THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  Pakistan urged not to deport Afghan US visa, refugee applicants

https://www.dawn.com/news/1781627/pakistan-urged-not-to-deport-afghan-us-visa-refugee-applicants

Ø  Pakistan, US extend scientific cooperation agreement

https://www.dawn.com/news/1781988/pakistan-us-extend-scientific-cooperation-agreement

Ø  An Invasion of Gaza Would Be a Disaster for Israel

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/invasion-gaza-would-be-disaster-israel

Ø  What Comes After Hamas?

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-comes-after-hamas

Ø  America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/18/america-root-cause-war-israel-gaza-palestine/

Ø  Biden Urges Israel Not to ‘Be Consumed’ by Rage During Visit

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/18/biden-meeting-israel-netanyahu-hamas-gaza-war-hospital-bombing-9-11-rage/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921

Ø  U.S. Response to Israel-Hamas War Draws Fury in Middle East

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/world/middleeast/biden-israel-gaza-anger.html

Ø  The Israel-Hamas War: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/israel-hamas-war-humanitarian-crisis-gaza

Ø  The US-EU Summit: Time to focus on geopolitics

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-us-eu-summit-time-to-focus-on-geopolitics/

Ø  David Petraeus: Why 9/11 Is a Cautionary Tale for Israel

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/18/israel-palestine-gaza-war-hamas-united-states-military/

Ø  U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12040

Ø  What Can the U.N Do Now?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/18/israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-unsc-unga/

Ø  Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza: ‘Very real risk’ of conflict expanding warns top envoy

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142517

Ø  UN chief ‘horrified’ by strike on Gaza hospital, as warring sides blame each other

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142472

Ø  Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142507

Ø  Guterres: Turn ‘infrastructure emergency’ into opportunity, but also protect nature

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142487

Ø  Human rights experts urge Pakistan to stop planned mass deportation of Afghans

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142477

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  Plan for G2G oil deal with Russia shelved

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2441695/plan-for-g2g-oil-deal-with-russia-shelved

Ø  UNSC fails to fulfill its duties once again — Turkish president on Gaza situation

https://tass.com/world/1693207

Ø  From Russia to the Middle East: Why China can’t afford another big conflict

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/economy/china-middle-east-russia-oil-intl-hnk/index.html

Ø  Putin calls US supply of ATACMS weapons to Ukraine ‘another mistake’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/putin-calls-us-supply-of-atacms-weapons-to-ukraine-another-mistake

Ø  Russia’s Lavrov warns Israel-Gaza war could spark regional crisis

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/19/russias-lavrov-warns-israel-gaza-war-could-spark-regional-crisis

Ø  Biden says he will request more aid to Ukraine, Israel https://tass.com/world/1693973

Ø  Fair global trade impossible without changing West’s status quo — Russian PM

https://tass.com/economy/1693771

Ø  EU bids to tighten migration rules after attacks in Arras and Brussels
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67160740

Ø  EU to Discuss Israel-Hamas War Response Amid Political Divisions
https://www.voanews.com/a/europe-to-discuss-israel-hamas-war-response-amid-political-divisions/7313097.html

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  SBP Weekly Data Report
http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.aspØ  Waste not the crises

https://www.dawn.com/news/1782290

Ø  Food exports rise 18pc in July-Sept

Ø  https://www.dawn.com/news/1782258/food-exports-rise-18pc-in-july-sept

Ø  IMF hopes strengthen rupee, but next review crucial, analysts say

https://www.geo.tv/latest/514565-imf-hopes-strengthen-rupee-but-next-review-crucial-analysts-say

Ø  Bleeding SOEs: the tortuous road to privatisation

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2441318/bleeding-soes-the-tortuous-road-to-privatisation

Ø  No hasty big moves, please

https://www.dawn.com/news/1781366/no-hasty-big-moves-please

Ø  PIDE report highlights huge disparity in govt employees’ salaries

https://www.geo.tv/latest/514677-report-shines-light-on-huge-disparity-between-govt-employees-salaries

Ø  Inflow of foreign loans surges in first quarter

https://www.dawn.com/news/1781444/inflow-of-foreign-loans-surges-in-first-quarter

Ø  Pakistan faces a long road ahead

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2441317/pakistan-faces-a-long-road-ahead

Ø  Oil set for second week of gains on Gaza contagion fears

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/oil-climbs-mideast-contagion-fears-israel-gaza-conflict-2023-10-20/

Ø  EU carbon emission rules set to rattle Pakistan’s export sector

https://www.dawn.com/news/1781156/eu-carbon-emission-rules-set-to-rattle-pakistans-export-sector

Ø  Chronic air pollution in Punjab

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2441322/chronic-air-pollution-in-punjab

Ø  Phasing down coal: UN report details challenges, opportunities

https://www.dawn.com/news/1781761/phasing-down-coal-un-report-details-challenges-opportunities

Ø  Accessing climate finance

https://www.dawn.com/news/1782014/accessing-climate-finance

Ø  Climate change is the catastrophe to end all other catastrophes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/16/climate-catastrophe-greece-wildfires-pakistan-super-floods/

Ø  IMF, World Bank urge funds for poverty, climate fights

https://www.dawn.com/news/1780973/imf-world-bank-urge-funds-for-poverty-climate-fights