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Gambian women are facing a pivotal moment in their fight against female genital mutilation as lawmakers debate repealing the practice's ban. Overturning the 2015 legislation would undo years of advocacy work by local activists and undermine international agreements Gambia has signed protecting women's rights.

The ruling bloc is increasingly leaning toward dialogue and compromise to resolve the month-long standoff between the government and doctors over the enrollment quota hike for medical schools, with President Yoon Suk Yeol asking doctors, Tuesday, to join discussions for the government’s medical budget next year.

Thousands of Iranians gathered at Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Tuesday to denounce Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip. Azadi Stadium is hosting the special Quranic ceremony on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan (AS), the second Imam of Shia Muslims.

According to investigators, former SIB chief, retired IPS officer T Prabhakar Rao, who has been named as “accused number 1” by the Hyderabad Police, failed to “draw the line” when taking or implementing orders from the party in power.

President Yoon Suk Yeol and ruling People Power Party (PPP) interim leader Han Dong-hoon are demonstrating a united stance and advocating for dialogue with striking doctors, aiming to prevent the issue from negatively impacting support for the ruling bloc leading up to the general elections.

Protesters covered the steps of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art with a large patchwork blanket displaying messages of solidarity with Palestine to draw attention to Israel's war on Gaza.

The protracted conflict between the government and doctors over the medical school quota hike policy will face its toughest challenge yet this week, with the authorities determined to suspend the licenses of the striking trainee doctors, starting from Tuesday at the earliest.

India on Saturday summoned the German deputy chief of mission in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest against the German foreign ministry’s remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

It has now been 84 years since the Lahore Resolution and 77 years since the birth of Pakistan. The more we move on, the greater the contrast in some principal conditions for the vast majority of citizens: for example, the average life expectancy in the subcontinent in 1940 was only about 28 to 30 years; today, it is 68 years. Literacy at the time was barely 25 per cent; it is now over 67pc.

U.S. Major League Baseball said Friday it has launched an investigation into a sports gambling allegation involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.