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North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea's military has said.

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Ukraine was attacked by Russia in February 2014.

The Crimean Peninsula is a disputed Peninsula between Russia and Ukraine.

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The United States criminalized the international slave trade in 1808.

Slavery was made unconstitutional in 1865, following the American Civil War.

It lasted from 1861 to 1865.

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In June 1948, the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, blocked the Western Allies' access to Berlin.

It was deep within the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany.

In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to supply the city.

However, it was in 1961, under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev, that the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall to:

• Divide Berlin into two parts (East Berlin and West Berlin)
• Stop East German citizens from escaping to the West

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The Paris Peace Accords ended the active US involvement in the Vietnam War.

The agreement was signed on January 27, 1973 by the United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.

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Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war.

The vision for an independent Palestinian state generally includes the West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was an operation conducted by Iraq on 2 August 1990

Persian Gulf War, also called the Gulf War, (1990–91), international conflict that was triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait 

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The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan,  the Doha Agreement

commonly known as the US–Taliban deal 

Doha Agreement was  signed by the United States and the Taliban on February 29, 2020, in Doha, Qatar

Languages: Pashto- Dari- English

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China opposes the U.S. embargo attempts on Iran.

It supporting economic and diplomatic ties with Iran as part of its foreign policy and regional strategy.

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On 7.10.2001, Less than a month after the September 11 attacks, US President George W Bush launches “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan,

after the Taliban refuses to hand over al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.