Friday Links

As some warm weather arrives around my area, here are some things going on:

From Breitbart, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) blames President Trump for the actions of Jussie Smollett.

From AOL, Donald Trump the Younger criticizes congresscritter AOC (D-NY), but the crowd he's speaking to oversimplifies his ideas.

From National Review, there are legitimate concerns about the environment, but our planet will still be here in 12 years.  (As I wrote in a "Random Musings" post, I don't trust predictions about the end of the world, because so far none have come true.)

From FrontpageMag, soldiers at Fort Bragg are arrested for immigration fraud.

From Townhall, the Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association calls State's Attorney Kim Foxx's actions "dishonest" and "unethical".

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to wiretaps, the Turkish government helped ISIS terrorists move into and out of Syria.

From the Washington Examiner, the woman who allegedly should not have been named is set to run for Senator as a Democrat from New Mexico.

From The Federalist, the dropping of Jussie Smollett's charges shows a new form of identity politics-based entitlement.

From American Thinker, the parallels between the Bolshevik revolution and the "über-leftward turn" of today's Democrats.

From CNS News, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-GA) explains why the wall should be built.

From LifeZette, Speaker Pelosi's district goes NIMBY on a proposed homeless shelter.

From Conservative Fighters, Luke Skywalker needs to lighten up.

From Snouts in the Trough, it's hard to put one's finger on what the victims of knife crime in London have in common.

From The Conservative Woman, a columnist explains why he voted to leave the E.U.

From the Express, the U.K. House of Commons votes down the third version of the Brexit deal.

From the Evening Standard, meanwhile outside Parliament, Brexit supporters protest.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the latest rejection of the Brexit deal could bring on a general election.

From the (Irish) Independent, a teenager who was told that he would never walk again after breaking his neck in a rugby game walks out of the hospital.

From the Irish Examiner, two women taken in as refugees by Ireland and later granted citizenship lose their appeal over family reunification rights.

From France24, a Frenchman who rented his flat to the ringleader of the 2015 Paris attacks is sentenced for "hiding terrorists".

From RFI, an ancient Greek play in which actors darkened their faces to portray Egyptians will be restaged.

From VRT NWS, 10,239 Belgians living in the U.K. are registered to vote for Belgian candidates in the E.U. elections.

From the NL Times, a man is arrested in Breda, Netherlands for allegedly joining Al-Shabaab in Somalia.

From Dutch News, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge wants buffer zones around abortion facilities.

From Deutsche Welle, German parliament member Norbert Röttgen calls Brexit "a disaster".

From Radio Poland, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will go to the U.S. to discuss the Middle East and NATO.

From Radio Praha, a Czech man hitchhikes across the Atlantic Ocean.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary could import gas from Azerbaijan starting in 2021.

From About Hungary, the Hungarian government wants the European Commissioner to explain the bank cards given to migrants.

From Russia Today, according to Russian Prime Minister Medvedev, Russia only wants to protect its interests, not to "regulate" the Internet.

From Sputnik International, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits the Kuril Islands in Russia's far east.

From The Moscow Times, in Russia's autonomous republic of Ingushetia, an entire police unit is disbanded for siding with protesters.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey's purchase of Russian air defense systems is a "done deal".

From Turkish Minute, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, over 16,000 military personnel have been purged since the coup attempt of 2016.

From Ekathimerini, an anarchist group damages the offices of Greece's power distribution agency.

From the Greek Reporter, the pre-Holocaust history of Greece's Jews is presented in the American museum of the Holocaust.

From Novinite, the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Romania discuss three more bridges being built over the Danube.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, "the Bucharest declaration".

From Total Croatia News, Croatia prepares for Brexit.

From the Malta Independent, the captain of the ship hijacked by migrants feared that he and his crew would be killed.

From Malta Today, gender quotas will bring "the death of Maltese democracy", says a female Maltese MP.

From ANSA, the controversial World Conference of Families starts in Verona, Italy.

From El País, the conservative Popular Party faces controversy after one of their candidates makes comments about abortion.

From Morocco World News, Morocco approves a draft decree against violence against women.

From Egypt Today, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Iraq discuss regional security.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel and Hamas reportedly agree to calm down.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF sends a warning to the Gazans.

From The Jerusalem Post, the group Islamic Jihad promises nonviolent protests tomorrow.

From YNetNews, an archaeological site in the West Bank is said to have been the location of the tabernacle, despite no evidence.

From Rûdaw, in Turkey, some Syrian children go back to school.

From Radio Farda, "fragmented reports" indicate widespread flood damage in Iran.

From Dawn, according to police in Karachi, Pakistan, a woman is shot dead by her brother for marrying a man of her own choosing.

From The Express Tribune, a policeman in Gujranwala, Pakistan is arrested for parading a teenager naked.

From Pakistan Today, Indian troops kill two youths in Budgam, Kashmir.

From Khaama Press, 12 Taliban terrorists are killed or wounded in Afghanistan's Helmand and Paktika provinces.

From CBC News, beware the giant goldfish.

From Global News, U.S. President Trump issues a new permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

From CTV News, a "towering" ice wall emerges near Port aux Chois, Newfoundland.

From Mexico News Daily, Honduras denies the existence of the latest alleged migrant caravan.  (I have 2 pages left at MND this month.)

From Gatestone Institute, "the West's crimes against persecuted minorities in the Middle East".

From FirstPost, Hindus in Pakistan struggle in a country hostile to them.

From Numbers USA, Trump threatens to close the border of Mexico, or at least part of it.

From Twitchy, former CIA Director John Brennan defends congresscritter Peter Schiff (D-Cal).

From Yahoo News, a Dutch inventor attempts to teach cows to use toilets.  (The article cites AFP as its source, and comes via Twitchy.)

From Fox News, a Scottish schoolboy discovers a stone monument from the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde.

From the YouTube user "Hard Target Podcast", the best Brexit video of the year.  (Discretion is advised due to vulgar language.)

And from the New York Post, a man in Osmaniye, Turkey does his best Mary Poppins.