It’s October! Before you start carving pumpkins, see if you kept up with (equally spooky) global headlines with this week’s international news quiz.

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It’s October! Before you start carving pumpkins, see if you kept up with (equally spooky) global headlines with this week’s international news quiz.

1. What did U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urge Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to do?

Scale back attacks on Russian oil refineries

Give Ukraine’s drone-making technology to the United States

Drop Kyiv’s peace requirement to join NATO

Replace the prime minister with a more Russia-friendly figure

The White House’s strategy of repeatedly shifting pressure to end the Russia-Ukraine war from Kyiv to Moscow is not an effective use of U.S. power—and does nothing to help end the war, FP columnist Stephen M. Walt argues.

2. Venezuelans took to the streets on Sunday to demand the safe return of a major opposition leader as well as presidential elections. What is that opposition figure’s name?

Trump, meanwhile, has continued to pursue opportunities to exploit Venezuela’s resources, including a recent push to develop its gold reserves, FP’s Sam Skove reported in September.

3. The Trump administration announced a wave of visa restrictions on political........

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