Sunday Links

As we get to another sunny and very warm Sunday, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, Austria issues an arrest warrant for a suspected "Russian spy".

From SwissInfo, a cyber attack targets users of a Switzerland-based email who have investigated Russian intelligence.

From the Malta Independent, protesters against tree removal in Attard, Malta tie themselves to the trees.

From Malta Today, police arrest 46 people for drug possession at a festival in Marsa, Malta.

From The Portugal News, a Portuguese engineering firm develops an ecologically friendly surfboard.

From Morocco World News, dog breeds from northern latitudes are becoming popular in Morocco.

From France24, Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal is set to win the Tour de France.

From RFI, French vintners worry about U.S. President Trump's claim that U.S. wine is better than theirs.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urged to use the "Brexit key" against Remainers.

From the Evening Standard, the British woman who accused a gang of 12 Israelis of raping her is arrested on suspicion of filing a false complaint.  (It might be interesting to read what my usual Israeli sources say about this development.  Keep reading.  Meanwhile, what is this "believe all women" that you speak of?)

From BBC News, the U.K. sends a second warship to the Persian Gulf.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to a poll, the Labour Party would gain a lead over the Tories if they would replace Jeremy Corbyn as their leader.  (If Labour could hold more seats in the House of Commons than the Tories, it would make their leader the new Prime Minister, and Boris "the Spider" Johnson the Minority Leader.)

From the (Irish) Independent, an Irishman illegally in the U.S. gets to know cuffs and shackles.

From the Irish Examiner, less than half of the Irish public is satisfied with Toaiseach Leo Varadkar's handling of Brexit.

From CBC News, some notable Canadian police manhunts.

From Global News, Catholics in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia appeal to Rome to keep their church open.

From Polskie Radio, Katowice, Poland deals with flooding.

From Daily News Hungary, opposition politicians slam Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's speech in Tusnad, Romania.

From Russia Today, Russia celebrates Navy Day with ship parades and shore assault demonstrations.

From Sputnik International, President Putin praises the Russian Navy.

From The Moscow Times, North Korea releases a detained Russian fishing boat.

From Novinite, foreign travelers are increasingly interested in visiting the interior of Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, as a preventative measure against swine fever, 1000 pigs will be killed in Bulgaria's Dobrich region.

From Ekathimerini, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake near Athens is said to be an aftershock.

From the Greek Reporter, a look at Patmos, "the sacred land of the Aegean".

From Total Croatia News, a rally and a counter-rally mark the anniversary of an uprising in Srb, Croatia.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey drills 505 water wells in six African countries.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish nationalist groups attack Syrian migrants protesting in Istanbul.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi intelligence reportedly foils a "massive" terror plot.

From Arutz Sheva, a British woman will be indicted in Cyprus after admitting that her rape claims were false.  (As noted above, I pretty much expected an Israeli source to report on this story.)

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF launches a drill to prepare for war in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli court releases an illegal immigrant and her Israel-born son from a detention center pending an appeal of her deportation case.

From YNetNews, more on the false rape case in Cyprus.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabry becomes the first female Arab juror at the Venice Film Festival.

From StepFeed, a startup wants to decentralize farming in the Arab World.

From Radio Farda, Iran calls a British proposal for protecting ships in the Persian Gulf "provocative".  (How would it be more provocative than Iran's seizing of civilian oil tankers?)

From Dawn, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl tells Pakistan's government to step down by August or his entire organization marches to Islamabad.

From The Express Tribune, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, U.S. President Trump's offer to mediate on Kashmir was more than Pakistan expected.  (The article links a post on Pakistan's government website.)

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan resumes normal operations.

From Khaama Press, why healthcare is an important issue in the upcoming Afghan elections.

From The Hans India, according to Indian Prime Minister Modi, those who spread hate in Kashmir won't succeed.

From the Hindustan Times, India rethinks its plans to buy armed drones from the U.S.

From ANI, Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu calls human trafficking "a violent crime against humanity".

From India Today, according to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ranjit Shrivastava, dead cows should be cremated, not buried.

From the Daily Mirror, the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka are likely to become the first terrorism case outside of India investigated by its National Investigation Agency.

From the Colombo Page, foreign travelers return to Sigiriya, a UNESCO site in Sri Lanka.

From News Of Bahrain, a man who murdered an imam is executed.

From Gatestone Institute, "an increasingly dangerous stand-off between civilizations".

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's female flag-hoisting team will wear trousers to "move more easily".

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong police use teargas and rubber bullets against protesters who deviated from an approved route.

From The Borneo Post, a group of African men attack four policemen trying to arrest a Nigerian in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

From Free Malaysia Today, two battalions of Senoi Praaq are deployed against poachers.

From The Conservative Woman, there's a new Iranian hostage crisis, but don't blame Boris.  (It appears that the U.K.'s new prime minister is often referred to by his first name.  I'm hoping that my idea of adding "the Spider" will eventually catch on.)

From National Review, some new questions for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.

From Townhall, one Baltimore resident sides with President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an interviewer has a hard time getting congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) to acknowledge Israel's right to exist.

From the Washington Examiner, the person handpicked to succeed Ricardo Rosselló as Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want the job.

From American Thinker, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "blows a hole in Google".

From LifeZette, what's so hard to understand about the president fighting back against lies?

From NewsBusters, CNN host Jake Tapper doesn't challenge the hypocrisy of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Baltimore.

From Breitbart, a 2016 editorial by The Baltimore Sun agreed with then-candidate Trump.  (Read the editorial here.)

From Scott Adams Says, "Baltimore, Joe Lockhart and other disasters".

From The Stream, "how to think like a terrorist".

From the New York Post, NYPD taser 1 - man with a knife 0.

And from Twitchy, congresscritter Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appears to have exposed the Democrats' impeachment fantasy "for what it REALLY is".  (The emphasis by ALL CAPS is in the original title.)