Pakistan was granted permanent membership in the SCOat the 16th Headof State Summit in Astana in June 2017.
By participating as a permanent member of the Summit, Pakistan will be able to contribute to regional development along with other major regional players, Russia, China and India.
But The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is still alive, but the India-Pakistan conflict has only intensified during this period.
Turkey in the first World War chose to fight on the side of Germany
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On 31 October 1914, Turkey formally entered the war on the side of the Central Powers.
Russia declared war on 1 November 1914.
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Turkey fought on the side of the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and against the Entente Powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia).
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The first freight train between Turkey and Pakistan via Iran reached Turkey on January 3, 2022
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak was sentenced on July 28, 2020 to 12 years in jail on corruption charges linked to the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal.
On 24 May 2022, Hungary's Parliament amended the country's constitution to enable the government to introduce a special legal order and declare a state of emergency in case of an armed conflict, war or humanitarian disaster in a neighboring country.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has declared that it will suspend the country’s “observer” status at its facilities and freeze new agreements with Russian scientific institutes. The 23 member states of CERN resolved to discontinue all collaboration with Russia at a meeting of the CERN Council, following a request from Ukrainian scientists. CERN also stated that it will support “initiatives to support Ukrainian collaborators and Ukrainian scientific activity in the field of high-energy physics.”
In 327 BC, Alexander invaded India, after crossing the river Indus he advanced towards Taxila. He then challenged king Porus , ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab.