As a rainy Wednesday in the middle of the month hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI grants a pardon to a journalist who had an abortion.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey urges E.U. states to get tough on the PKK.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities arrest 24 people for conducting a “smear campaign” on social media against the country's operation in Syria. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From Rûdaw, Syrian refugees resort to human smugglers in order to enter Iraqi Kurdistan.
From In-Cyprus, according to Cyprus's interior minister, some jihadists may try to mix in with the refugees leaving Syria.
From The Syrian Observer, the deal between the Syrian government and the SDF is "historic and strategic". (The incursion by Turkey seems to have gotten the Assad regime and the SDF together.)
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli right-wing politicians will not agree to a left-wing minority government.
From The Times Of Israel, a group of Israeli settlers allegedly beat up an 80-year-old man who was helping Palestinians to pick olives.
From The Jerusalem Post, a stencil artwork on the roof of a hotel in Zichron Ya'acov, Israel is recognized by Guinness as the world's largest.
From YNetNews, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu demands his allies to not join the coalition led by the Blue and White party.
From Egypt Today, when in Giza, Egypt, please do not climb any of the pyramids.
From StepFeed, a Saudi Arabian man faces jail time for wearing shorts at a beach.
From Radio Farda, students at Tehran University protest during a speech by Iranian President Rouhani.
From IranWire, according to the wife of a journalist arrested by Iranian authorities, he was kidnapped in Iraq and then taken to Iran.
From Dawn, U.K. Prince William and Princess Kate visit the Kalash Valley near the Hindu Kush in northern Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl rejects an offer of talks about his proposed "Azadi march" from Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
From Pakistan Today, the Islamabad High Court rules that Islamabad's government is responsible for protecting the rights of the participants of the "Azadi march".
From Khaama Press, airstrikes send 14 Taliban and ISIS-K terrorists to their virgins.
From The Hans India, a drone allegedly from Pakistan is spotted in the Indian state of Punjab.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian security forces kill three "militants" in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. (I don't know if they were part of any particular organization, so I'm not sure whether I should change "militants" to "terrorists", like I do when an article discusses an obvious terrorist organization, such as the Taliban, ISIS, or Boko Haram.)
From ANI, terrorists kill a civilian in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
From India Today, police in the Indian state of Jharkhand rescue about 100 stolen head of cattle.
From the Daily Mirror, over 60,000 people complain to the Colombo Municipal council about charges made by parking meters.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's third international airport will open tomorrow.
From The Sun, an American actor who fought against ISIS asks President Trump to let him come home.
From The Algemeiner, American Islamists don't seem to have much to say about Turkey's offensive against the Syrian Kurds.
From NDTV, a laborer from Chhattisgarh is killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
From The Jakarta Post, haze in the Indonesian province of Jambi gets worse.
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam unveils measures intended to ease the area's housing crunch.
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's prime minister, his government will work diplomatically with India over if it decides to restrict palm oil imports.
From Free Malaysia Today, police in Malaysia start investigating two social media users for allegedly insulting their prime minister and Islam.
From The Mainichi, the International Olympic Committee wants to move the 2020 Olympic marathons from Tokyo to Sapporo.
And from Gatestone Institute, how Turkish President Erdoğan planned ethnic cleansing against the Kurds all along.
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