The oil-rich United Arab Emirates has connected its Barakah nuclear power plant to the national grid in a first for the Arab world. The milestone follows the successful start-up of the plant's first reactor at the end of last month and launches the UAE on the road to meeting 25 percent of its ...

Turkish President ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be turned back into a place of Muslim worship. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after ...

Aramco, a Saudi Arabia’s state oil company has suspended a deal to build a 10 billion dollar refining and petrochemicals complex in China. Aramco decided to stop investing in the facility in China’s Northeastern province of Liaoning due to uncertain market outlook. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia unleashed an avalanche of scorching clouds down its slopes. The volcano in North Sumatra province was shooting smoke and ash more than 1,000 meters into the air Sunday morning, and hot ash clouds travelled 1 kilometer southeast. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

The authoritarian ruler of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has been facing massive protests since 9 August, when a controversial presidential vote showed him winning by a landslide. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in capital ...

China’s President called on his country’s citizens to drastically cut down on food waste in a new initiative called the ‘Clean Plates Campaign’. The push came as the Covid-19 pandemic, devastating floods and worsening relations with major international partners have raised fears about food ...

The government of Myanmar and ten armed ethnic groups has signed a framework agreement  for the implementation of the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at Nay Pyi Taw at the end of the 4th session of the Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Bangladesh is to receive a loan of nearly USD 1 billion from China to maintain water levels during the drought season after efforts to approve a water-sharing deal with India failed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Teesta River, is a 315 km long river that rises in the eastern ...

The government of Sri Lanka has granted approval to abolish the 19th amendment to the constitution and replace it with the 20th amendment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapksa had made the abolition of 19th amendment ...

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his resignation amid a military coup. He announced his resignation last night on state television hours after mutinous soldiers fired shots into the air outside his home before detaining him. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...