Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 2

From Asia, Africa, the U.S. and whatever other parts of the world I haven't yet mentioned, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, an Italian research group warns against Polisario's propaganda and violence.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's National Cancer Institute will resume full operation after Eid el-Adha.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, calls for Israel to be a halakhic state are ridiculous.

From The Times Of Israel, in the hunt for a rape suspect, Israeli police release two Palestinians and detain two others.

From The Jerusalem Post, how did two Israel-made drones get to Libya, where they were shot down?

From YNetNews, the centuries-old bazaar in Aleppo, Syria slowly recovers.

From In-Cyprus, the trial of a British woman for allegedly making false rape allegations is postponed.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and the U.S. agree on a safe zone in Syria.

From Turkish Minute, a Brazilian court rules against the extradition of a Turkish businessman accused of having Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, Yezidis submit thousands of testimonies about genocide, but there is no court to hear them.

From StepFeed, an Armenian belly dancer based in Egypt might face charges because she was joined on stage by a woman in a bikini.

From Radio Farda, former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami criticizes the current government for its treatment of journalists and political activists.

From IranWire, Iranian authorities release political prisoner Hamid Babaei after six years behind bars.

From Dawn, Pakistan expels the ambassador from India and suspends bilateral trade.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's parliament rejects India's "illegal" actions on Kashmir.

From Khaama Press, a Taliban car bomb destroys a mosque in Kabul.

From The Hans India, was the repeal of Article 370 a "shrewd gamble" or a "game changer"?

From the Hindustan Times, the U.S. denies any consultation or "heads up" from India about its actions on Kashmir.

From ANI, 303 fake gold pieces are found under a pool.

From India Today, the Maldives supports India's actions on Kashmir.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan authorities arrest three more members of the banned organization Jamia Millia Islamia.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's president makes a state visit to Cambodia.

From Channel News Asia, a performance of Iraq's national anthem by a female violinist stirs controversy.

From RNZ, a teenager imprisoned in New Zealand for planning a ram-and-stab terror attack gets his drivers license while behind bars.

From The American Spectator, "beware Islamists bearing gifts".

From Gatestone Institute, the abduction and forced conversion of non-Muslim girls in Pakistan.  (The last four links were found at The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Jakarta Post, a film festival in Kalimantan gives voice to its indigenous people.

From The Straits Times, hundreds of lawyers in Hong Kong join a silent march to demand an independent inquiry into the area's unrest.  (Lawyers not talking?  Can this be believed?)

From the Borneo Post, the search for a missing Irish teenage girl continues.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian police question at least 20 people in their search for the Irish girl.

From The Mainichi, about 30,000 baseball fans attend a game dedicated to peace in Hiroshima.  (Baseball is brought to you by the same country that blew your city to smithereens with an atomic bomb.)

From National Review, what's not being said about the "shoot them" Trump rally.

From FrontpageMag, remembering the first Armenian genocide, which was conducted long before the Ottoman Empire came into existence.

From Townhall, President Trump gives a good answer when asked about who's to blame for the Dayton shooting.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the list of Trump supporters compiled by congresscritter Joaquin Castro (D-TX) includes two of his own donors.

From the Washington Examiner, a man in Minnesota pleads guilty to attempting to access Trump's tax returns.

From The Federalist, by the logic of gun control, alcohol and cigarettes should be banned, too.  (We did ban alcohol, which didn't work out very well.)

From American Thinker, those who blame Trump for the recent shooting show their own hatefulness.

From CNS News, American football is an intellectual game.

From LifeZette, Mr. and Mrs. Trump visit Dayton shooting victims in the hospital.

From NewsBusters, an MSNBC analyst finds a "neo-Nazi dog whistle" in a message from Trump honoring shooting victims.

From The Stream, "it's the morality, stupid".  (Perhaps "or lack thereof" could be added.)

From Reason, white supremacy is against both liberal and libertarian ideals.

From the Daily Caller, critics call the male bovine waste flag on an EPA audit.

From Twitchy, news of ICE doing its job in Mississippi upsets Fox News host Shep Smith.

From the New York Post, an Australian program that would disallow grandparents from kissing their grandkids naturally upsets some grandparents.

And from The Peedmont, your mother's favorite band in performing at Wolf Trap.  (It wasn't these guys, but one song of theirs might be appropriate.)

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