Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported recently that according to sources in China’s ruling Communist Party, Muslim Uyghur women in East Turkestan, whose husbands are detained in China’s ‘communist indoctrination’ detainment camps, are “forced to share beds” with male Chinese officials who have been assigned to monitor them in their homes.

Pakistan and India signed the agreement on Kartarpur Corridor on Thursday, paving the way for its inauguration next month ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev.

The 2008 recession, 9/11, the election of US President Trump, his decision to withdraw from international agreements, the rise of China; these events have been surrounded by a discussion of the USA as a hegemonic superpower and whether it’s in decline.

The Minister of Labor and Social Development Lina Al-Sheikh said, “Surely Sudan will sign all the conventions that guarantee women’s rights in all spheres,” and said her presence in the ministry is an opportunity to support all the feminist movements and their demands. (Sudan Tribune, 17 October 2019).