| 1. | Pakistan: Remittances set to cross record $28 billion this year
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/pakistan-remittances-set-to-cross-record-28-billion-this-year |
| 2. | Taliban cracks down on ‘costly’ polygamy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55630097 |
| 3. | Two Afghan women judges assassinated in Kabul ambush
https://www.dawn.com/news/1602112/two-afghan-women-judges-assassinated-in-kabul-ambush |
| 4. | Billions in aid needed to help Afghan children in 2021: NGO https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/billions-in-aid-needed-to-help-afghan-children-in-2021-charity |
| 5. | Afghan Govt Will Not Release More Taliban Prisoners: Omar
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-169374 |
| 6. | Biden Nominee Will ‘Thoroughly Assess’ US-Taliban Deal
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-169378 |
| 7. | Talk or fight? In Afghanistan, signs Taliban now prefer victory
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2021/0114/Talk-or-fight-In-Afghanistan-signs-Taliban-now-prefer-victory |
| 8. | Time to make new breakthroughs in Asia, Turkey’s trade minister says
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/economy/time-to-make-new-breakthroughs-in-asia-turkeys-trade-minister-says |
| 9. | 60pc of global conflicts in OIC states alarming: Turk FM
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/774008-60pc-of-global-conflicts-in-oic-states-alarming-turk-fm |
| 10. | Guterres welcomes Palestinian announcement of elections as ‘crucial step’ towards unity
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1082342 |
| 11. | Israel moves to rein in rights group over ‘apartheid’ use
https://www.dawn.com/news/1602320/israel-moves-to-rein-in-rights-group-over-apartheid-use |
| 12. | Tunisia: Youths clash with police over economic woes
https://www.dw.com/en/tunisia-youths-clash-with-police-over-economic-woes/a-56254096 |
| 13. | Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest
https://www.dw.com/en/lebanons-downhill-spiral-hits-the-weakest/a-56239234 |
| 14. | Egyptian leader in Jordan for post-Trump strategy talks
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1794751/middle-east |
| 15. | Saudi Arabia triples agriculture investments abroad
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-triples-agriculture-investments-abroad-1.76579785 |
| 16. | Yemen: STC rejects president’s new appointments, threatens to escalate
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210119-yemen-stc-rejects-presidents-new-appointments-threatens-to-escalate/ |
| 17. | Russia carries out 40 raids on Deash areas in Syria
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1793991/middle-east |
| 18. | Gen Bilal Akbar new envoy to Saudi Arabia
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/776458-gen-bilal-akbar-new-envoy-to-saudi-arabia |
| 19. | What can Africa expect from the Biden administration?
https://www.theafricareport.com/60092/what-can-africa-expect-from-the-biden-administration/ |
| 20. | South Africa Coronavirus Cases Decline, But New Variant Spreading Quickly
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/south-africa-coronavirus-cases-decline-new-variant-spreading-quickly |
| 21. | Locust Swarms Threaten Parts Of East Africa
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/19/958543535/locust-swarms-threaten-parts-of-east-africa |
| 22. | UK-Africa trade: What will Brexit change?
https://www.dw.com/en/uk-africa-trade-what-will-brexit-change/a-56262464 |
| 23. | Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/ethiopia-hesitant-to-allow-aid-agencies-into-tigray |
| 24. | Iran holds fifth military drill in two weeks amid tension with US
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/irans-army-holds-war-games-again-after-us-flies-bombers |
| 25. | Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, senior US officials
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/iran-designates-senior-us-officials-including-trump-terrorists |
| 26. | 5 times as many troops in US capital than Afghanistan, Iraq combined ahead of Biden inauguration
https://www.dawn.com/news/1602374 |
| 27. | GCC ties: Qatar suspends WTO dispute with UAE
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/mena/gcc-ties-qatar-suspends-wto-dispute-with-uae |
| 28. | Trump grants Bahrain’s King Hamad top honor on last day in office
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1795296/middle-east |
| 29. | Senegal, Home of West African Gas Megaprojects, Hosts Major Energy Transition Event
https://www.africaoilandpower.com/2021/01/19/senegal-home-of-west-african-gas-megaprojects-hosts-major-energy-transition-event/ |
