Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Links For 9/11 - Part 2

As Americans and others look back on what happened 18 years ago, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Moroccan security forces find the body of an 18th victim of an accident caused by floods in the province of Errachidia.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's presidential spokesperson, the country has not given up on obtaining U.S. F-35 fighter jets.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish journalist leaves a pro-government daily after it refuses to publish her article criticizing a prison sentence given to an opposition politician.

From In-Cyprus, Animal Party Cyprus will meet with the mayor of Ayia Napa to discuss stray cats.

From Rûdaw, an Iran-backed militia in Iraq claims to have fired at a drone hovering above one of its headquarters.

From Arutz Sheva, the U.S. ambassador to Israel speaks at a 9/11 memorial ceremony in Jerusalem.

From The Times Of Israel, for the second day in a row, rockets are fired from Gaza at southern Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, in response to the rocket attack, the IDF strikes 15 Hamas targets.

From YNetNews, Israel bans a "dangerous" settler from returning to the West Bank, including his home, for three months.

From Egypt Today, Arab nations and the E.U. denounce Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks on annexing part of the West Bank.

From StepFeed, Abu Dhabi police stop 18 people from being illegally smuggled into the UAE.

From Radio Farda, OPEC expects oil supplies to stay high into 2020, even with the loss of Iranian exports.

From IranWire, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits a Persian restaurant in Chemnitz, to console an Iranian victim of a neo-Nazi attack.

From Dawn, India, Turkey and the U.K. are ranked among the worst countries for expats.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's foreign minister sees a risk of "accidental war" over Kashmir.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan and 50 other countries demand an end to India's alleged mistreatment of people in the part of Kashmir it controls.

From Khaama Press, while observing the anniversary of 9/11, U.S. President Trump issues new warnings to the Taliban.

From The Hans India, according to Nobel laureate Serge Hanoche, the Indian Space Research Organization will "certainly try" to fix the problem with the Vikram lunar lander.

From the Hindustan Times, the leader of al-Qaeda calls upon Muslims to attack the U.S., Russia, Europe and Israel.

From ANI, India's Defense Research and Development Organization successfully test-fires a portable anti-tank missile.

From India Today, the distance above the lunar surface at which contact with the Vikram lander was lost has been re-estimated.

From the Daily Mirror, the president of Togo arrives in Sri Lanka for an official three-day visit.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena calls for anti-terrorism legislation.

From The Jakarta Post, "listen to Papuans first".

From The Straits Times, anti-government protesters in Hong Kong boo the Chinese national anthem.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian Department of Environment bans open burning, with a few exceptions.

From Free Malaysia Today, Shiite Muslims in the Malaysian state of Johor claim that cops treated them like criminals.

From The Mainichi, a fishing cooperative in Fukushima sets a haul target for the first time since the 2011 nuclear power plant disaster.

And from Gatestone Institute, why does Egypt not want to help Gaza?

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