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Afghanistan |
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| 1. | Pakistan appoints Asif Durrani as special envoy for Afghanistan |
| 2. | China Interested in Investing in Afghanistan’s Lithium |
| 3. | It’s Time To Recognize the Taliban
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/23/afghanistan-biden-taliban-akhundzada-haqqani/ |
| 4. | Hina, UK special envoy discuss Afghanistan situation
https://www.nation.com.pk/24-May-2023/hina-uk-special-envoy-discuss-afghanistan-situation |
| 5. | House Foreign Affairs chairman views dissent cable on Afghanistan withdrawal
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/23/politics/mccaul-dissent-cable-afghanistan-blinken/index.html |
| 6. | Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM? |
| 7. | Bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria returned to Kabul |
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Middle East |
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| 8. | Syria’s Assad tells Arab leaders to take ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East |
| 9. | SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including first Arab woman, to ISS |
| 10. | Bahrain to restore full diplomatic relations with Lebanon
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/21/bahrain-to-restore-full-diplomatic-relations-with-lebanon |
| 11. | Pakistan ‘strongly condemns’ killing of 33 Palestinians by Israeli forces — foreign office |
| 12. | How Turkey’s president maintains popularity despite economic turmoil
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-election-erdogan-0a7eeb21718ca723f8eae2fe23d08e7d |
| 13. | Iran says it is strong enough to defend regional waters
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/21/iran-says-it-is-strong-enough-to-defend-regional-waters |
| 14. | UAE invites Israeli president, PM to attend COP28 in Dubai https://www.arabnews.com/node/2308301/middle-east |
| 15. | Malaysia, UAE to start talks on bilateral trade deal
https://www.reuters.com/world/malaysia-uae-start-talks-economic-partnership-2023-05-23/ |
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Africa |
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| 16. | Ukrainian and Moroccan FMs meet in Rabat
https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/22/ukrainian-and-moroccan-fms-meet-in-rabat/ |
| 17. | Africa-China dialogue provides boost to green industrial revolution
https://www.seforall.org/news/africa-china-dialogue-provides-boost-to-green-industrial-revolution |
| 18. | Ceasefire in Sudan appears to bring some respite for citizens
https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/23/ceasefire-in-sudan-appears-to-bring-some-respite-for-citizens/ |
| 19. | A day without press’ in Guinea as the media snubs ruling junta
https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/24/a-day-without-press-in-guinea-as-the-media-snubs-ruling-junta/ |
