Afghanistan

1. China Hopes Kabul Further Responds to Intl Expectations

https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-186370

2. WB to resume work on projects including CASA-1000

https://pajhwok.com/2023/12/07/wb-to-resume-work-on-projects-including-casa-1000/

3. Border authorities resolve Torkham signboard dispute

https://www.dawn.com/news/1795747/border-authorities-resolve-torkham-signboard-dispute

4. Pakistan Says 450,000 Undocumented Afghans Returned Home

https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-says-450-000-undocumented-afghans-returned-home/7386907.html

5. Pakistan’s top court hears petition to halt deportations of Afghans

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/1/pakistans-top-court-hears-petition-to-halt-deportations-of-afghans

6. Key Pakistani-Afghan border crossing closed after dispute over gate construction

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/key-pakistani-afghan-border-crossing-closed-after-dispute-over-gate-construction/3074328

7.  Afghan Insurgent Groups Step Up Attacks, Political Campaign Against Taliban

https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-insurgent-groups-step-up-attacks-political-campaign-against-taliban-/7386099.html

8. China says Afghan Taliban must reform before full diplomatic ties

https://www.dawn.com/news/1795270

9. Three US officials arriving this week to discuss Afghan issues

https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2420096/press-review

10. Afghan Taliban Says China Becomes First Nation to Accept Its Ambassador

https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-taliban-says-china-becomes-first-nation-to-accept-its-ambassador/7380438.html

Middle East

11. Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67617920

12. How Israel is squeezing 1.8 million Palestinians into an airport-sized area

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/how-israel-is-squeezing-1-8-million-palestinians-into-an-airport-sized-area

13. Lebanon army says one soldier killed in Israeli shelling on border post

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/5/lebanese-army-says-one-soldier-killed-in-israeli-shelling-near-border

14. Putin makes rare trip to Middle East to meet with UAE and Saudi leaders

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/putin-makes-rare-trip-to-middle-east-to-meet-with-uae-and-saudi-leaders

15. ​ Qatar, Pakistan review investment ties

https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/07/12/2023/qatar-pakistan-review-investment-ties

16. Iraq, Saudi Arabia sign partnership agreement in industrial investments

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-saudi-arabia-sign-partnership-agreement-in-industrial-investments/

17. Iran hails capsule launch as step towards human spaceflight

https://www.dawn.com/news/1795723/iran-hails-capsule-launch-as-step-towards-human-spaceflight

18. Qatar emir condemns ‘genocide’ in Gaza, urges ceasefire at GCC summit

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/5/qatar-emir-condemns-genocide-in-gaza-urges-ceasefire-at-gcc-summit

Africa

19. ​ UN and African Union sign new human rights agreement

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1144072

20. War in Sudan: Negotiations reach deadlock

https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/05/war-in-sudan-negotiations-reach-deadlock/

21. Impala Platinum mine accident in South Africa kills 11

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67552320

22. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger look to form a federation

https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/02/burkina-faso-mali-and-niger-look-to-form-a-federation//