Between high-level meetings in Davos and an inauguration in Washington, it’s been another busy week. Test how well you followed along with our international news quiz!
1. Myanmar’s military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army agreed to a cease-fire that began on Saturday. Which country mediated the deal?
The conflict between Myanmar’s junta and various armed groups prompted involvement from both China and India—and will likely remain a regional flash point, Sushant Singh wrote this month.
2. In other cease-fire news, how many Palestinian prisoners did Israel release on Sunday in exchange for three hostages being released from Gaza by Hamas?
As fighting dwindles in Gaza, the Israeli military has launched a major operation in the West Bank that could threaten the fragile peace deal, H.A. Hellyer writes.
3. Which international organization did President Donald Trump sign an executive order to withdraw the United States from shortly after his inauguration on Monday?
Actually withdrawing from WHO might take a while. A congressional resolution allowed President Harry Truman to join the organization in 1948, but a provision for Washington’s withdrawal wasn’t detailed at the time, Matthew M. Kavanagh writes.
4. On Tuesday, Italian authorities released a man they had arrested just days earlier due to an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes. Which country is he from?
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denied allegations that the reversal was meant to curry favor with the Libyan government, which Italy relies on to curb migration. In more bad news for the ICC this week, Trump has threatened to sanction senior court officials in a move that could prompt a tit-for-tat response, Kenneth Roth writes.
5. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres asked which country to renounce nuclear weapons?
U.S. officials believe that Iran has the means to produce enough material for a nuclear weapon in as little as one to two weeks, FP’s John Haltiwanger reports.
6. On Thursday, the ICC’s chief prosecutor announced that he was seeking arrest warrants for two leaders from which group?
The leaders are accused of persecuting Afghan girls and women, whom the Taliban have banned from higher education, required to wear burqas, and most recently restricted from speaking in public, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
7. The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that new Secretary of State Marco Rubio would take his first international trip to which country?
Despite his campaign promises of “no new wars,” Trump has weighed using military force to take control of the Panama Canal, FP’s Amy Mackinnon and Haltiwanger write in Situation Report.
8. Thursday marked the five-year anniversary that which Chinese city was first put on lockdown due to COVID-19?
“COVID-19 was the first crisis in memory that disrupted freedom of movement on a global scale,” Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman write in an excerpt of their new book.
9. As of Friday morning, what led more than 32,000 people to flee their homes in Colombia’s Catatumbo region over the past week?
Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared an emergency in the region on Monday, sending security forces to respond to a spiraling conflict that has killed at least 80 people, FP’s Catherine Osborne writes in Latin America Brief.
10. Greek police announced on Wednesday that they were investigating how what object had ended up in a trash can in the city of Thessaloniki?
The statue—about 31 inches high and 2,000 years old—has been handed over to the Ministry of Culture for examination, the New York Times reports.
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