The Iran-Israel conflict and the NATO leaders’ summit were top of mind this week, but did you follow what happened elsewhere in the world? Find out with our weekly international news quiz!
1. Around what time on Saturday did U.S. President Donald Trump announce on social media that U.S. bombers were striking Iranian nuclear facilities?
Trump’s strikes on Iran’s three main nuclear sites endangered U.S. troops and diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East and also trapped the United States in a cycle of escalation with both Israel and Iran, Adam Weinstein argues.
2. Niger’s main mine workers’ union on Monday announced that it supported the military government’s plan to nationalize a mine for what resource?
Trump should work to strengthen the international nuclear nonproliferation movement, Adam Thomson argues.
3. On Monday, Thailand’s prime minister announced new land border restrictions with which neighboring country?
The withdrawal of the U.S. Agency for International Development from Southeast Asia could lead to regional instability and serve as a boon to autocrats, Joseph Rachman argued last week.
4. The NATO leaders’ summit kicked off on Tuesday in which Dutch city?
Trump’s proposal to increase defense spending for each member country to 5 percent of their GDPs was at the center of the gathering, FP’s John Haltiwanger and Rishi Iyengar report in a special edition of Situation Report.
5. What type of short-range missile did Japan test for the first time on its soil on Tuesday?
Tokyo is building up its defense ties to the United States despite uncertainty about Washington’s commitment to the alliance, Michael J. Green wrote this month.
6. Which Indian minister traveled to China on Wednesday for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
India-China ties face a new test after Pakistan recently deployed Chinese-made fighter jets against India, FP’s Michael Kugelman writes in South Asia Brief.
7. Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday nullified a presidential decree for the first time since what year?
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s decree would have increased a financial transaction tax. It was not the only controversy that Lula faced this week, as his government also held an auction for oil drilling rights near the Amazon River, FP’s Catherine Osborn reports in Latin America Brief.
8. On Thursday, Israel suspended the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza for how many days?
Israeli officials said the suspension would only impact the territory’s north in an effort to prevent Hamas from seizing humanitarian supplies, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
9. An Armenian Church official on Monday implied that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was not a Christian by accusing him of what?
The accusation follows Pashinyan’s claim in May that the head of the church, Karekin II, had broken his vow of celibacy and had a secret daughter, OC Media reports.
10. What was the per-person cost of a mission to the International Space Station that launched on Wednesday?
The mission marked the first time in more than 40 years that India, Poland, and Hungary sent astronauts to space, The Associated Press reports.
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