MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 24, 2022]

HOT NEWS

1. The U.S. State Department has ordered the families of its embassy staff and urged American citizens to leave Ukraine amid rising tension over the ongoing Ukraine crisis. Source: BBC
2. Iran will regain its voting rights in the  General Assembly after South Korea paid for Tehran’s delinquent dues to the UN with Iranian frozen funds in Seoul. Source: CNA
3. Biden considered deploying several thousand troops, warships and aircrafts to the Baltic States and in the East of the EU over the fear of Russian invasion into Ukraine. Source: TASS

WORLD

1. Russia has rejected a claim by the UK that it is trying to install a new pro-Kremlin leader Yevheniy Murayev, who is a former Ukrainian lawmaker as a potential candidate. Source: TRT World
2. The US special envoy for Iran said that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is unlikely to be saved unless Iran releases the four American hostages, as it is the precondition for Tehran. Source: Haaretz
3. Taliban representatives commenced talks in Oslo with Afghan civil society members, aiming at discussing human rights issues and humanitarian aid for Afghans citizens. Source: Deutsche Welle

REGIONS

1. Taiwan reported the largest incursion of the Chinese air forces in its air identification zone and stated that the Taiwanese forces had scrambled to warn 39 aircrafts away. Source: U.S. News & World Report
2. Thai PM will pay a visit to Saudi Arabia for the first high-level bilateral meeting between the two countries over the diplomatic row regarding jewelry theft three decades ago. Source: Reuters
3. The new U.S. ambassador landed in Tokyo and is ready to strengthen the alliance of both countries as the last ambassador left Japan in 2019 to run for a Senate seat. Source: Nikkei Asia

CAMBODIA

1. Cambodia and Indonesia jointly pledged to move ASEAN forward and find ways to solve the Myanmar crisis as the Kingdom proposed MRM to be convened in the near future. Source: Khmer Times
2. CHRC and French embassy vowed to deepen and improve the two countries’ cooperation, as both sides discuss human rights, mission of the human rights committee and ECCC. Source: The Phnom Penh Post
3. The CCC and the EU-ASEAN Business Council have pledged to bolster commercial cooperation and provide support to mutually promote the business and investment events. Source: AKP