“Abuses by armed Islamist groups is no justification at all for the military’s deliberate slaughter of people in custody.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/russia-expresses-displeasure-over-unchrs-report-on-mali-by-kester-kenn-klomegah/

According to the Israeli military’s first assessment, the attacker or attackers fired from a passing car.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/03/04/man-lightly-wounded-in-west-bank-terror-shooting-near-hebron/

“Arms dealers operating out of Singapore are critical to the continued operation of the Myanmar military’s deadly weapons factories,” Thomas Andrews, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, when the report was published.

Source: https://time.com/6326274/asean-myanmar-junta-trade/

A spokesman for UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was “concerned by the military’s stated intention to hold elections amid… ongoing arrests, intimidation and harassment of political leaders, civil society actors and journalists”.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/the-world-myanmar/un-says-myanmar-junta-elections-will-fuel-violence.html

China won’t take the US military’s calls.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/china-won-t-take-the-us-military-s-calls-a-top-general-claims-that-makes-war-more-likely-20230813-p5dw4e.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

Hamdok was a firm supporter of the transition to democracyproposed to bring some of the military’s business interests under civilian control.

Source: https://www.vox.com/2023/4/15/23684493/sudan-rival-armed-forces-violence

He said that during his association with Boko Haram, he never heard of military’s engagement in mass abortion or execution of children fathered by insurgents.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/03/29/ex-boko-haram-members-open-up-on-right-abuses-by-military/

His Move Forward Party has been a vocal critic of the military’s role in politics and monopoly in business sectors.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailand-election-prime-minister-candidate-politics-prayut-paetongtarn-3442481?cid=cna_flip_070214

Islamabad, Nov 4:At least nine militants were killed on Saturday after a terror attack at a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) training base in Mianwali was foiled earlier in the day, the military’s media wing said.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/11/04/9-militants-killed-after-terror-attack-on-pakistan-air-force-base-foiled/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “fight until victory” in Gaza, signalling no pause in his military’s bombardment and expected invasion of the enclave, after Hamas released two US hostages.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/israel-vows-to-fight-until-victory-after-hamas-releases-two-us-hostages-20231021-p5edz0.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

“It has effectively honed the military’s round-the-clock aerial anti-submarine combat capabilities,” said the statement.

Source: https://interaksyon.philstar.com/world/2023/08/31/259374/china-hones-anti-submarine-capabilities-amid-south-china-sea-tensions/

It said the satellite would also help bolster the military’s preemptive missile strike capability, a key part of its so-called three-axis system that includes missile defense and massive retaliatory capabilities.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/12/01/breaking-news/south-korea-launches-first-spy-satellite-after-north-korea-does-same/

Military leaders have blamed a tightening jobs market as the primary driver of the crisis, though some critics have pointed to the military’s alleged turn to a more “woke” culture as contributing to the recruiting problems.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-news/navy-follows-army-in-giving-overweight-recruits-chance-to-slim-down-amid-deepening-recruiting-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=navy-follows-army-in-giving-overweight-recruits-chance-to-slim-down-amid-deepeni

Moore sympathizes with the long line of Black thinkers who’ve demanded “resistance to the American system,” he writes, but Powell “embraced the progress this nation made and the military’s role in helping that change to come about.”

Source: https://time.com/6250784/wes-moore-interview/

More ammunition and mine clearance are among the Ukrainian military’s most pressing needs in its counteroffensive, which so far has gained little ground.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/world/europe/russia-ukraine-odesa-port.html

Myanmar has been wracked by violence since the military’s 2021 coup.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/the-world-myanmar/un-envoy-calls-for-unity-among-regional-players-to-solve-myanmar-crisis.html

Now, military experts fear the military’s ability to stabilize itself is under threat.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-judicial-overhaul.html

Now, the U.S. Air Force is warning that China may be planning to use that facility to spy on the U.S. and the military’s drone testing facility.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/hoosier-ag-today/chinese-ownership-of-us-farmland-becoming-national-security-issue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinese-ownership-of-us-farmland-becoming-national-security-issue

One footnote in Roberts’ opinion suggests a carveout for armed services, justifying it with a quick reference to the military’s unspecified but “potentially distinct interests.”

Source: https://religiondispatches.org/2023-in-review-year-one-without-roe-gop-code-red-scotus-gone-wild-and-a-ray-of-hope/

Pentagon officials argue that the sanction should not impede talks, and that avoiding or defusing potential crises is made harder by the Chinese military’s unwillingness to communicate often and promptly.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/world/asia/china-military-lloyd-austin.html