August 2022

Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 26, 2022) for CSS, PMS

6. US hits `Iran-backed group` for third straight day in Syria

• The US military on August 25, 2022 hit several targets in the Syrian city of Mayadin in parts of Deir al Zor province under government control, in the third day of skirmishes with Iran-backed groups, local military sources said.
• They said at least three members of an Iran-aligned militia were killed when they were targeted by a US helicopter as they were about to prepare a rocket launcher in the town which lies along the western bank of the Euphrates.
• Iranian militias have a strong presence in the town and have long targeted the nearby Al Omar oil field on the eastern bank of the Euphrates where the US coalition have their biggest base in Syria


7. Russian attack kills 25 civilians on Ukraine`s Independence Day

• A Russian attack killed 25 civilians when missiles struck a railway station and a residential area in eastern Ukraine, officials in the capital Kyiv said, as the nation marked its Independence Day under heavy shelling.
• The European Union condemned Russia`s deadly bombardment and warned those `responsible for Russian rocket terror will be held accountable`. `The EU strongly condemns another heinous attack by Russia on civilians,` EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted.
• The death toll from the Russian attack rose from an initially reported 22 after three more bodies were retrieved from the rubble in the town of Chaplyne as rescue operations there ended, Ukrainian presidential aide Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Thursday


8. Israel indicts top Islamic Jihad leader

• Israel on August 25, 2022 indicted a senior leader of the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad movement whose arrest led to a brief conflict in Gaza earlier this month and whose detention is likely to fuel tensions.
• The charges against Bassam Al-Saadi, who was arrested on Aug 1 during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, include serving in an illegal organisation and incitement, according to a statement from the Israeli military.
• Anticipating retaliation to Al-Saadi`s arrest, Israel launched what it called preemptive strikes against his group in the Gaza Strip, where it is based, leading to three days of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rockets. He has been held in an Israeli military prison.


9. Japan`s police chief resigns over Abe assassination

• The head of Japan`s National Police Agency announced his resignation on August 25, 2022 after an investigation confirmed `shortcomings` in the security plans for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe.
• Abe, the country`s best-known politician and longest-serving premier, was shot and killed while delivering a stump speech on July 8 in the city of Nara in western Japan.
• `There were shortcomings in the security plans and the risk assessments on which they were based, and direction from the field commander was insufficient,` Itaru Nakamura told reporters


10. Shehbaz announces revival of departmental sports

• Pakistan is reverting back to the structure that saw it deliver its greatest sporting triumphs.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on August 25, 2022 that he was reversing the decision of the previous government to stop public departments, corporations and autonomous bodies from funding sports teams.
• That move by Imran Khan`s government to put an end to the departmental structure and transition towards a regional system had rendered many sportsmen jobless but was never fully implemented.
• PM Shehbaz announced his decision at a ceremony in the honour of Pakistan`s medal winners at the recent Commonwealth Games in England and the Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey at the Prime Minister Office

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