International Current Affairs 5763 MCQs [Current Affairs]

• Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the prominent son of deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an attack at his residence in western Libya.
• He was killed by masked gunmen in Zintan. 

• Ali Zaman, a 54-year-old former Iraqi goldsmith, completed the world’s largest handwritten Quran in October 2025 after six years of work in Istanbul.
• The manuscript features 302 double-sided scrolls, with individual pages measuring 4 meters long and 1.5 meters wide.
• It was crafted using traditional reed pens and the classical thuluth script on specialized handmade parchment.
• The project was entirely self-funded and performed without modern tools at the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque complex.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2026 Australian Open.

Japan successfully retrieved “rare earth mud” from the deep seabed during a test mission on 2 February 2026 — a world‑first effort to lift rare‑earth‑rich sediment from about 19,700 feet (6,000 metres) below the ocean surface near Minamitorishima Island in the Pacific. 

2 February is observed as World Wetlands Day to mark the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1971, highlighting the importance of wetlands for biodiversity and climate regulation.

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt was reopened in a limited “pilot operation,” allowing movement of people and signaling a significant step in humanitarian access after a lengthy closure.

Burkina Faso’s military government issued a decree dissolving all political parties, consolidating control under the transitional regime and transferring party assets to the state.

UNESCO has intensified global efforts against misinformation and deepfakes by promoting media literacy, ethical AI use, and international cooperation among member states.