Ukraine through their purchases.
• Russia - Australia lowers price cap on Russian crude oil Australia DFAT 23 Sep 2025 -- On 18 September 2025 the Foreign Minister announced Australia had lowered the Oil Price Cap (OPC) applicable to Russian-origin crude oil from USD60 to USD47.60 per barrel.
• READOUT: Ranking Member Smith Leads Bipartisan CODEL to China - September 23 House Armed Services Committee - Democrats 23 Sep 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on September 23, 2025 PRC MofA 23 Sep 2025
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 23 Sep 2025
• UN Human Rights Council 60: UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Report on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea UK FCDO 23 Sep 2025 -- UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Report on the DPRK. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.
• Belarus: UN experts denounce disappearance of Mikalai Statkevich after his attempted deportation OHCHR 23 Sep 2025 -- A group of UN independent experts* today strongly denounced the attempted deportation from Belarus and the subsequent disappearance of Mikalai Statkevich, a prominent opposition politician aged 69.
• Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA and Mr. Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 23 Sep 2025
• Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers' Meeting Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 23 Sep 2025
• Foreign Minister IWAYA's meeting with H.E. Ms. Annalena BAERBOCK, President of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 23 Sep 2025
• Meeting between Europe and Indo-Pacific Partners (Australia, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 23 Sep 2025
• Foreign Minister IWAYA's Meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 23 Sep 2025
• Foreign Minister IWAYA's Attendance at Working Breakfast on Security Council Reform Hosted by Mr. Barrot, Foreign Minister of the French Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 23 Sep 2025
• Address by Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania, at the United Nations General Assembly President of the Republic of Lithuania 23 Sep 2025
• The President at the UNGA: My message is clear - we cannot allow aggression to prevail President of the Republic of Lithuania 23 Sep 2025 -- On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda addressed world leaders at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
• Slovenia and Germany hold consultations to deepen cooperation against disinformation Republic of Slovenia 23 Sep 2025 -- Today, the Slovenian Government and the German Federal Government held bilateral consultations on fighting disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).
• UN Human Rights Council 60: UK Statement for the Item 4 General Debate UK FCDO 23 Sep 2025 -- UK Statement for the Item 4 General Debate. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Kumar Iyer.
• UN Human Rights Council 60: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Report on Nicaragua UK FCDO 23 Sep 2025 -- UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Report on Nicaragua. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.
• World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and alarm over US autism claim UN News 23 Sep 2025 -- The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has confirmed that between 11 and 16 September, 12 of its premises in Gaza City were hit directly or indirectly, amid intensifying Israeli military activity there.