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In 2025, African leaders from South Africa, Senegal, and Egypt launched a peace mission.

They visited Ukraine and Russia to mediate the conflict.

Presented a 10-point peace proposal urging negotiations, de-escalation, and respect for sovereignty.

Met President Zelenskyy in Kyiv and President Putin in St. Petersburg.

Marked Africa’s first intercontinental peace initiative.

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Before being annexed by Russia in 2014, Crimea was part of Ukraine.

This annexation followed a controversial referendum.

This led to international condemnation.

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World War II or the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

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World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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The Treaty of Sèvres was signed on August 10, 1920, in Sevres, France.

It was a 1920 treaty signed between the Allies of World War I and the Ottoman Empire. 

The treaty ceded large parts of Ottoman territory to:

• France
• the United Kingdom
• Greece and Italy

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which superseded the Treaty of Sèvres,

ended the conflict and saw the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

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Norway was neutral during the First World War.

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Theodore Roosevelt was not a head of state during World War II.

He was the U.S. President from 1901 to 1909, long before the war, while Franklin D. Roosevelt was the U.S. President during the war.

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In 1982, Israel eventually handed over control of Sharm El-Sheik back to Egypt as one of the stipulations of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty of 1979.

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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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On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.