Monday, October 7, 2019

Monday Mania - Part 2

As the first Monday of October hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, a young Moroccan man dies after falling from a mountain while trying to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Faro Ceuta.)

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, an operation in Syria can begin "at any minute".

From Turkish Minute, since the failed coup of 2016, Turkey has seized 848 student dormitories allegedly linked with the Gülen movement.

From RûdawIraqi President Barham Salih denies that state officials ordered security forces to shoot protesters.

From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot government announces the appointment of five new permanent secretaries.

From The Syrian Observer, people flee the border town of Ras al-Ayn, Syria as Turkey prepares its operation.

From Arutz Sheva, IDF troops arrest a Palestinian who was allegedly carrying an assault rifle in his vehicle, and an Arab-operated street cleaning vehicle dumps waste on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's defense establishment studies the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities to prepare for a possible assault from Iran.

From The Jerusalem Post, on the eve of Yom Kippur, 1,200 IDF soldiers race to celebrate their brigade's 50th anniversary.

From YNetNews, Israeli military leaders feared the worst during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

From Egypt Today, the Legislative Committee of Egypt's parliament approves changes to its terror list law.

From StepFeed, Iranian authorities arrest a woman who claims to have undergone surgeries to look like U.S. actress Angelina Jolie for alleged blasphemy.

From Radio Farda, a protest against allowing women into Iranian soccer stadiums draws a small crowd.

From IranWire, at least two more dual nationals are imprisoned in Iran.

From Dawn, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front asks the government of the Pakistan-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir for permission to cross the Line of Control.

From The Express Tribune, Imran travels to Beijing to hold talks with Chinese leaders.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tells U.S. Senators that there will be no talks with India until the situation in Kashmir improves.

From Khaama Press, an airstrike in Afghanistan's province of Takhar sends a Taliban shadow judge and a district chief to their virgins.

From NDTV, at least 10 people are killed and 27 injured when a bomb left in a motorcycle detonates next to a passing bus in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

From The Hans India, according to an editorial, Pakistan is still a home for terror.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Army deploys light howitzers on its eastern Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.  (Besides its well-known dispute with Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir, India also has a border dispute with China, which includes a line between areas controlled by each country.)

From ANI, Hindu and Muslim artisans in Jammu and Kashmir create effigies to be burnt in a festival.

From India Today, the Indian-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir will be reopened to tourists starting October 10th.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan railway workers call of their strike.

From the Colombo Page, at London's Luton Airport, four Sri Lankans are arrested for alleged membership in a "proscribed organization".

From The Jakarta Post, China is breeding hogzillas.

From The Straits Times, police in Hong Kong stage a show of force and get jeered by onlookers.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's parliament re-tables a bill against fake news.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's first "ethical" recruitment agency goes after modern slavery.

From The Mainichi, a North Korean fishing boat sinks after colliding with a Japanese patrol ship, after which about 20 sailors were rescued.

And from Gatestone Institute, as Turkey lets migrants through to Europe, the U.S. throws Syrian Kurds under the bus.

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