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Nawal Saadawi the founder and head of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association and co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights died at 89 in Cairo on Sunday, officials in Egypt said. She was a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings stirred debate for many years. Nawal was inducted within the Time Magazines 100 Women of the Year list in 2020 As a fierce advocate of women's rights in Egypt and the Arab world, her writings focused mainly on feminism, violence against women and religious extremism. She was a vocal opponent of female genital mutilation in Egypt and worldwide. Saadawi studied medicine in Cairo University and the Columbia University in new york. She worked as a psychiatrist and university lecturer and penned dozens of books. Egypt...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for coronavirus, two days after he got his first shot of vaccination. Imran Khan is "self isolating at home," Pakistan's health minister Faisal Sultan said in a tweet on Saturday. Khan received the first shot of vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday. He reportedly had shown symptoms of Covid-19 on the same day he was administered the first dose of the vaccine. The prime minister had urged the citizens of his country to ensure the full implementation of norms to prevent the surge in cases of coronavirus. He was vaccinated as part of the nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign which is underway in its first phase. In Pakistan, the COVID-19 vaccine is being provided to people 60 years of age and above and to front-li...

A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in recent weeks. The eruption occurred near Fagradalsfjall, a mountain on the Reykjanes Peninsula, around 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the capital. Some four hours after the initial eruption at 2045 GMT - the first on the peninsula since the 12th century - lava covered about one square kilometer or nearly 200 football fields. "I can see the glowing red sky from my window," said Rannveig Gudmundsdottir, resident in the town of Grindavik, only 8 km (5 miles) from the eruption. "Everyone here is getting into their cars to drive up there," she said. More than 40,000 earthquakes have occurred on the peninsula in the past four weeks, a huge jump fr...

  Pakistan’s army chief General, Qamar Javed Bajwa, as per media reports has asked India “to bury the past and move forward”. The comment came a day after the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan urged New Delhi to move toward peace by resolving issues around the Kashmir region. “We are ready to improve our environment by resolving all our outstanding issues with our neighbors through a proper dialogue,” the army chief said. “But for the resumption of the peace process or a meaningful dialogue, India will have to create a conducive environment, particularly in Kashmir." “We have learned from the past to evolve and are willing to move ahead toward a new future,” Bajwa said. “However, all this is contingent upon reciprocity.”

  On Wednesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing the first edition of the Islamabad Security Dialogue, a two-day summit organized by Pakistan’s National Security Division in collaboration with the country’s leading think tanks, said that Kashmir issue is the only issue which is coming in the way of building better ties with India, while also hindering sustained peace in South Asia. He expressed readiness to hold talks with India, only if New Delhi reverses steps taken by them in August 2019 by changing the special status of Jammu Kashmir, and gives Kashmiris the right to self-determination. He said that he hoped India gives the people of Kashmir the right to choose for themselves according to the United Nations Security Council resolutions. He added that t...

  Britain's government on Tuesday said that the U.K. will prioritize diplomatic engagement with Asian countries in the coming decade and lift its own cap on the size of its nuclear stockpile, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a major shift in the country's foreign policy and defense priorities after Brexit. Setting out a vision of a “Global Britain,” the government's new strategy document envisions the U.K. “tilting” toward the Indo-Pacific region and becoming a bigger player there as the world’s “geopolitical and economic center of gravity” moves east to countries such as China, India and Japan. The document also outlined plans to overhaul the U.K.’s defense policies, most notably paving the way for increasing the amount of nuclear warheads Britain has at its disposal...

  At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a series of shootings at three spas in the Atlanta metro region Tuesday. The suspect, a man from Woodstock, Ga., has been taken into custody in connection with all three incidents, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office announced Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white man, was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. local time following a chase that led officers into Crisp County — about three hours away from where the first shootings at a massage parlor occurred, according to police who spoke during a brief press conference. Long was transported to the Crisp County Detention Center, police said. Records searches into Long's background do not show any prior criminal history. ...

  At least 149 people have been killed in Myanmar since the 1 February coup, including five in custody, a UN human rights official has said, as mass funerals were held for dozens of those shot dead by security forces in recent days. The revised estimate of the death toll follows the bloodiest day in the six weeks since the military’s takeover, with 74 protesters killed on Sunday followed by 20 people the next day. Mass funerals were held across Yangon on Tuesday, with hundreds of mourners gathering in different townships to say goodbye to those killed. A crematorium in Yangon reported 31 funerals, a mourner at one of the ceremonies said. Hundreds of people spilled out on to the street at the farewell for medical student Khant Nyar Hein who had been killed in Yangon on Sunday. “Le...

Iran will appoint a special rapporteur pertaining to the impact of western sanctions on the Iranian people, a senior official said “We have decided to appoint a special rapporteur to assess the impact of unjust sanctions imposed by the US and Europe on the Iranian nation,” Ali Baqeri Kani, the head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, was quoted as saying on Sunday by Xinhua news agency. The results of rapporteur’s work will be submitted to judicial and human rights authorities at international, regional and national levels, said Baqeri Kani.buy stendra online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/stendra.html no prescription “The rapporteur will also take steps to form a global front against violation of human rights of ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in parts of the country’s largest city as security forces killed more protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup. At least 38 people were killed Sunday and dozens were injured in one of the deadliest days of the crackdown, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent group tracking the toll of the violence. Most of those killed 34 were in Yangon, where two townships, Hlaing Thar Yar and neighboring Shwepyitha were being placed under martial law. Video from Hlaing Thar Yar township showed people running away after gunfire was heard. Those fleeing carried one injured person and tried to revive two others, one who seemed to be dead or dying, the footage f...