Test yourself on the week of April 25: Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the UAE leaves OPEC, and Colombia hosts a conference.
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Test yourself on the week of April 25: Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the UAE leaves OPEC, and Colombia hosts a conference.
By Drew Gorman, a deputy copy editor at Foreign Policy.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar in Brussels.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar in Brussels on April 29. JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images.
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It’s May! Celebrate the new month with this week’s international news quiz.
1. The German government on Saturday said it suspected Russia was behind a series of phishing attacks against high-level German officials and journalists on which messaging platform?
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moscow has increased its cyberattacks against Kyiv’s European allies, Bart Schuurman wrote in January 2025.
2. According to reports on Monday, Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the United States did what?
The economic fallout of the strait’s closure continues to affect numerous industries all over the globe, with helium exports from the Middle East suffering major cuts, FP’s Rishi Iyengar and Christina Lu report.
3. China on Monday blocked Meta’s acquisition of Manus, a firm based in Singapore but founded by Chinese entrepreneurs. In what field does Manus specialize?
There isn’t much Meta can do about the Manus decision, especially because Chinese advertising on its core platforms rakes in more than $18 billion annually, FP’s James Palmer writes in China Brief.
4. Mali’s junta leader met with Russia’s ambassador to the country on Tuesday, just days after what took place?
Moscow claimed its local paramilitary group, the Africa Corps, had prevented a coup in Mali over the weekend but still announced its departure from Kidal, one of the targeted cities, in a statement on Monday, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi reports in Africa Brief.
5. The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from OPEC. What does the organization’s acronym stand for?
Abu Dhabi’s decision will give it greater freedom to ship more barrels of oil but could lead to it being less able to manage future oil supply shocks, FP’s Keith Johnson reports.
6. A two-day conference with representatives from more than 50 countries began on Tuesday in Colombia. What was the focus of the meetings? (Hint: Think about the Amazon.)
Many participants left the conference with a sense of hope, despite the absence of several of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers from the proceedings, FP’s Catherine Osborn reports in Latin America Brief.
7. Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss ways for Budapest to access frozen European Union funds. Currently, Hungary has just four months to unlock around 10 billion euros that were meant for what?
The EU had prevented the disbursement of those funds due to Hungary’s democratic backsliding under outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban. As Magyar pursues his agenda to liberalize the country, he must be careful not to reproduce Orban’s abuses, David Koranyi argued last week.
8. Sergio Gor, the U.S. special envoy to South and Central Asia, arrived in Nepal for a four-day visit on Thursday. Gor is also the U.S. ambassador to which country in the region?
Gor will likely discuss an infrastructure grant from the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corp., but it remains to be seen whether he will meet with new Nepali Prime Minister Balen Shah, FP’s Michael Kugelman reports in South Asia Brief.
9. Sri Lankan authorities arrested 22 men at Colombo’s airport on Saturday for attempting to smuggle nearly 250 pounds of cannabis into the country. The men have an unusual occupation, given the crime committed. What are they?
The men were returning from Thailand; their trip had been sponsored by a businessman who intended to sell the narcotics in Sri Lanka, where recreational cannabis is illegal, the New York Timesreports.
10. Local Colorado media reported on Monday that, four years and 60,000 pieces later, a man and his granddaughter had finally completed the world’s largest commercially sold puzzle. What does it depict?
Along with all seven continents, the puzzle contains illustrations of hundreds of the world’s wonders, KRDO13 reports.
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