What in the World? Weekly Quiz – April 12-18, 2021

The parties to the Iran nuclear deal met in Vienna last week to advance talks on resumption of the United States participation in the deal. Europeans served as go-betweens with Iran and the U.S. The 2015 agreement to limit Iran’s enrichment program was called THIS.

Vladimir Putin’s leading critic returned to Russia after recovering from being poisoned, reportedly at Putin’s order. THIS opposition leader was thrown in jail and has launched a hunger strike to protest lack of medical care. Now prison officials threaten to force feed him.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday it was too early to talk about a boycott of THIS international event over charges of genocide.

Clashes involving pro-British unionists in THIS capital and elsewhere in Northern Ireland resulted in the injury of 27 police officers and the arrest of eight people. The unrest follows the United Kingdom’s formal exit from the European Union at the end of 2020, a move that has shaken the fragile political balance in the British territory, where a segment of the population identifies as British and the rest as Irish according to “Daily Chatter.”

Since February 1, THIS country has profoundly shaped the trajectory of post-coup violence in Myanmar and blocked international efforts to restore stability. Although it has strong incentives to avert chaos or collapse, it more importantly views Myanmar as a battleground for preventing the encroachment of democratic values and Western interests on its periphery.  [USIP Question]

Nepal is battling its worst forest fires in years, officials said on Friday, with smoke wafting across its mountains and souring the air as it settles into the bowl that holds THIS capital city, according to Reuters.

The Chief Prosecutor at THIS world body announced an investigation over war crimes allegations concerning Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel announced last week it will not cooperate in the investigation.