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The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi), [32] [33] also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi) [34] and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security forces against militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf ...
The 2017 Tehran attacks were a series of two simultaneous terrorist attacks that occurred on 7 June 2017 that were carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 ...
Public protests took place in several cities in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continued into early 2018, sometimes called the Dey protests. [26] The first protest took place in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city by population, initially focused on the economic policies of the country's government; as protests spread throughout the country, their scope expanded to include political ...
Jokowi held bilateral talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, met with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah and visited Chow Kit Market. [94] 49: 3–4 July Australia: Sydney: Jokowi met with Australian Governor-General David Hurley and PM Anthony Albanese to hold annual Leaders' Meeting. [95] 5 July Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
Indonesia nominal GDP reached 20.892 quadrillion rupiah ($1.371 trillion) in 2023, it is the 16th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the 7th largest in terms of GDP (PPP). Indonesia 's internet economy reached US$77 billion in 2022, and is expected to cross the US$130 billion mark by 2025. [34]
The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack took place on 4 April 2017 on the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. [6] The town was reported to have been struck by an airstrike by government forces followed by massive civilian chemical poisoning. [5][7] The release of a toxic gas, which included sarin, or a similar substance, [8 ...
The position of Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Malaysian head of state, was due to rotate into either the elderly Idris Shah II of Perak or the controversial Iskandar of Johor, who had only a few years earlier been convicted of manslaughter. Mahathir had grave reservations about the two Sultans, who were both activist rulers of their own states.
The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a high-profile incident involving the deterioration of ties between Qatar and the Arab League between 2017 and 2021. It began when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt simultaneously severed their bilateral relations with Qatar and subsequently banned Qatar-registered aircraft and Qatari ships from utilizing their sovereign territory by air ...