Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Sep 18 2023) for CSS

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6. Ukraine hits Moscow, Crimea with drones

Russia said it had thwarted a coordinated Ukrainian attack on Crimea early on Sunday, while drones also targeted Moscow, disrupting air traffic in the capital, and caused a fire at an oil depot in the southwest of the country.
Attacks deep inside Russia, far from the front lines, have also increased, with Moscow`s mayor saying at least two drones were shot down in the region of the capital early on Sunday

7. Turkish strike kills four PKK members in Iraq

A Turkish drone strike killed at least four members of the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on Sunday, authorities in the autonomous Kurdistan region said.
`A senior official from the Kurdistan Workers` Party and three fighters were killed when a Turkish army drone targeted their vehicle in the Jal Mir region on Mount Sinjar,` Iraqi Kurdistan`s counter-terrorism services said in a statement

8. Karabakh separatists, Azerbaijan agree on humanitarian supplies

Armenian separatists in Azerbaijan`s breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday agreed on delivery of humanitarian supplies through the territory controlled by Baku, marking the first step towards de-escalation in the volatile region.
Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh after Baku blocked last year the sole road linking the mountainous region with Armenia, the Lachin corridor policed by Russian peacekeepers

9. Tell Al Sultan, Iran`s caravanserais added to world heritage list

The United Nations` cultural organisation inscribed the pre-historic site of Tell al-Sultan, near the Palestinian city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, on its World Heritage List on Sunday.
Tell al-Sultan, which predates Egypt`s pyramids, is an oval-shaped tell, or mound, located in the Jordan Valley that contains the prehistoric deposits of human activity.
The Unesco decision, which was posted by the organisation on X, formerly Twitter, was taken at its 45th world heritage committee meeting held in Riyadh

September 18, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News

10. Siraj stars as India rout Sri Lanka to lift Asia Cup

Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj returned figures of 6-21 to lead India`s rout of Sri Lanka by 10 wickets as they clinched their eighth Asia Cup title on Sunday.
Siraj got four wickets in one over to help skittle Sri Lanka out for 50, a total the Indian openers Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill surpassed in 6.1 overs for an impressive victory ahead of next month`s ODI World Cup at home.
Sri Lanka`s miserably low total in the 50-over contest left a nearly packed house disappointed after they witnessed just 116 minutes of play