AFGHANISTAN

1. Pakistan and Afghanistan’s missed Trade Opportunities
https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/pakistan-and-afghanistans-missed-trade-opportunities/
2. Stanikzai against deteriorated Afghanistan-Pakistan relations
https://pajhwok.com/2022/10/14/stanikzai-against-deteriorated-afghanistan-pakistan-relations/
3. Islamic Emirate Urges Turkey to Recognize Govt
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-180359
4. US will not fund non-state actors in Afghanistan: Taliban sources
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/17/us-not-to-fund-other-armed-groups-in-afghanistan-taliban
5. Federal admission programme for Afghanistan launched
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/afghanistan-node/-/2558750
6.

 

Who Donated Wheat to Afghanistan — Ukraine or US?
https://www.voanews.com/a/who-donated-wheat-to-afghanistan-ukraine-or-us-/6795388.html
7. Barnett Rubin: Counter-Terrorism ‘High Priority’ for US
https://tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan-180342
8. Islamic Emirate Urges Turkey to Recognize Govt
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-180359
9. Plan Launched to Collect Major Debts: DABS
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-180351
10 What’s the Endgame for Afghanistan and Pakistan?
https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/whats-the-endgame-for-afghanistan-and-pakistan/

MIDDLE EAST

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Pakistan sides with Saudi Arabia over its tension with US
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2382227/pakistan-sides-with-saudi-arabia-over-its-tension-with-us
12.

 

Why has Raqqa been ignored?
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2022/10/17/why-has-raqqa-been-ignored
13.

 

The plight of expat workers at KPMG Saudi Arabia
https://www.ft.com/content/45f2eda8-9219-4aa5-9434-277d74ea175b
14. Date set for signing Lebanon-Israel maritime deal
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2182066/middle-east
15. Russia Leans on Turkey, India, China for Oil Sales Before EU Ban
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-17/russia-leans-on-turkey-india-china-for-oil-sales-before-eu-ban#xj4y7vzkg
16. Malaysia chooses to buy Turkish drone
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/malaysia-chooses-to-buy-turkish-drones-177805
17. Iraq elects new president and premier, ending stalemate
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rockets-hit-baghdads-green-zone-sources-2022-10-13/
18. Ukraine foreign minister proposes cutting ties with Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/18/ukraine-foreign-minister-proposes-cutting-ties-with-ira
19. Iran agrees to supply missiles as well as drones to Russia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/iran-agrees-to-supply-missiles-as-well-as-drones-to-russia

AFRICA

20. $4.6 billion plant in South Africa will make ‘the fuel of the future’
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/18/africa/green-ammonia-hive-energy-scn-climate-spc-intl/index.html
21. East Africa hit by drought, yet Kenya’s Lake Turkana is flooding
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63278497
22. As “a child per minute” is hospitalized, U.N. warns “it will be too late” if world waits to help Somalia
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somalia-famine-child-per-minute-hospitalized-hunger-drought-unicef-says/
23. Djibouti: Humanitarian Action for Children
https://reliefweb.int/report/djibouti/djibouti-humanitarian-action-children
24. Ethiopia civil war: Hyenas scavenge on corpses as Tigray forces retreat
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63291747
25. Regional court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/1/regional-court-dismisses-maasai-eviction-case-against-tanzania