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Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran targeting nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards top commander Hossein Salami martyred

Six nuclear scientists among killed

This operation is named Operation Rising Lion

This happened on 13 June 2025.

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Wagner Group: a de facto private army of Russian President

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Blast, thermal radiation, and prompt ionizing radiation cause significant destruction within seconds or minutes of a nuclear detonation.

The delayed effects, such as radioactive fallout and other environmental effects, inflict damage over an extended period ranging from hours to years

Explanation

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR)

They began in the aftermath of the Second World War

They ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Israel and Hamas have agreed to peace deal to end the bloody 15-montgh war between the two sides in Gaza. 

The peace agreement was announced by the Qatari prime minister Shiekh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani on 15 Jan 2025 after the meeting between the Israelis and Hamas in Doha, Qatar.

Note: Hamas is a group based in Palestine. 

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The Great Game is a competition among major powers in Central Asia

It was a conflict between the 19th-century British and Russian Empires

The Effect in Central Asia, primarily in:

1. Afghanistan
2. Persia
3. Tibet
   

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On March 12, 1993, 12 co-ordinated bombs went off in the city, killing 257 and injuring 700 others. The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court has convicted over 100 people in the attacks. Main accused Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon are still at large.

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Ukraine military claimed five Russian planes and a Russian helicopter were shot down in the Luhansk region. 

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In October 2024, The World Bank set up a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) to assistant Ukraine. 

In June 2024, the leaders of G7 had agreed on a framework agreement to provide a loan of $50 billion to Ukraine. 

There has been a war between Russia and Ukraine since 2022.

Additional Information:

Ukraine is a country of Europe with its capital Kiev.

Ukraine is the second largest country by area in Europe after Russia. 

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Explanation

A terabyte is bigger than a gigabyte.

A terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes

GB equal to 1,024 megabytes

 megabyte is equivalent to 1,024 kilobytes.

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VU CBT FIA PAPER 25-12-2021