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World leaders gathered under driving rain in Paris on Sunday to lead global commemorations marking 100 years since the end of World War I.

Around 70 leaders including United States (US) and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin marked the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital at 11 am local time.

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The Fourth Geneva Convention was first adopted in 1949

It is based on parts of the Hague Convention (II) of 1899 and Hague Convention (IV) of 1907

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The First Geneva Convention was first adopted in 1864, revised in 1906,1929, and finally 1949)

The Second Geneva Convention (first adopted in 1949, the successor of the Hague Convention (X) 1907)

The Third Geneva Convention (first adopted in 1929, last revision in 1949)

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The U.S. president during the U-2 crisis was Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1960, a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

It leading to heightened Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR.

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A Civil War is a conflict between groups within the same country, often over political, social, or ideological differences.

Examples include the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Syrian Civil War.

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The Falkland Islands were recaptured by Great Britain in 1982 after being occupied by Argentina during the Falklands War.

The British military successfully restored control over the islands following a conflict that lasted for about ten weeks.

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In January 2020, Iran launched missiles at US troops in Iraq after the assassination of General Qasim Suleimani.

 Iran fired "more than a dozen ballistic missiles" at military bases in Ain al-Assad, northwest of Baghdad

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On June 22, 2025, the United States of America (USA) attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Iran–Israel war.

 The Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, and the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center were targeted.

This attack is named Operation Midnight Hammer.

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The Oregon Treaty of 1818 allowed the United Kingdom and the United States to jointly occupy the Oregon Territory.

It establishing a peaceful agreement regarding territorial claims in the Pacific Northwest.