Friday, August 9, 2019

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As the weekend arrives, here are some things going on:

From CBC News, with the two suspects dead, answers about their alleged crimes may be hard to come by.

From Global News, RCMP officers head back to Manitoba to search for clues.

From CTV News, a British Columbia man detained in Syria is released.

From The Jakarta Post, can we eat Big Macs while avoiding climate chaos?

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam points out the economic fallout from the recent protests.

From the Borneo Post, police in Batu Pahat, Malaysia dismantle a gang of bicycle thieves.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to an environmentalist, legal logging is the biggest threat to Malaysian tigers.

From The Mainichi, the mayor of Nagasaki calls for the Japanese government to sign a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons.

From the Daily Mirror, nine Sri Lankan army officers are indicted in connection to the murder of a journalist in 2015.

From the Colombo Page, two terrorists from Sri Lanka have reportedly gone to the Philippines.

From The Hans India, a high alert is sounded in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

From the Hindustan, a legal notice is served in India's Supreme Court over Rohingya refugees.

From ANI, the residents of Jammu and Kashmir will have rights and duties just like other Indians.

From India Today, the Indian Navy puts its ships on high alert.

From Khaama Press, an airstrike destroys a truck carrying weapons or the Taliban.

From Dawn, thousands protest in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.  (In Pakistan, this Indian-controlled area is called "occupied Kashmir".)

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz will stay in custody until August 21.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan suspends bus and rail travel to India.

From Radio Farda, Iranian clerics worry about people adopting western lifestyles.

From IranWire, the life of a worker's rights activist in Iran.

From StepFeed, could Saudi Arabian women be allowed to study abroad without male guardians?

From Arutz Sheva, how should Christians respond to Tisha B'Av?

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli security forces reportedly nab a suspect in a West Bank stabbing attack.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Waqf calls on Muslims to pray on the Temple Mount during Tisha B'Av.

From YNetNews, Be'er Sheva, Israel plans to turn its zoo into a savannah.

From Egypt Today, an EgyptAir delegation flies to Seattle to receive the last of six 787-9s from Boeing.

From Morocco World News, Morocco and Nigeria present their plans for a gas pipeline to ECOWAS.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi security forces reportedly face little resistance in recent operations against ISIS.

From In-Cyprus, a dead green turtle is found in Cyprus with 183 pieces of plastic inside its body.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders agree to start talks in September.

From Turkish Minute, four Turkish political parties call for the extradition of Fethullah Gülen from the U.S.

And from Gatestone Institute, do the Palestinians need a mirror?

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