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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned over violent students-led protests

Resignation date: 5 August 2024

Since July 2024, Bangladesh has been engulfed by protests and violence as hundreds of thousands of students took to the streets against reserved quotas in government jobs.

The ‘Students Against Discrimination’ group led the demonstrations.

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Shireen Abu Akleh: Palestinian-American journalist

Al Jazeera: Qatar-based news channel

Shireen Abu Akleh allegedly killed in: Jenin (Palestinian city)

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From 4th September 2023, France will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools.

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• On 20 July 2023, Iraq kicked out Swedish ambassador after the desecration of Holy Quran 
• The Holy Quran was desecrated in Swedish capital in June 2023.

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At least 32 United Nations peacekeeping personnel, including seven from Pakistan, were slain in deliberate attacks last year, according to the UN Staff Union.

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Italy declared a state of emergency in five northern regions surrounding the Po River amid the worst drought in 70 years on 5 July 2022.

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On 19 May 2024, an Iranian helicopter crashed near the Azerbaijan border. 

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minster killed.

A total of 9 people perished.

Note: Pakistan observed a day of mourning on 21 May 2024 over this tragic incident.

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Louisiana, a state has recently declared a state of emergency because of this tropical storm Sally.

Washington is the capital while dollar is the currency of the USA.

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The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic incident that began on 5 June 2017 when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and banned Qatar-registered planes and ships from utilising their airspace and sea routes, along with Saudi Arabia blocking Qatar’s only land crossing.

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US drug regulators gave emergency approval to a Covid-19 antibody therapy on November 21, 2020.

With cases surpassing 12 million in the United States, the highest in the world, many Americans were nonetheless heading to airports to travel for next week`s Thanksgiving holiday despite health officials` warnings to stay home.

Updated on 24-11-2020