Continuing with the modern equivalent of the country which Polish King Jan Sobieski defeated at Vienna, here are some more things going on:
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, some foreign intelligence organizations support FETÖ.
From Turkish Minute, the former leader of an Islamist party in Turkey is indicted for supporting the Gülen movement.
From In-Cyprus, conservation work at two ancient churches in the Turkish-controlled part of Cyprus is completed.
From Rûdaw, a border crossing between Iraq and Saudi Arabia is set to reopen after almost 30 years.
From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, right-wingers would have 58 Knesset seats, with left-wingers having 53.
From The Times Of Israel, a right-wing group is allegedly behind a billboard urging Israeli Arabs to not vote.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel denies spying on President Trump.
From YNetNews, an Israeli study shows the impact of culture on Jewish and Muslim women.
From Egypt Today, 712 prisoners in Egypt are either pardoned or granted parole.
From Morocco World News, according to "new data", Morocco is Europe's biggest supplier of cannabis.
From StepFeed, more and more Saudi Arabian women are going to work.
From Radio Farda, Iran issues an arrest warrant for a movie star for expressing support for the female soccer fan who killed herself.
From Dawn, a Pakistani soldier is killed by gunfire across the Line of Control in Kashmir.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistani President Arif Alvi calls the Indian government's actions in its part of Kashmir "genocide".
From Pakistan Today, according to Prime Minister Imran Kahn, Pakistan should not be blamed for American setbacks in Afghanistan.
From Khaama Press, airstrikes by Afghan security forces send 10 Taliban and ISIS-K terrorists to their virgins.
From The Hans India, the U.S. agency NASA joins the Indian Space Research Organization's efforts to contact the Vikram lander.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian official Piyush Goyal clarifies a previous statement on "Einstein discovered gravity".
From ANI, according to India's government, there is no shortage of essential supplies in Jammu and Kashmir.
From India Today, 52 spelling and grammatical errors have been found and corrected in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act. (My spellchecker doesn't approve the spelling of "Reorganisation" with an "s", which I believe is the British spelling of that word, and which appears to have been carried over into the Indian version of the English language.)
From the Daily Mirror, SriLankan Airlines bans Apple MacBook Pro laptop computers from its flights.
From the Colombo Page, six people are arrested for giving a cell phone to an imprisoned drug dealer.
From Gatestone Institute, is there a religious backlash in Turkey?
From The Jakarta Post, China and Malaysia plant to set up a "dialogue mechanism" for the disputed South China Sea.
From The Straits Times, police in Hong Kong ban a protest planned for Sunday after a subway station is set on fire. (I don't use the "thug-style politics" label lightly, but when you commit arson, you've lapsed into thuggery.)
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's ambassador to Indonesia, Malaysia is not "pointing fingers" but offers to assist in fighting forest fires that cause trans-boundary haze.
From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian human rights commissioner points out that the country's constitution doesn't mention Sunni or Shia, just Islam.
From The Mainichi, a gay American man married to a Japanese man sues the Japanese government to get a long-term visa.
From TeleSUR, self-proclaimed interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaido enters Colombia allegedly with help from paramilitaries and drug cartels.
From CBC News, what illnesses are caused by vaping, and why are doctors concerned?
From Global News, a week after Hurricane Dorian came through, some people in Nova Scotia are still without power.
From CTV News, a woman in Kelowna, British Columbia is fined for driving while eating with chopsticks.
And from Canada Free Press, has Canada become "a nation of smelt"?
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