International Relations | MCQs

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Saudi Arabia and Iran officially agreed to restore diplomatic relations on March 10, 2023, following years of hostility, in an agreement brokered by China.

Under this deal, the two countries agreed to reopen their embassies within two months, reestablish security, trade, and cultural ties, signaling a major thaw in relations facilitated by Chinese mediation.

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In 2022, Turkey hosted direct talks between US and Russian intelligence chiefs.

Ankara played a neutral mediator role amid tensions over the Ukraine war.

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The Abraham Accord, which normalized relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain.

It was officially signed on September 15, 2020, at a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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• The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.
• The atomic bomb pm Nagasaki was dropped on 9 August 1945.
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•  The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 9, 1945. 
• The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people
  
• “Fat Man” dropped an atomic bomb at 11:02 that morning.
• Little Boy was the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima
  
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International Day of the Tropics: 29 June

Aim of the day: to raise awareness of tropical areas

Definition of Tropics: A geographic area that roughly corresponds to the area between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

United National General Assembly designated 29 June as International Day of the Tropics: 2016

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The first International Peace Congress was held in London in 1843.

It was suggested by Joseph Sturge.

Organized on the initiative of the American Peace Society.

Hosted by the London Peace Society.

Attendees included:

• 294 British delegates
• 37 American delegates
• 6 Continental (European) delegates

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General Assembly, Security Council, and ICJ (International Court of Justice) are all organs of the United Nations (UN).

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a military alliance, not part of the UN system, making it the odd one out.

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About G20 summit 2023

Venue: New Delhi, India 

IMEC was formed during this summit.

IMEC stands for India- Middle East Europe Corridor

IMEC is envisioned as a network of transport corridors 

Indian PM Narendra Modi used nameplate: Bharat

Indian PM Narendra Modi handed over presidency to: Brazil

New member: African Union 

G20 new name: G21

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• UNESCO has announced that the United States will rejoin the agency in July 2023 four years after leaving due to allegations of bias against Israel.
• The US stopped funding UNESCO, worth millions of dollars, in 2011 after Palestine became a member of the agency.
• Palestine was included as a non-member observer state in 2012, granting them participation in General Assembly proceedings.