1. China ends one-child policy after 35 years (29.10.15)
2. Historic raising of Palestinian flag at United Nations (30.09.15)
3. White House preparing new rules to weaken Cuba embargo after 54 years (17.09.2015)
4. Unprecedented numbers of migrants and asylum seekers traveled by sea to European shores in 2015.
5. Vatican to sign State of Palestine Accord (13 May)
6. Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest reigning British monarch ( 11 September)
7. North Korea has switched to a new time zone, turning its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of WW2. (5 august)
8. One of Europe’s largest mosques opens in Moscow (23 September)
9. 400-year-old Quran recovered by Mysuru cops (10 August)
10. Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Mursi has been told he faces execution, along with more than 100 supporters of his now banned Muslim Brotherhood, over a mass jailbreak during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011 that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. (16 May)
11. Astronomer names asteroid after Malala 326201 (11 April)
12. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 or CMP 11 was held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 12 December 2015. It was the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol
13. At least 129 people died after a series of violent incidents around Paris, France, on Friday 13 November 2015. (13 November)
14. Russian Airstrikes in Syria: September 30
15. All 224 passengers and crew on board a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have died, Egyptian medical and security sources said. (31 October)
16. South Sudan’s president has signed a peace deal aimed at ending a 20-month conflict with rebels but told regional African leaders at the ceremony that he still had “serious reservations”. (26 August)
17. Vladimir Putin has been named the world’s most powerful person for the second year running by Forbes magazine. Of the 73 listed, 28 are billionaires. (04 November)
18. Aung San Suu Kyi wins outright majority in Myanmar election ( Election 08 November)
19. Nepal’s parliament has elected Communist party leader, Khadga Prasad Oli, as the new prime minister, thrusting him into the centre of daunting challenges, from protests over the new constitution to rebuilding after April’s devastating earthquake.
20. Yakovlev Yak-130 deliveries to Bangladesh to begin on Sept. 17
21. Nepal elects first female president. Poll victory of women’s rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari seen as cultural shift in male-dominated Nepal politics.(28 October)
22. Amal al-Qubaisi was appointed parliamentary speaker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on (18 November), making her the first woman in the Arab world to hold the post, according to the UAE’s official news agency.
23. Death toll in Nepal earthquake(7.8) tops 8,000 (April 25)
24. The New Development Bank (NDB) floated by the BRICS nations, including India, to step up infrastructure funding in the emerging economies formally started its operations at its headquarters here on Tuesday.( July 23)
25. 21 Asian countries sign MOU on establishing Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (24 October)
26. At least 30 people are missing after landslide in Myanmar’s jade-mining region, A Nov. 21 landslide in the same region killed more than 100 people and highlighted the perilous conditions created by a breakneck effort to dig up the world’s richest deposits of jade (26 December).
27. A landslide in southern China that killed two people and left more than 70 people missing was caused by breaches of construction safety rules and was not a natural disaster, a government website quoted local authorities as saying. (21 December).
28. ASEAN Economic Community: Asian leaders launch European Union-style regional economic bloc. ( 22 November)
29. Starting with a tribute to Nelson Mandela, on 31 October 2014, followed by a special event “UNESCO : 70 years in the service of human dignity” on 28 April 2015, and ending with a new edition of the Leaders’ Forum on 16 November 2015, UNESCO’s 70th anniversary celebrations are taking place all around the world.
30. Department of Defense released a Law of War Manual that applies to all services on June 12, 2015. The document discusses law of war publications produced previously by different services within the military USA. (27 June)
31. Mina tragedy Makkah, 220 Pilgrims Died 700 injured saudi Arabia, At least 717 people have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence (24 September)
32. Syrian-Kurdish man who lost his wife and two sons (one is Aylan) when their boat capsized en route to Greece returns to bury family. (02 September)
33. Angela Merkel Tops World’s 100 Most Powerful Women – Shows World She’s The Boss (26 May)
34. Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time (12 December)
35. Ambitious new agenda would end poverty by 2030 and universally promote shared economic prosperity, social development and environmental protection(SDG)- 02 August
36. World powers have reached a deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of international economic sanctions.(14 July)
