December 30, 2021, 11:11 AM ISTSource: TOI.in
The year started on a turbulent note when supporters of Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill against what they claimed was a stolen election. Then in February, the military overthrew the civilian government resulting in a year of chaos. In the Middle East, the 11-day Hamas–Israel War resulted in the deaths of more than 260 people. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after the US announced the withdrawal of troops. Haiti’s President Jovenel Mosse was assassinated on 7 July by a group of private mercenaries at his private residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince. And tensions on the Ukraine and Russia border in Europe escalated once again in October-November 2021.
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