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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS |
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Ø Pakistan, US discuss energy cooperation https://tribune.com.pk/story/2562319/pakistan-us-discuss-energy-cooperation Ø Inside Pakistan’s strikingly successful Washington charm offensive https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/20/pakistan-trump-india-munir-oil/ Ø Pakistan Is Playing a Good Game With the US. It Won’t Last Ø Pakistan-US Counterterrorism Cooperation Takes Big Strides Forward https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/pakistan-us-counterterrorism-cooperation-takes-big-strides-forward/ Ø How India-US relations unravelled: The Trump-Modi timeline https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/how-india-us-relations-unravelled-trump-modi-timeline Ø What the US loses by exiting UNESCO https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-the-us-loses-by-exiting-unesco/ Ø Trump’s Stunning Foreign Policy https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/trumps-stunning-foreign-policy-walter-russell-mead Ø How Trump can drive an end to the war in Gaza https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-trump-can-drive-an-end-to-the-war-in-gaza/ Ø At UN, Pakistan debunks India’s allegations of human rights abuses as ‘fallacious’ Ø Pakistan decries stigmatisation of Islam, says no non-Muslim name on UN terror lists Ø Pakistan urges UN action against abuse being faced by women in Kashmir, Palestine Ø Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165690 Ø Terror threat posed by ISIL ‘remains volatile and complex,’ Security Council hears https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165692 Ø International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165691 Ø UN upholds readiness to support peace efforts in Ukraine https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165685 Ø Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165684 Ø Monsoon Floods in Pakistan – Situation Report (26 June to 16 August 2025) |
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RUSSIA & EUROPE |
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Ø US, Europe finalise military options on Ukraine https://www.dawn.com/news/1933238/us-europe-finalise-military-options-on-ukraine Ø Putin receives Indian top diplomat in Kremlin https://tass.com/politics/2005755 Ø Italy arrests Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in Nord Stream pipeline sabotage https://tass.com/society/2005663 Ø Europe tried to starve Putin’s war machine with sanctions – but something else has happened Ø Europe must shoulder ‘lion’s share’ of Ukraine’s security, Vance says Ø Europe’s show of unity at the White House is a plus for Ukraine, but peace is still a distant dream https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/22/ukraine-russia-europe-trump-putin-zelenskyy Ø Why China Isn’t Sweating Europe’s Rebalancing Push https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/why-china-isnt-sweating-europes-rebalancing-push/ Ø European markets shrug off new details on EU-U.S. trade agreement https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/europe-markets-on-thurs-aug-21-stoxx-600-ftse-dax-fed-pmi-data.html Ø Ø ‘No deal’ at Trump-Putin meeting: Key takeaways from Alaska summit Ø Trump proposes Putin-Zelenskyy summit in push to end Ukraine war Ø Armenia reassures visiting Iran leader it will control Azerbaijan corridor Ø No US troops in Ukraine, Trump says https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/20/no-us-troops-in-ukraine-trump-says Ø Israel’s Netanyahu lashes out at France’s Macron, Australian PM Albanese Ø Is Ukraine closer to peace after Trump’s meetings with Zelenskyy, Putin? Ø Netherlands sending 300 troops, Patriot missile systems to Poland Ø Russia says Ukraine ‘not interested’ in long-term peace https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/21/russia-says-ukraine-not-interested-in-long-term-peace Ø Behind India’s massive Russian oil imports: Asia’s richest man Ø Putin demands Ukraine surrender Donbas and abandon NATO bid, sources say |