37. The new Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (23 January).
38. Russian airliner with 224 aboard crashes in Egypt’s Sinai, all killed (31 October)
39. Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay (27 December)
40. At least 95 people have been killed and around 250 wounded in the deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s history after two explosions targeted a peace rally in the centre of the capital. (10 October )
2. Historic raising of Palestinian flag at United Nations (30.09.15)
3. White House preparing new rules to weaken Cuba embargo after 54 years (17.09.2015)
4. Unprecedented numbers of migrants and asylum seekers traveled by sea to European shores in 2015.
5. Vatican to sign State of Palestine Accord (13 May)
6. Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest reigning British monarch ( 11 September)
7. North Korea has switched to a new time zone, turning its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of WW2. (5 august)
8. One of Europe’s largest mosques opens in Moscow (23 September)
9. 400-year-old Quran recovered by Mysuru cops (10 August)
10. Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Mursi has been told he faces execution, along with more than 100 supporters of his now banned Muslim Brotherhood, over a mass jailbreak during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011 that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. (16 May)
11. Astronomer names asteroid after Malala 326201 (11 April)
12. The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 or CMP 11 was held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 12 December 2015. It was the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol
13. At least 129 people died after a series of violent incidents around Paris, France, on Friday 13 November 2015. (13 November)
14. Russian Airstrikes in Syria: September 30
15. All 224 passengers and crew on board a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have died, Egyptian medical and security sources said. (31 October)
16. South Sudan’s president has signed a peace deal aimed at ending a 20-month conflict with rebels but told regional African leaders at the ceremony that he still had “serious reservations”. (26 August)
17. Vladimir Putin has been named the world’s most powerful person for the second year running by Forbes magazine. Of the 73 listed, 28 are billionaires. (04 November)
18. Aung San Suu Kyi wins outright majority in Myanmar election ( Election 08 November)
19. Nepal’s parliament has elected Communist party leader, Khadga Prasad Oli, as the new prime minister, thrusting him into the centre of daunting challenges, from protests over the new constitution to rebuilding after April’s devastating earthquake.
20. Yakovlev Yak-130 deliveries to Bangladesh to begin on Sept. 17
21. Nepal elects first female president. Poll victory of women’s rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari seen as cultural shift in male-dominated Nepal politics.(28 October)
22. Amal al-Qubaisi was appointed parliamentary speaker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on (18 November), making her the first woman in the Arab world to hold the post, according to the UAE’s official news agency.
23. Death toll in Nepal earthquake(7.8) tops 8,000 (April 25)
24. The New Development Bank (NDB) floated by the BRICS nations, including India, to step up infrastructure funding in the emerging economies formally started its operations at its headquarters here on Tuesday.( July 23)
25. 21 Asian countries sign MOU on establishing Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (24 October)
26. At least 30 people are missing after landslide in Myanmar’s jade-mining region, A Nov. 21 landslide in the same region killed more than 100 people and highlighted the perilous conditions created by a breakneck effort to dig up the world’s richest deposits of jade (26 December).
27. A landslide in southern China that killed two people and left more than 70 people missing was caused by breaches of construction safety rules and was not a natural disaster, a government website quoted local authorities as saying. (21 December).
28. ASEAN Economic Community: Asian leaders launch European Union-style regional economic bloc. ( 22 November)
29. Starting with a tribute to Nelson Mandela, on 31 October 2014, followed by a special event “UNESCO : 70 years in the service of human dignity” on 28 April 2015, and ending with a new edition of the Leaders’ Forum on 16 November 2015, UNESCO’s 70th anniversary celebrations are taking place all around the world.
30. Department of Defense released a Law of War Manual that applies to all services on June 12, 2015. The document discusses law of war publications produced previously by different services within the military USA. (27 June)
31. Mina tragedy Makkah, 220 Pilgrims Died 700 injured saudi Arabia, At least 717 people have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence (24 September)
32. Syrian-Kurdish man who lost his wife and two sons (one is Aylan) when their boat capsized en route to Greece returns to bury family. (02 September)
33. Angela Merkel Tops World’s 100 Most Powerful Women – Shows World She’s The Boss (26 May)
34. Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time (12 December)
35. Ambitious new agenda would end poverty by 2030 and universally promote shared economic prosperity, social development and environmental protection(SDG)- 02 August
36. World powers have reached a deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of international economic sanctions.(14 July)
37. The new Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (23 January).
38. Russian airliner with 224 aboard crashes in Egypt’s Sinai, all killed (31 October)
39. Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay (27 December)
40. At least 95 people have been killed and around 250 wounded in the deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s history after two explosions targeted a peace rally in the centre of the capital. (10 October )
