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| June 7 2025 | Rwanda announced its departure from ECCAS, citing the bloc's 'instrumentalisation' by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| June 6 2025 | India formally objected to the Asian Development Bank's $800 million policy-based loan to Pakistan, expressing concerns about potential misuse of funds and security risks related to terrorist activities. |
| 2025 | Timor-Leste is expected to be invited to join ASEAN as a full member. |
| May 28 2025 |
Riyad Mansour
During a UN Security Council meeting, Mansour emotionally broke down while recounting the number of children killed in Gaza, banging the table and expressing his distress by saying 'This is unbearable, how could anyone?'
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| May 20 2025 | Hungarian National Assembly approved a bill to initiate withdrawal from the ICC, becoming the first EU member state to do so, with 134 votes in favor. |
| May 20 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Israeli forces bombarded the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Hospital, causing material damage to the facility that provides rehabilitation and prosthetic services in Gaza.
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| May 18 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
The Indonesian Hospital was attacked by Israeli drones.
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| May 13 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Palestinian photojournalist Hassan Aslih was killed at the hospital by an Israeli airstrike while receiving treatment from a previous Israeli strike.
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| May 13 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Israeli airstrikes targeted a tunnel underneath the European Hospital, killing 28 people and injuring dozens. The IDF and Shin Bet claimed the attack targeted Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar and alleged the hospital was being used as a 'Hamas command centre'.
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| May 13 2025 |
Gaza Strip under Hamas
Mohammed Sinwar's term as Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip ends.
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| 2025 | Nurlan Yermekbayev from Kazakhstan becomes Secretary-General of the SCO Secretariat |
| May 2025 |
Gaza Strip under Hamas
Mohammed Sinwar is assassinated, with Izz al-Din al-Haddad becoming the new leader of Hamas in Gaza.
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| May 2025 |
Foreign relations of Palestine
Planned meeting between Palestinian Authority and ministers from Arab countries (Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE) in Ramallah blocked by Israel, leading to condemnation by Arab foreign ministers.
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| 2025 | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting location and date to be announced |
| April 13 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Israel bombed a part of the hospital, destroying its emergency department.
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| 2025 | IDB President Ilan Goldfajn announced the intention to increase financing capacity by an additional $130 billion over a decade. |
| April 2025 | A poll indicated 41.9% in favor of leaving the CIS and 32% against. |
| April 2025 | The Peace and Security Council of the African Union decided to lift sanctions and rejoin Gabon. |
| March 28 2025 | Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed a digitization agenda to modernize CIS economies, aiming to address economic challenges and improve regional technological development. |
| March 23 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
An Israeli airstrike targeted the Nasser Medical Complex, killing five people, including Ismail Barhoum, a senior Hamas official undergoing treatment, and a 16-year-old boy.
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| March 2025 |
Gaza Strip under Hamas
Scheduled Hamas leadership elections planned.
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| 2025 | 46th Southeast Asian Shooting Championship planned to be held in Taiwan, involving ASEAN and regional partners. |
| March 13 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
UN investigation concluded that Israeli forces intentionally attacked and destroyed Al-Basma IVF Centre, finding no evidence of military use of the building.
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| March 13 2025 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
UN investigation concluded that Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza by systematically destroying its reproductive healthcare facilities.
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| March 10 2025 | Election to be held to choose the successor of Luis Almagro as OAS secretary general, whose term ends in May 2025. |
| March 2025 |
Killing of health workers in the Gaza war
Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics in southern Gaza, according to the United Nations. Their bodies were found in a mass grave with ambulances and a U.N. vehicle. One victim was found with hands tied. The IDF claimed to have killed a Hamas member, but this was disputed by the PRCS.
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| February 23 2025 | Masatsugu Asakawa's resignation from the presidency of the Asian Development Bank becomes effective. |
| 2025 | ASEAN has set a target to achieve 23% renewables in its primary energy supply through substantial investments and policy implementations. |
| February 2025 | AfDB and Interpol signed a letter of intent to pursue greater cooperation to combat corruption across the continent, as announced by AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina. |
| February 2025 | After the German federal election, CDU leader Friedrich Merz announced his intention to invite Netanyahu to Germany as a challenge to the ICC's arrest warrant decision. |
| January 2025 | United States-brokered ceasefire went into effect, with Hamas retaining control over the Gaza Strip as IDF withdrew. |
| 2024 | Analysis indicated that the SCO has generally facilitated amicable China-Russia relations, with members remaining neutral in the Russo-Ukrainian war while strengthening cooperation with Russia. |
| 2024 | Laos applied for Dialogue partner status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| 2024 | Masatsugu Asakawa announced his resignation from the presidency of the Asian Development Bank, effective 23 February 2025. |
| 2024 | A recapitalization and new, pro-mobilization business model for IDB Invest was approved. |
| 2024 |
Palestine
Mohammad Mustafa is appointed as the new prime minister of Palestine following Shtayyeh's resignation.
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| 2024 |
Palestine
Mohammad Shtayyeh resigns as prime minister of Palestine.
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| 2024 | Hamas temporary committee decides to rule through committee until leadership elections in March 2025. |
| 2024 | Indonesia and Thailand were admitted as new member countries of the OECD. |
| 2024 | OECD established a Part I Budget totalling an estimated 229.9 million EUR, with contributions based on member countries' economic size and membership count. |
| December 2024 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Andrew Cayley from the International Criminal Court stated that Israeli claims about Hamas use of hospitals are 'grossly exaggerated'.
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| December 4 2024 | During parliamentary discussions, Pashinyan stated that Armenia considers itself outside the CSTO and has 'crossed the point of no return'. |
| November 2024 | France argued that the ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders are not valid because Israel is not a member of the ICC. |
| November 2024 | ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Israel-Hamas war. Netanyahu accused the ICC of antisemitism, and Israel appealed the warrants. |
| October 2024 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Kamal Adwan hospital director reported Israeli tanks completely surrounded the hospital, cut off electricity, and shelled the second and third floors. United Nations later stated a bombing destroyed critical hospital supplies following an Israeli siege.
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| October 2024 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that Israel had besieged and was directly targeting Al Awda Hospital, with strikes wounding several medical staff.
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| October 2024 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
Israel reportedly fired ten missiles at the Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in Jabalia.
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| October 2024 |
Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war
An Israeli airstrike near the largest hospital in Deir al-Balah hit a mosque where displaced people were sheltering.
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| October 2024 |
Killing of health workers in the Gaza war
Doctors Without Borders reported 8 of its workers had been killed in Gaza since 7 October.
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| October 2024 |
Killing of health workers in the Gaza war
Doctors Without Borders condemned the killing of one of their workers in an airstrike that also killed fourteen children.
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