As Wednesday afternoon slips into evening, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, the Typhoon Bualoi heads toward Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
From the Borneo Post, the palm oil issue between Malaysia and India takes a new twist.
From Free Malaysia Today, the chief judges of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak deny that mobile courts have been giving Malaysian papers to illegal immigrants.
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong's legislature kills the extradition bill, but unrest in the region might still continue.
From The Jakarta Post, Greenpeace flies banners in Jakarta protesting the Indonesian government.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa promises stern action against murderers and drug dealers.
From the Colombo Page, the final report on the Easter Sunday terror attacks is published.
From The Hans India, India's Congress Party decides to boycott televised debates.
From the Hindustan Times, all eyes will be on the vote counting in the Indian states of Haryana and Maharashtra. (My spellchecker objects to "Haryana" but has no problem with "Maharashtra".)
From ANI, an Indian security officer in Jammu and Kashmir is injured after a terrorist lobs a grenade at a police force camp.
From India Today, according to a fact-finding team, life in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is "normal".
From Khaama Press, police in the Afghan province of Kandahar kill two men who had kidnapped and murdered a 10-year-old boy.
From Dawn, the Pakistani government agrees to allow the "Azadi March" to take place as long as it stays peaceful.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan will join the U.S., China and Russia for talks in Moscow to revive a peace process to end the war in Afghanistan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan won't resign.
From Radio Farda, how Iran turned the religious ritual Arbaeen into political propaganda.
From IranWire, Iran's judokas are banned from the Olympics because ther government won't allow them to compete against Israelis.
From StepFeed, if you violate laws during Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia, it's gonna cost ya.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's defense ministry, a new operation in Syria is not necessary.
From Turkish Minute, according to a former maritime worker, interrogation rooms were set up in municipal buildings in Istanbul.
From Rûdaw, a series of explosions goes off in northern Syria.
From In-Cyprus, the captain of an Egyptian fishing boat is fined for illegal fishing in Cyprus's waters.
From The Syrian Observer, while visiting his troops, Syrian President Assad calls Turkish President Erdoğan a "thief".
From Arutz Sheva, knessetcritter Moti Yogev rejects an offer from the Blue and White party under which his party would be divided in two, with only one faction joining a coalition. (As I may have previously mentioned, a knessetcritter is the Israeli equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)
From The Times Of Israel, current Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with Blue and White leader (and now PM-designate) Gantz.
From The Jerusalem Post, Kurdish children are treated at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel.
From YNetNews, a U.N. expert calls for an international ban on all products made on Israeli settlements.
From Egypt Today, South Sudan President Salva Kiir hails Egypt's efforts to support his country's stability.
From Morocco World News, the debate over sexual freedoms in Morocco "rages on".
From NDTV, the Saudi Arabian law allowing women to travel without a male guardian reportedly has some loopholes.
From The Glazov Gang, what does it mean when migrants yell "Allahu akbar"?
And from Gatestone Institute, terrorists call for the deaths of Jews - from the U.N.'s headquarters in Gaza.
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