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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS |
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Ø US sanctions on Pakistani firms have ‘no justification’, PM Shehbaz asserts Ø White House Says Pakistan Is Developing Long-Range Missile Capable of Hitting the U.S. Ø Pakistan has potential to double exports to US: President FPCCI Ø Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy Shifts as U.S. Realigns Ties in Asia Ø What Assad’s Fall Means for Israel and Its Regional Relations https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/12/what-assads-fall-means-israel-and-its-regional-relations Ø Re: Building Defense | Next Steps for the Pentagon in 2025 https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/re-building-defense-next-steps-pentagon-2025 Ø Syria: UN health agency launches $56.4 million appeal to meet critical needs https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158516 Ø UN General Assembly adopts milestone cybercrime treaty https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158521 Ø UN News Champion: ‘Are you keeping up with the death?’ The grinding toll of war in Gaza https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158401 Ø Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans |
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RUSSIA & EUROPE |
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Ø France unveils new government as battle over budget looms https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/23/france-unveils-new-government-as-battle-over-budget-looms Ø ‘More bullets’: Analysts mull whether Russia will move to Libya after Syria Ø Slovak PM Fico holds talks with Putin during surprise Russia trip Ø Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power Ø Azerbaijan probe finds Russian missile caused deadly crash, reports say Ø Putin Chose Ukraine Over Syria https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin-chose-ukraine-over-syria Ø France hands over first base in Chad during withdrawal from former colony Ø Russian-Iranian partnership agreement to be inked on January 17 — ambassador https://tass.com/world/1894081 Ø EU to impose new sanctions on ‘Russian shadow fleet’ over Baltic Sea incident https://tass.com/world/1894057 Ø Thailand accepts invitation to become BRICS partner state — MFA https://tass.com/world/1893753 Ø German Christmas market attack suspect to face murder charges Ø Things Are Terrible in Europe, and They’re Only Going to Get Worse https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/opinion/europe-germany-france-trump.html Ø Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe, poll finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/support-for-ukraine-russia-war-yougov-poll-survey Ø Russia to use existing fixtures for new mill https://tribune.com.pk/story/2518241/russia-to-use-existing-fixtures-for-new-mill Ø Exports to EU surge by 14% in first five months of FY25 to $4.8bn https://www.geo.tv/latest/581569-exports-to-eu-surge-by-14-in-first-five-months-of-fy25-to-48bn Ø India presses EU court over basmati rice geographic rights https://www.geo.tv/latest/581691-india-challenges-eu-court-over-basmati-origin-dispute |
