Sunday, October 6, 2019

Sunday Stuff - Part 2

As Sunday afternoon slides into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, a Dutch foundation teaches Moroccan students how to participate in democracy.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, the U.S. administration of President Trump has not obeyed him concerning Syria.

From Rudaw, Saudi Arabia eases some restrictions on women renting hotel rooms.

From In-Cyprus, Israeli doctors fly to Cyprus to save the life of a woman suffered a heart problem during childbirth.  (To any BDS supporters reading this, please note that these are the type of people whom you wish to boycott, divest and sanction.)

From Arutz Sheva, Prime Minister Netanyahu tells Israeli Arab leaders to cooperate in fighting violence.

From The Times Of Israel, Netanyahu is reportedly pushing a new air defense plan to counter threats from Iran.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli politicians need to break some promises in order to avoid another election.

From YNetNews, the remains of a 5,000-year-old city are discovered by Israeli road construction workers.

From Egypt Today, a summit including the leaders of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus is scheduled for this coming Tuesday.

From StepFeed, how British singer Amy Winehouse resembled Egyptian actress Farida Fahmy.

From Radio Farda, Iranian President Rouhani's speech at the U.N. General Assembly about Iran's economy is not supported by the facts and figures.

From IranWire, reports of 200 people being infected by HIV after blood transfusions lead to riots in a village in southwestern Iran.

From Dawn, according to Pakistan's minister for economic affairs, tough decisions have started to show results.

From The Express Tribune, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) visit Azad Jammu and Kashmir.  (Pakistan calls the portion of Jammu and Kashmir which it controls as azad, which means "free", sometimes using the abbreviation "AJK".)

From Pakistan Today, authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir prevent thousands of marchers from reaching the Line of Control.

From Khaama Press, U.S. airstrikes in the Afghan province of Badghis send 70 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, India's 36 Rafale fighter jets will be equipped with Meteor and Scalp missiles.

From the Hindustan Times, two men are arrested in Alwar, India for allegedly forcing a Muslim couple to chant "Jai Shri Ram".

From ANI, police in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir foil a terror attack and arrest the leader of a new terrorist group.  (Baramulla is in the Indian-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir.)

From India Today, according to the police chief of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, from 200 to 300 militants are in the area.

From the Colombo Page, a record 41 candidates enter Sri Lanka's presidential election.  (That's even more than the number of Democrats running for president in the U.S.)

From The Jakarta Post, five mountains to climb in East Java other than Mount Ruang.

From The Straits Times, in Hong Kong, police use tear gas and protesters throw gasoline bombs.

From the Borneo Post, Cambodia's Supreme Court upholds the 25-year sentence for a doctor who infected people with HIV.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysia state of Sarawak and the oil company Petronas are expected to soon settle their tax dispute.

From The Mainichi, what cargo are Japan's Kounotori8 unmanned spaceships carrying up to the International Space Station?

And from Gatestone Institute, the world needs to take note of the genocide of Christians in Nigeria.

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