| Afghanistan | |
| 1. | Iran urges Afghanistan to comply with international legal standards, environmental regulations regarding border rivers |
| 2. | Pakistan Taliban threatens military-run businesses amid rising violence |
| 3. | Iran protests against Afghan dam project |
| 4. | Govt committed to eliminating TTP to ensure socio-economic development: PM Shehbaz |
| 5. | US in talks with Afghanistan to exchange Americans for Guantanamo detainee |
| 6. | Sugar dominates exports to Afghanistan |
| 7. | Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference |
| 8. | Afghanistan: Surge in synthetic drugs could threaten public health |
| Middle East | |
| 9. | A different Middle East: How should Washington respond?
https://www.mei.edu/publications/different-middle-east-how-should-washington-respond |
| 10. | Trump says ‘hell will break out’ if Hamas does not return hostages |
| 11. | Iran summons Saudi ambassador after execution of six Iranians |
| 12. | Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia in first post-Assad trip: What we know |
| 13. | China’s Middle East Moment: Will Beijing Seize the Opportunity in Syria? |
| 14. | Israel starts 2025 by massacring Palestinians in Gaza
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-starts-new-year-massacres-gaza |
| 15. | Pakistan, UAE agree to further enhance economic, political, cultural ties |
| 16. | Higher petroleum imports widen trade gap with Middle East |
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Africa |
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| 17. | Congo’s coffee, cocoa farmers breathe easy as EU halts blockage |
| 18. | Islamic State release highlights the foreign-fighter nature of its recent assault in Somalia |
| 19. | UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines
https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/mpox-kenya/72676/unicef-issues-emergency-tender-to-secure-mpox-vaccines |
| 20. | East African law society blasts Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania over abductions, enforced disapperances |
| 21. | Ivory Coast says French troops to leave country after decades |
