Security Intelligence – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 18, 2025

Security Intelligence: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 18, 2025.

MIL-OSI Security: Exercise Keris Strike 25 Launches, Featuring United States, Malaysian, and Australian Forces
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND PERAK, Malaysia – The Malaysian Army officially launched Exercise Keris Strike 25 (KrS25) today, a trilateral military training event involving the U.S. Army and Australian Defence Force (ADF). Held July 17–31 in Perak, this year marks the 30th iteration of the exercise, which began as a bilateral engagement between […]

MIL-OSI Security: Exercise Keris Strike 25 Launches, Featuring United States, Malaysian, and Australian Forces
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND PERAK, Malaysia – The Malaysian Army officially launched Exercise Keris Strike 25 (KrS25) today, a trilateral military training event involving the U.S. Army and Australian Defence Force (ADF). Held July 17–31 in Perak, this year marks the 30th iteration of the exercise, which began as a bilateral engagement between […]

MIL-OSI Australia: Multi-agency effort rescues woman buried in silage
Source: Image: Fire Rescue Victoria A woman who became trapped under a large volume of silage was successfully rescued following a multi-agency operation at a property in Darnum on Sunday, 13 July. The woman had been standing on a concrete pad near the base of a silage pit when a four-metre-high sheer wall of fodder […]

MIL-OSI Security: CARAT Thailand 2025 Concludes, Strengthening U.S.-Thailand Maritime Partnership
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND SATTAHIP, Thailand — The 31st iteration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand concluded June 16, 2025 in Sattahip, following a series of exercises and exchanges between the U.S. Navy (USN) and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN). The exercise, which began on July 7, 2025, was designed to […]

MIL-OSI Australia: New search area for Melissa Trussell
Source: New South Wales – News Police – including from the specialist Water Operations Unit – are today conducting a fresh search on Garden Island for the remains of Melissa Trussell. A previously unsearched area of water and mangroves on the northern side of Garden Island will be the focus of today’s search. This new […]

MIL-OSI USA: SCHUMER SECURES $54 MILLION AUTHORIZATION IN SENATE NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL FOR NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION TO BUILD NEW COMBINED OPERATIONS ALERT FACILITY; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO DELIVER $$$ IN…
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New York Charles E Schumer Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station Is Critical Base For Air Force In Western NY, But Current Operations Are Spread Across Multiple Facilities, Wasting Energy & Degrading Command & Control & NFARS Has Lacked Funding To Build New Combined Facility After Months Of […]

MIL-OSI USA: Gillibrand And Espaillat Reintroduce Resilient Transit Act
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand Legislation Would Authorize Additional Funding for Resilience Improvement Projects for Public Transportation Systems, Making Them More Reliable in the Event of Extreme Weather Today, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee, and Representative Adriano Espaillat announced the […]

MIL-OSI USA: Senators Marshall & Hickenlooper Introduce Legislation Requiring Price Transparency in Healthcare
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall Washington – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), led the introduction of the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act along with Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado). This legislation will improve the transparency of healthcare costs so patients understand the true price of procedures, medications, and […]

MIL-OSI USA: Reed & Whitehouse Advocate for Passage of Child Care Affordability Bill to Expand High-Quality Child Care Options
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC – Child care is essential to families, communities, and our economy.  But instead of making federal investments to help bring down the cost of child care, the Trump Administration is raising costs for working families in order to provide a bigger […]

MIL-OSI Security: DHS Axes Wasteful, Misdirected Grants, Saves Taxpayers $18.5M
Source: US Department of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security is gutting dozens of partisan and wasteful grants that failed to counter terrorism threats, saving taxpayers $18.5 Million. WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is slashing waste at the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), cutting $18.5 million in misappropriated spending […]

MIL-OSI Security: Biden-Appointed Judge Ignores Biological Reality and the Rule of Law, Orders Illegal Alien Released
Source: US Department of Homeland Security A biological male was placed in a men’s facility in alignment with the President’s Executive Order and for the safety of women in ICE custody   WASHINGTON – Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio recently ordered the release of Odalis Jhonatan Martinez-Velasquez, a male illegal alien from Mexico, after […]

MIL-OSI Security: DHS Nabs at Least 11 Illegal Aliens Including Serial Criminal with 67 Arrests in Sacramento Operation
Source: US Department of Homeland Security CBP nabs career criminal, drug dealer and ten other illegal aliens in targeted operation WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested numerous illegal aliens, including a dangerous serial drug abuser and dealer with 67 charges, during a July […]

MIL-OSI Security: Mexican Illegal Alien Charged for Orchestrating ‘Kidnapping’ Hoax
Source: US Department of Homeland Security Liars like Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon are fueling an 830% increase in assaults against ICE   WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after the Department of Justice, in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles, arrested and filed charges against Mexican […]

MIL-OSI Australia: P-plater caught at dangerous speed on Midland Highway
Source: New South Wales Community and Justice P-plater caught at dangerous speed on Midland Highway Friday, 18 July 2025 – 9:46 am. A P-plater will be proceeded against after he was caught travelling 44km over the speed limit on the Midland Highway yesterday.About 4.30pm, police intercepted the 17-year-old, who had held his licence for just […]

MIL-OSI USA: Pressley Slams Trump DOJ for Seeking One-Day Sentence for Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Case
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement slamming the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for seeking a one-day jail sentence for the officer convicted in the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor. “Breonna Taylor should be alive today. Instead, she was shot and […]

MIL-OSI USA: Fischer Advances $54.3 Million for Offutt Air Force Base
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Nebraska Deb Fischer Advances additional provisions to support veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced she advanced $54.3 million in funding for Nebraska military construction projects at Offutt Air Force Base. The funding was […]

MIL-OSI USA: Reps. Jacobs, Dean, Castro, Keating Introduce Bill to Prevent U.S. Weapons From Harming Civilians and Committing War Crimes
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53) July 17, 2025 Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Bill Keating (MA-09), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Bipartisan Arms Sales Task Force, introduced legislation to improve end-use monitoring and prevent the use of U.S. weapons to commit […]

MIL-OSI USA: Cornyn Slams Smithsonian for Playing Politics
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Texas John Cornyn  WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called out the Smithsonian Institution Museums for playing political games and pandering to the Left rather than objectively displaying and celebrating great Americans’ contributions that make up the history of the United States. […]

MIL-OSI USA: Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Drug Activity on Social Media
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reintroduced the bipartisan Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act, which would require social media companies and other communication service providers to take on a more active role in working with federal agencies to combat the illegal sale and […]

MIL-OSI Security: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to sunken vessel near Santa Cruz, Calif.
Source: United States Coast Guard U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 07/17/2025 07:30 PM EDT   07/17/2025 07:09 PM EDT PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a sunken vessel following a boat fire approximately one mile offshore Santa Cruz, California, Wednesday morning.  MIL Security OSI –