Afghanistan

1. EXCLUSIVE Afghan Taliban sign deal for Russian oil products, gas and https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/exclusive-afghan-taliban-sign-deal-russian-oil-products-gas-wheat-2022-09-27/
2. World ‘must engage’ or risk Afghanistan’s collapse, Security Council hears
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1128151
3. US Voices Terrorism Concerns in Afghanistan, Opts for Taliban Engagement
https://www.voanews.com/amp/us-voices-terrorism-concerns-in-afghanistan-opts-for-taliban-engagement-/6767158.html
4. Russia offers the Taliban administration in Afghanistan a ‘discount’ to average global commodity prices
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101482032
5. Pakistan foreign minister warns against isolating Taliban
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/9/28/pakistan-foreign-minister-warns-against-isolating-taliban
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Stanekzai Calls on Pakistan to Stop Interfering in Afghan Affairs
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-180040

Middle East

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Seven wounded in rocket attack on Iraq’s Green Zone as parliament sits
https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220928-seven-wounded-in-rocket-attack-on-iraq-s-green-zone-as-parliament-sits
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Russia strikes northwest Syria IDP camps, injuring women and children
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/russia-strikes-northwest-syria-camps-causing-injuries?amp
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named PM
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/9/27/saudis-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-appointed-prime-minister
10. Egypt among 20 most vulnerable countries to cyber-attacks: NTRA
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/09/27/egypt-among-20-most-vulnerable-countries-to-cyber-attacks-ntra/
11. Nine dead in Iranian attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/9/28/iran-kurd-rebels-say-dead-in-iran-strikes-on-iraqi-kurdistan

Africa

12. Kenya’s new president scraps petrol subsidy
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/9/15/kenyas-new-president-scraps-petrol-subsidy
13. Nigeria battling floods ‘beyond control’ as warning given of dams overflowing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/nigeria-battling-worst-floods-in-a-decade-with-more-than-300-people-killed-in-2022
14. 4,000 escaped prisoners at large after Nigeria’s jailbreaks
www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/555931-analysis-4000-escaped-prisoners-at-large-after-nigerias-jailbreaks.html
15. Govt blames passport crisis on Russia-Ukraine conflict
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/govt-blames-passport-crisis-on-russia-ukraine-conflict–3965102