Friday, October 11, 2019

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As Friday afternoon slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, the Typhoon Hagibis heads toward Tokyo.

From the Borneo Post, a bill to repeal mandatory death penalty is tabled by the Malaysian parliament for March of 2020.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to two NGOs, monetary allocations for the Orang Asli are pointless if the forests they live in aren't preserved.

From The Straits Times, ironically, the situation in Hong Kong could lead to authoritarian rule.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian Ombudsman accuses the national police of mishandling post-election protests in Jakarta.

From the Daily Mirror, three Turkish citizens are arrested in Kohuwala, Sri Lanka for overstaying their visas.

From the Colombo Page, a Sri Lankan naturalist points out how birds are threatened by plastic pollution.

From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi will talk for six hours over two days in Chennai, India.

From the Hindustan Times, why Xi declined a helicopter ride.

From ANI, the Indian Army claims that the Pakistani Army is targeting civilians across the Line of Control in Kashmir.

From India Today, terrorists in Kashmir have a shortage of weapons and start looting.

From Dawn, two sisters in Kabirwala, Pakistan are allegedly kidnapped and gang-rapped by five men.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan supports Turkey's operation in Syria.

From Pakistan Today, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is given 14 days in custody.

From Radio Farda, the story of an Iranian tanker being allegedly attacked in the Red Sea has some "strange contradictions".

From IranWire, the Iranian government tries to hijack the story of women being permitted into soccer stadiums.

From StepFeed, women are now allowed to join the Saudi Arabian army, under certain conditions.

From Rûdaw, according to the Syrian Democratic Forces, five ISIS terrorists escaped from prison amid Turkish shelling.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey claims to have "neutralized" 342 terrorists in Syria.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors order the detention of 121 social media users for criticizing the operation in Syria.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From In-Cyprus, Cypriots are eating more meat.

From The Syrian Observer, Turkey's incursion into Syria is condemned by countries "from around the world".

From Arutz Sheva, about 4,500 Palestinian Arabs riot along the Israel-Gaza border.

From The Times Of Israel, an F-16 squadron commander recalls his mission to stop Iranian drones.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel plans to build its first waste-to-energy power plant.

From YNetNews, Israel's serial elections cost money.

From Egypt Today, Jews, Christians and Muslims arrived in St. Catharine, Egypt for the "here we pray together" forum.

From Morocco World News, a former Polisario officer slams Algeria for calling itself a "hospitable land" for refugees.

From XinhuaNet, a Finnish lawmaker is fined for posting pictures of alleged terrorists.

And from Gatestone Institute, homegrown terrorism in France.

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