Continuing with the eighth day of the eighth month of this year, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Moroccans sign a petition in support of Belgian volunteers who wore shorts while building a road.
From Egypt Today, the terrorist who blew up his car near Egypt's National Cancer Institute is identified.
From Arutz Sheva, is mourning for the Temple still relevant?
From The Times Of Israel, Egypt says that its security forces have killed 17 suspected jihadists after the bombing of the National Cancer Institute.
From The Jerusalem Post, several Palestinian terror factions applaud the attack which killed an off-duty Israeli soldier.
From YNetNews, Germany will put a former SS guard, now 92 years old, on trail for his role as a guard in the Stutthof concentration camp.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan calls Russia's annexation of Crimea "illegal".
From Turkish Minute, according to an E.U. commissioner, a joint effort on migration has yielded results in both Turkey and Europe.
From Rûdaw, France takes in 151 more women and children who had been victims of ISIS.
From StepFeed, a group of baboons try to kidnap a child in Saudi Arabia. (If you read Arabic, read the story in Sabq. Contrary to popular legend, a group of baboons is not called a "congress".)
From Radio Farda, Iran is accused of interfering with the navigation systems of commercial ships.
From IranWire, refugees and asylum seekers report being raped and sexually assaulted while traveling from Iran to Europe.
From Dawn, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz is arrested after visiting her father in prison.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan rules out any military option in Kashmir.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan stands by the people of Kashmir.
From Khaama Press, U.S. airstrikes in the Afghan province of Logar send at least 30 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.
From The Hans India, according to Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, the special status formerly given to Kashmir brought about terrorism and separatism.
From the Hindustan Times, India's first underwater subway line will go under the Hooghly River in Kolkata.
From ANI, according to Modi, the new territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir could become the world's biggest tourist destinations.
From India Today, Modi also says that the people of Jammu and Kashmir will have no difficulty in celebrating Eid.
From NDTV, an Indian woman's nose is allegedly cut off by her in-laws after she refuses the "triple talaq". (via the Daily Mail)
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa asks President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint an independent commission to investigate the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
From the Colombo Page, American Peace Corps volunteers will help Sri Lankan students learn English.
From the Daily Mail, a plan to build a Muslim-only cemetery with over 5,000 next to a village of 613 draws controversy.
From Gatestone Institute, "killing free speech in France, Germany and on the Internet".
From The Jakarta Post, all is well in the Thousand Islands, say travel agencies.
From The Straits Times, as violence escalates, Hong Kong brings a former police commander out of retirement.
From the Borneo Post, the family of an Irish girl missing in Malaysia didn't want to be approached by the media.
From Free Malaysia Today, opposition leaders in the Malaysian state of Sabah cautions the federal government about birth certificates given to the children of refugees.
From The Mainichi, a cross in a church which was destroyed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki returns to the city.
And from CNN, according to a study, cats probably understand their names, but sometimes just ignore you. (Papa Bigfoot occasionally pointed out that "you don't own cats, they own you". Those of you who are owned by one or more cats will just have to get used to this.)
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