UK Foreign Office says it has added 23 new designations and eight specific restrictions under its Russia sanctions regime.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Oct 1 the Pakistan military carried out precision airstrikes on two “terrorist camps” inside Afghanistan. Islamabad’s preliminary report said 22 militants were killed and large quantities of weapons and ammunition destroyed. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the strikes in eastern Kunar province early on Oct 1 killed nine people and injured 11, including women and children; Kabul condemned the action as “aggression and crime.”

隨着債券遭到拋售，法國5年期信用違約互換（CDS）升至71.6個基點，創2013年7月以來最高水平。