U.S.-Iran War and Cease-Fire Calls in Congo: Foreign Policy’s Weekly International News Quiz
3. Amid negotiations to end the war with Iran, the United States launched strikes against Tehran on Tuesday morning. What was the reason given for the strikes?
As a response to earlier Iranian strikes
To force further Iranian concessions
Preemptive self-defense
To destroy uncovered enriched uranium
Gulf countries recognize that Iran has not lost its war with the United States—a fact that is reshaping the region, Amir Handjani writes.
4. The foreign ministers of the United States, India, Japan, and Australia met in New Delhi on Tuesday for a four-day meeting aimed at reviving a geopolitical bloc. What is the grouping’s name?
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
The Indo-Pacific Alliance
The Pacific Security Dialogue
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Although Trump’s second administration has sidelined the Quad, its struggles are also rooted in more structural flaws, Sarang Shidore argued last week.
5. Numerous European countries summoned Russian representatives on Tuesday after Russia threatened a new wave of strikes on Kyiv, saying what?
That the strikes would target Ukrainian politicians
That these strikes would finally end the Russia-Ukraine war
That Moscow would escalate further if Kyiv did not surrender soon
That foreigners, including diplomats, should leave the country
Russia and Ukraine are looking for alternative ways to bring about an end to their war as U.S.-led negotiations fail to produce results, FP’s Sam Skove reported last week.
9. French tennis player Arthur Gea temporarily left the court during the first set of his French Open match on Sunday. Why?
His contact lenses fell out.
An audience member sprayed him with sparkling wine.
A bird pooped on his head.
He had to use the bathroom.
“I can’t move anymore,” Gea told the chair umpire before skedaddling, The Associated Press reports.
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