International Current Affairs 5763 MCQs [Current Affairs]

Total countries included: 145

1ST: USA

Second position: Russia

Third position: China

Pakistan Ranking: 12th

Last: Bhutan (145th)

• The 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit in 2026 took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Location: AU Headquarters, Ethiopia (The traditional seat of the Union).
• Dates: February 14–15, 2026.
• Focus: The 2026 theme centered on sustainable water and sanitation as part of the "Agenda 2063" goals.

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal is set to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister-elect Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who won a landslide victory.

Sonam Yeshey (Bhutan) became the first bowler to claim eight wickets in a single T20 International match.

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) actively championed "ethical and human-centered AI" at the India AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi on February 19–20, 2026.

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi was formally reappointed as prime minister by Emperor Naruhito

• South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol has been given a life sentence due to insurrection after his short-lived martial law declaration in 2024.

• • Magnus Carlsen 
  won the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, securing his 21st world title across all chess formats.
• The inaugural official world championship in this format (also known as Chess960 or Fischer Random) took place from 13–15 February 2026 at the Schloss Weissenhaus resort in Wangels, Germany.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to a new novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2)

• Prime Minister Mia Mottley was re-elected for a third consecutive term in Barbados.
• General election held on 11 February 2026, her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) achieved a historic third consecutive "clean sweep," winning all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.