Afghanistan

1.NSA says won’t attend Afghanistan moot in India
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2327473/nsa-says-wont-attend-afghanistan-moot-in-india
2.Pakistan reopens Chaman border crossing to Afghanistan
https://www.dawn.com/news/1655606/pak-afghan-trade-resumes-as-chaman-border-reopens
3.Taliban bans the use of foreign currency across Afghanistan
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59129470
4.Explosions and gun attacks on central Kabul hospital kill 25 people
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/deadly-explosions-hit-military-hospital-in-kabul-afghanistan
5.Anti-Taliban Group Registers with US to Try to Build Afghan Resistance
https://www.voanews.com/a/anti-taliban-group-registers-with-us-to-try-to-build-afghan-resistance-/6295339.html
6.US trying to set up military bases near Afghanistan: Russian Minister
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/us-trying-to-set-up-military-bases-near-afghanistan-russian-minister20211103080635/
7.Amrullah Saleh asks Ashraf Ghani to release tapes on peace talks with Khalilzad
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/amrullah-saleh-asks-ashraf-ghani-to-release-tapes-on-peace-talks-with-khalilzad-101635856127326.html
8.Left Behind After U.S. Withdrawal, Some Former Afghan Spies and Soldiers Turn to Islamic State
https://www.wsj.com/articles/left-behind-after-u-s-withdrawal-some-former-afghan-spies-and-soldiers-turn-to-islamic-state-11635691605%20UN%20Security%20Council%20to%20meet%20on%20Afghanistan
9.UN Security Council to meet on Afghanistan
https://pajhwok.com/2021/11/02/un-security-council-to-meet-on-afghanistan/

Middle East

10.Lebanese minister: ‘No question’ of resigning over Saudi crisis
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/31/lebanese-minister-says-no-question-of-resigning-over-saudi-crisis
11.‘Extremely grateful’: PM Imran thanks Saudi Arabia for $3bn financial support to Pakistan
https://www.dawn.com/news/1655127
12.Saudi-Iran ‘proxy wars’ play out in embattled Lebanon
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/904730-saudi-iran-proxy-wars-play-out-in-embattled-lebanon
13.Israel approves Palestinian homes after advancing settlements
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/1/israel-approves-palestinian-homes-after-advancing-settlements
14.The United States Provides $125 million in Economic Assistance to Egypt
https://www.africanews.com/2021/11/01/the-united-states-provides-125-million-in-economic-assistance-to-egypt/
15.UN warns Libya
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/904879-un-warns-libya
16.‘Nothing left to burn’: wildfires and floods could turn the tide on Turkey’s climate policy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/turkey-climate-policy-wildfires-floods
17.Eastern Mediterranean 2021 drills hosted by Turkey starts
https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/eastern-mediterranean-2021-drills-hosted-by-turkey-starts/news
18.Should Qatar offer mediation over Kashmir?
https://www.dohanews.co/should-qatar-offer-mediation-over-kashmir/
19.Pakistani consortium, Qatar Petroleum to build LNG terminal
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/904325-pakistani-consortium-qatar-petroleum-to-build-lng-terminal
20.Iran won’t accept oversight beyond IAEA safeguards agreements: MP
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/466591/Iran-won-t-accept-oversight-beyond-IAEA-safeguards-agreements

Africa

19 Ethiopia declares nationwide state of emergency
https://mail.issi.org.pk/?_h=f6840155e8eccfb9504b2d74b345ed28dtdo12t2f0
20Gunmen abduct students, staff at university in Nigeria’s capital
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/2/gunmen-abduct-staff-children-at-university-in-nigerian-capital
21Road to Recovery: Migrants in Djibouti Get Crucial Mental Health Support
https://reliefweb.int/report/djibouti/road-recovery-migrants-djibouti-get-crucial-mental-health-support
22South Africa’s ANC on course for worst ever electoral performance in local polls
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/south-africas-anc-on-course-for-worst-ever-electoral-performance-in-local-polls
23Sudan’s states of exception
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/2/ethiopia-declares-nationwide-state-of-emergency