Egypt’s Sisi pardons jailed activist Ahmed Douma

Cairo, Aug 20 (AFP/APP): Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure of the country’s 2011 uprising who has spent the last decade behind bars, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers said Saturday. “President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi… has used his constitutional powers” to pardon several […]

ALS patient pioneering brain-computer connection

Melbourne, Aug 20 (AFP/APP):As a rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease paralyses his body, Rodney Gorham hopes a pioneering link between his brain and a computer will help others after he is gone. The 63-year-old Australian shared his thoughts by using his eyes to pinpoint […]

Major hurricane heads toward northwest Mexico, California

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Aug 20 (AFP/APP): Mexico prepared Friday for a powerful Pacific hurricane that triggered a warning of “potentially catastrophic” flooding in a northwestern tourist region and the neighboring US state of California. Hurricane Hilary threatened to bring strong winds, flash floods and […]

Islamabad police arrests Ali Wazir on intervention in govt work

ISLAMABAD Aug 20 (Online): Islamabad police arrested former member national assembly (MNA) in case of intervention in government’s work on Sunday. Tarnol police station confirmed the arrest of former MNA. Keep clear that Tarnol police arrested Imran Mazari earlier for disrespecting national institutes and yesterday […]

Iman Mazari arrested for insulting national institutions

ISLAMABAD Aug 20 (Online): Islamabad Police arrested Iman Mazari for her speech against the country’s institutions in an organization meeting on Friday. Former federal minister Shireen Mazari (mother of Iman Mazari) said in a statement on the social networking website X that female police and […]

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