What in the World? Weekly Quiz – October 5-11, 2020

The President of Azerbaijan on Sunday said fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh would not end until Armenia withdraw from the embattled territory and surrounding Azeri areas. WHO is the President of Azerbaijan?

The interior minister of THIS country is taking a hard line on asylum seekers arriving illegally, saying the system is broken. Meanwhile the government is under fire over reports it was reviewing plans to house asylum seekers on idle offshore oil platforms, building floating sea walls or sending them to detention sites in Moldova or Papua New Guinea.

The U.S. National Security Advisor told the press Sunday he had warned Russia about interference in the U.S. election in November, but did not inform them the U.S. Intelligence Community has already said influence operations had already begun. WHO is the National Security Advisor?

Negotiations between the United States and the Taliban over an Afghanistan peace agreement have been held at a third-party location in THIS place.

The U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir pressed THIS organization to make reforms and appeared to criticize China for failure to provide timely information about pandemic outbreaks, during his appearance before its Executive Board. President Trump previously directed the United States to withdraw from it by next July.

When President Trump embarked a US Marine Corps helicopter for his trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday an officer was seen carrying a briefcase believed to contain the codes required to initiate a nuclear weapons release. The briefcase is referred to as THIS.

German’s foreign minister Heiko Maas said it is likely the European Union (EU) will sanction Russia for a violation of the International Chemical Weapons Convention. Maas called THIS incident a grave violation ahead of the October 15-16 EU Summit.

Thousands of protestors took to the streets over a new law preventing demonstrations more than 1 km from their homes during the pandemic. The protests continue the pressure on THIS Middle East leader over the handling of the COVID-19 crisis and charges against him for corruption.

New Caledonians voted on Sunday to reject independence for the second time and remain a part of THIS country which colonized it in 1853. The South Pacific archipelago has three opportunities according to a treaty to vote on the measure.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with the new Emir of THIS country on Sunday and paid respects at the passing of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad. Esper said, “He will be remembered as a great man and a special friend to the United States,” recalling the U.S. effort to liberate THIS country in 1991.