The many trials of former U.S. President Donald Trump hogged the spotlight this week. Have you kept tabs on the globe’s other headlines? Find out with our weekly international news quiz.
1. Which Israeli official on Monday announced their resignation for failing to warn of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on southern Israel?
Haliva is the highest-ranking Israeli official to step down because of the attack. Meanwhile, those left in charge of prosecuting the country’s war against Hamas still have no plan to end the fighting, FP’s Michael Hirsh wrote this month.
2. German authorities said on Monday that they had arrested three German citizens suspected of spying for which country?
The arrests came on the heels of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing last week, FP’s James Palmer writes in China Brief.
3. Argentine President Javier Milei announced on Monday night that his country had produced its first quarterly budget surplus since what year?
The surplus is largely due to massive public spending cuts, which have hit public universities especially hard, FP’s Catherine Osborn writes in Latin America Brief.
4. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s foreign ministry declared that what service was being suspended for Ukrainian men of military fighting age who live abroad?
Martial law already bans Ukrainian men age 18 or older from leaving the country, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
5. U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law a long-delayed foreign aid package that continues provisions for assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and countries in the Indo-Pacific. What is the bill’s approximate total cost?
Introduced as four separate measures in the House of Representatives, the unified bill passed the Senate this week with a vote of 79 to 18, FP’s Robbie Gramer and Rishi Iyengar report.
6. The United States on Wednesday called for all armed factions to cease military operations in which Sudanese state?
The call to end attacks in the state and Al-Fashir, its capital, comes on the heels of a congressional letter to Biden that called for U.S. sanctions on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its leader, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
7. Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance their efforts to act as a “united front” against which common enemy?
The pledge follows a recent surge in terrorist attacks from the Islamic State-Khorasan. Those include a March attack on a Moscow-area concert venue, which reminded the world of the persistence of terrorism, Colin P. Clarke wrote this month.
8. Human Rights Watch on Thursday published a report accusing military forces from which African country of executing hundreds of civilians in February?
U.S. security policy failures have contributed to the destabilization of numerous African countries, Daniel Twining and Will Meeker argued this month.
9. Why did Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape criticize Biden over the weekend?
U.S. military records about Ambrose J. Finnegan make no mention of his aircraft being downed over the country during World War II, as Biden claimed—or of cannibalism, NBC News reports.
10. Why did disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos end his bid to reenter Congress this week?
The announcement followed a report from his campaign committee that revealed Santos had raised no money and spent no money in March, the same month he announced his campaign, The Associated Press reports.
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