AFGHANISTAN

1.Donors pledge $1bn in aid for Afghanistan as UN warns of crisis
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/13/u-n-seeks-600-million-in-afghanistans-most-perilous-hour
2.Afghans sell possessions amid cash crunch, looming crisis
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/13/afghans-sell-possessions-amid-cash-crunch-pending-economic-crisis
3.Afghanistan: Taliban announce new rules for female students
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58537081
4.Blinken says US will assess Pakistan ties over Afghanistan’s future
https://www.dawn.com/news/1646326
5.Afghan Journalists: Reporting Hindered by Lack of Govt Sources
https://tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan-174658
6.NATO Chief Blames Afghan Leaders for State’s Collapse
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-174614
7.Pakistan sends another tranche of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2319879/pakistan-sends-another-tranche-of-humanitarian-aid-to-afghanistan
8.Ambassador Mansoor, Afghan foreign minister Muttaqi discuss bilateral cooperation
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40120100/ambassador-mansoor-afghan-foreign-minister-muttaqi-discuss-bilateral-cooperation
9.Afghanistan’s Muttaqi urges countries to engage with new gov’t
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/afghanistans-amir-khan-muttaqi-addresses-the-media
10.‘We Did Not Inherit a Plan’: Blinken Is Grilled in Congress Over Afghanistan Exit
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/us/politics/blinken-state-afghanistan-house.html
11.Afghanistan: Taliban leaders in bust-up at presidential palace, sources say
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58560923
12.Afghan girls’ football team flees to Pakistan
https://dailytimes.com.pk/816662/afghan-girls-football-team-flees-to-pakistan/
13.States That Have Welcomed the Most Refugees From Afghanistan
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-09-14/afghan-refugee-resettlement-by-state
14.SCO in unique position to address Afghan issue despite different concerns
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1234336.shtml
15.Pakistan hosts meeting of regional states’ spymasters
https://www.dawn.com/news/1645893
16.Qatar’s foreign minister visits premier of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatari-foreign-minister-visits-kabul-al-jazeera-says-2021-09-12/
17.Chinese envoy congratulates Taliban with establishment of interim cabinet — spokesman
https://tass.com/world/1337673
18.Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the Afghan Issue Among the Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1905904.shtml

MIDDLE EAST

19.Lebanon’s Hezbollah says Iranian fuel oil to arrive this week
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/13/hezbollah-iranian-tanker-bringing-fuel-to-lebanon-in-syria
20.Yemeni government forces again on the back foot
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/are-yemeni-government-forces-once-again-on-the-backfoot
21.US Pulls Missile Defenses in Saudi Arabia Amid Yemen Attacks
https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/us-pulls-missile-defenses-saudi-arabia-amid-yemen-attacks
22.UAE seeks $1 trillion in economic activity with Israel by 2031
https://www.dawn.com/news/1646358
23.Biden to withhold, restrict some military aid to Egypt
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/13/biden-egypt-aid-511732
24.Putin and Syria’s al-Assad hold talks in Moscow on rebel areas
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/putin-and-syrias-assad-hold-talks-in-moscow-on-rebel-area
25.Putin and Syria’s al-Assad hold talks in Moscow on rebel areas
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/putin-and-syrias-assad-hold-talks-in-moscow-on-rebel-area
26.Turkish, German presidents talk bilateral ties, Afghanistan, migration issue
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/turkish-german-presidents-talk-bilateral-ties-afghanistan-migration-issue/2364548
27.Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at US and Turkish forces in Syria
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-putin-meets-syrias-assad-moscow-2021-09-14/
28.Iraq PM visits neighbour Iran for economic talks
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210912-iraq-pm-visits-neighbour-iran-for-economic-talks
29.US shoots down pair of Iranian drones attacking Iraq airport
https://news.yahoo.com/us-shoots-down-pair-iranian-172700737.html
30.Decades after 9/11, what became of the US’s neoconservatives?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/decades-after-9-11-what-became-of-the-uss
31.Iran, IAEA Issue Joint Statement during Grossi’s Tehran Visit
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/09/12/2570367/iran-iaea-issue-joint-statement-during-grossi-s-tehran-visit
32.Kuwait stresses support for rapid humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan
https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/kuwait-stresses-support-for-rapid-humanitarian-efforts-in-afghanistan/
33.Bahrain’s Jews worship in public for first time in decades
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210914-bahrain-s-jews-worship-in-public-for-first-time-in-decades
34.Massive fire erupts in tyre factory in Umm Al Quwai
https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2021/09/14/massive-fire-erupts-in-tyre-factory-in-umm-al-quwain
35.Qatar’s foreign minister visits premier of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatari-foreign-minister-visits-kabul-al-jazeera-says-2021-09-12/
36.Qatar’s monetary assistance to Afghanistan to reach $50 million: official
https://www.dohanews.co/qatars-monetary-assistance-to-afghanistan-to-reach-50-million-official/
37.Qatar refuses ‘responsibility’ for Kabul airport without Taliban
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/14/qatar-refuses-responsibility-for-kabul-airport-without-taliban
38.Oman deficit and debt set to plunge after COVID-19 shock – IMF
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/oman-deficit-debt-set-plunge-after-covid-19-shock-imf-2021-09-12/

AFRICA

39.What Tigray portends: the future of peace and security in Africa
https://warontherocks.com/2021/09/what-tigray-portends-the-future-of-peace-and-security-in-africa/
40.Leaders Make Urgent Call To Accelerate Vaccination Globally And In Africa
https://www.who.int/news/item/14-09-2021-leaders-make-urgent-call-to-accelerate-vaccination-globally-and-in-africa
41.Under ‘Engage Africa’ policy, Pakistan keen to strengthen ties with Egypt
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/pakistan-egypt-strengthen-ties-under-engage-africa-policy/
42.As Sudan makes headway in transition to democracy, Security Council delegates urge sustained support for tackling causes of intercommunal fighting
https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-makes-headway-transition-democracy-security-council-delegates-urge-sustained
43.Kenya: Vending Machines Bring Safe, Cheap Water to Nairobi Slums
https://allafrica.com/stories/202109140597.html
44.US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray
https://apnews.com/article/africa-united-nations-ethiopia-7ae45e2e93d333ce83efe299a4438672
45.Nigeria faces one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years https://www.jonesborosun.com/nigeria-faces-one-of-its-worst-cholera-outbreaks-in-years/article_4b49a3f7-faa7-5548-83e3-3f2dbc421775.html
46.Ivory Coast health pass: President Alassane Ouattara introduce Covid-19 pass for travellers
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-58555273
47.Rwandan ex-army officer gunned down in Mozambique
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58557350
48.UK to start Covid vaccine booster programme; Mauritius battles Covid-19 explosion
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/892447-uk-to-start-covid-vaccine-booster-programme-mauritius-battles-covid-19-explosion