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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2017

May 2017

Aug 29, 2018

Russia to Hold Biggest Military Drills

As per Russia's defence minister, Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since at least the 1980s, with around 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircrafts.

The Vostok-2018 exercises will be carried out from September 11 to 15 in the country's east with the participation of China and Mongolia.

Aug 28, 2018

US and Mexico Reach NAFTA Deal

The US and Mexico agreed to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to the new terms on auto trade and other issues to remain part of the three-nation pact.

UN Asked to Act against Economic Strangulation

Iran demanded the UN's top court to suspend U.S. nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, accusing Washington of plotting its economic strangulation.

The Islamic Republic launched a suit at the International Court of Justice over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to reimpose the sanctions that had been lifted in a 2015 accord.

Aug 27, 2018

Mnangagwa Sworn in as President

Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as President of Zimbabwe after winning a bitterly-contested election which was the country's first since the ousting of strongman Robert Mugabe.

Aug 26, 2018

SCO Anti-terror Drill

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Peace Mission exercise started in Russia, bringing together the Indian and Pakistani militaries under the anti-terror setting for the first time.
The six-day SCO Exercise, which has brought the two countries together for the Exercise Peaceful Mission 2018, will continue till August 29 at Chebarkul town in Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia.

Aug 25, 2018

Turkey Warns against Syrian Govt. Offensive

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned Russia that seeking a military solution in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib would be disastrous.
As per Mevlut Cavusoglu, a military solution there will cause catastrophe.

Australia's New Prime Minister

Scott Morrison has been sworn in as Australia's seventh Prime Minister in 11 years, after a stunning party revolt against Malcolm Turnbull.

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