Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Dec 16 2023) for CSS

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6. Turkiye to buy over 200 Airbus planes

Turkish Airlines said on Friday it has decided to purchase more than 200 Airbus aircraft, with the option for over 100 more, in the coming decade as it seeks to become the world`s largest carrier.
Turkish Airlines chief executive Bilal Eksi said in a social media statement that the entire order could potentially add up to 355 aircraft.
The deal would be one of the industry`s largest and substantially expand the Turkish flag carrier`s existing fleet of 439 jets

7. US to gain access to 15 military bases in Finland

Finland will sign a defence agreement next week giving the United States access to 15 military bases in Nato`s newest member, the Finnish defence ministry said on Friday.
`The Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is to be signed in Washington` on Monday by Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the foreign affairs ministry said.
The treaty must then be approved by the Nordic country`s parliament

8. Western nations urge Israel to halt settler violence

Western nations and the European Union on Friday urged Israel to `take concrete steps to halt unprecedented violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank,` in a joint statement published by France`s foreign ministry.
The call from Australia, Britain, Canada, France, the European Union and several other European countries but notably excluding Germany and the United States highlighted `an unprecedented number of attacks perpetrated by extremist settlers` since early Oct that they said had claimed eight Palestinian lives and wounded 83 people

9. 11 killed in attack on Iran police station

At least 11 Iranian police officers were killed in an attack overnight on a police station in the southeastern province of Sistan Baluchestan, an official told state television on Friday.
A number of assailants were also killed in a shootout that ensued with the security forces, the channel reported.
`In the terrorist attack on the police headquarters in the town of Rask, 11 policemen were killed, and others were wounded,` Alireza Marhamati, deputy governor of the province, told state TV

10. Hungary vetoes EU aid package for Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoed a big European Union aid package for Kyiv on Friday, and said he could still halt Ukraine`s accession after EU leaders approved the start of lengthy membership talks.
Leaders of all 27 EU states, except Hungary, agreed at a summit on Thursday to start accession talks with Ukraine despite Russia`s invasion of its neighbour, bypassing Orban`s grievances by getting him to leave the room