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Have your spring allergies prevented you from following along with this week’s global headlines? Find out with our international news quiz!
1. What did Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban call an “act of sabotage” on Sunday following an emergency defense council meeting?
Compromising photos of high-level Hungarian government officials
An infestation of maggots in recent grain imports
The discovery of surveillance drones over Hungarian airspace
Explosives found near a gas pipeline in Serbia
The pipeline carries gas from Russia to Hungary. Ahead of elections this weekend, Orban is pulling out all the stops to ensure his continued rule, John Kampfner argued last month. Orban’s chief opponent alleged that the prime minister was “panic-mongering.”
2. What did U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threaten to target if Iran refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday at 8 p.m. EDT?
Iranian schools and hospitals
Critical infrastructure
The homes of all Iranian officials
All Iranian nuclear facilities
Trump’s violent rhetoric is central to his wartime messaging and will undermine U.S. foreign-policy objectives in the long term, Gregory A. Daddis argues.
3. Ghana on Monday officially withdrew from........
