Monday, October 21, 2019

Monday Mania - Part 2

As a "manic Monday" hangs around, here is some more of the "buh-dah, buh-da-da-duh" going on:

From The Mainichi, researchers find a second Japanese aircraft carrier that was sunk during the Battle of Midway.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are urged to strengthen their wildlife-related laws.

From Free Malaysia Today, police in George Town, Malaysia find grenades in the apartment of a suspected drug trafficker.

From The Straits TimesChina's defense minister warns against foreign interference at its annual security conference.

From The Jakarta Post, an elephant which had spent decades in circuses in southeastern Asia arrives at a sanctuary in Brazil.

From the Daily MirrorState Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene points out Sri Lanka's strategic importance due to its location in the Indian Ocean.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Navy arrests five people for allegedly illegally trying to enter the country by sea.

From The Hans India, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind arrives in Japan for Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony.

From the Hindustan Times, India's defense research and development agency starts working on hypersonic weapons.

From ANI, according to the garbage management minister of the Indian state of Goa stray cattle are eating meat scraps.

From India Today, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, doctors remove 52 kilograms of plastic from a cow's stomach.

From Khaama Press, the good guys in Afghanistan have another busy day.

From Dawn, the organizers of the Azadi March will not talk to Pakistan's government unless the march is permitted to take place.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan invites an Indian official to visit the Line of Control in Kashmir.

From Pakistan Today, today, Pakistan will expose India's allegedly false claims about its actions in Kashmir.

From Radio Farda, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes in southern Iran.

From IranWire, a woman campaigning against Iran's hijab law is told to stop or be raped.

From StepFeed, protesters in Lebanon are not violent, and some evidence to support that conclusion.

From Hürriyet Daily News, about 125 YPG vehicles leave the planned safe zone in Syria.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish journalists exiled in Germany protest for their jailed colleagues back in Turkey.

From Rûdaw, Turkish-backed forces reportedly loot property in Sari Kani, Syria.

From In-Cyprus, a ferry between Greece and Cyprus is almost ready for approval by the E.U.

From The Syrian Observer, Russia and Turkey will discuss the removal of Kurdish forces from the Syrian towns of Manbij and Kobani.

From Arutz Sheva, Prime Minister Netanyahu returns his mandate to form a government to Israeli President Rivlin.

From The Times Of Israel, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz gets the next attempt to form a government for Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority blocks 59 websites.

From YNetNews, local leaders urge Netanyahu to fix the West Bank fence.

From Egypt Today, according to President Abdel al-Sisi, Egypt is making balanced efforts to overcome obstacles in the negotiations over Ethiopia's new dam.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan police seize 595 kilos of cannabis from a boat off Cabo Negro beach.

From Channel News Asia, more on the riots by migrants in Malta.  (See today's earlier post.)

From the Daily Mail, two gamblers in Indonesia's province of Aceh are flogged.

And from Gatestone Institute, the Trump administration points out the bias in Middle East studies programs.

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