Saturday, November 2, 2019

Saturday Stories - Part 1

Here on the first Saturday of November are some things going on:

From Morocco World News, the foreign ministers of Morocco and Italy sign a strategic cooperation agreement.

From Hürriyet Daily News, in eastern Turkey, a wanted PKK terrorist is sent to his virgins.

From Rûdaw, Turkey's release of 18 Syrian government soldiers causes friction within a pro-Turkish Syrian militia.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus will get 90 fixed and 20 mobile traffic cameras in 2020.

From Arutz Sheva, a rocket launched from Gaza hits a house in Sderot, Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad warn Israel after retaliatory airstrikes.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Blue and White party calls the rockets from Gaza a result of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's "surrender policy".

From YNetNews, did Hamas or Islamic Jihad fire launch the latest round of rockets?

From Egypt Today, the Egyptian embassy in London puts on several events to celebrate the opening of King Tutankhamun's exhibition.

From StepFeed, Arabs put on their best Halloween costumes.

From The New Arab, the Yemeni government and separatists will sign a power-sharing agreement this coming Tuesday.

From Radio Farda, Iran signs a preliminary agreement to rebuild Syria's electrical grid.

From Dawn, the Pakistani government warns opposition parties against violating the agreement under which the "Azadi March" was permitted.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani opposition considers mass resignations and a nationwide shutter-down strike.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government indicates that the prime minister will not resign, and that there will be no snap election.

From Khaama Press, a Taliban IED kills nine school children in the Afghan province of Takhar.

From The Hans India, the head of the Indian Space Research Organisation says that it will put a Virkam lander on the moon.

From the Hindustan Times, a map to India's two new union territories.

From ANI, security forces arrest a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir.

From India Today, outside a court in Delhi, police and lawyers get into a scuffle.

From the Daily Mirror, the IMF approves a disbursement of $164 million for Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, three people in Sri Lanka are arrested for photographing their postal ballots.

From ABC News, where "A" stands for "Australian", a Muslim cleric in the Indonesian province of Aceh is caned for adultery under a law that he helped create.

From The Jakarta Post, the nursery song Baby Shark becomes hugely successful.

From The Straits Times, police and protesters again clash in Hong Kong.

From the Borneo Post, according to a spokesman, Malaysian fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho has been offered asylum.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to a U.S. report, Malaysia remains a transit point for terrorists.

From The Mainichi, a volcano erupts on the Japanese island of Satsumaio.

From TeleSUR, former Brazilian President Luiz Anacio Lula da Silva responds to a statement by Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of current President Jair Bolsonaro.

From Gatestone Institute, in Connecticut, ridicule has become a crime.

From CBC News, a woman from British Columbia becomes the first Canadian to complete an ultra-triathlon.

From Global News, why a U.N. declaration on indigenous rights has struggled to become law in Canada.

From Canada Free Press, how a treaty between the U.S. and Ukraine invalidates the quid-pro-quo argument for impeachment.

From National Review, the history of the East India Company is not a cautionary tale about corporate power, but about the corrupting power of government.

From Townhall, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) attempts to reign in Democratic 2020 presidential candidates with some unsolicited advice.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Pelosi is not really a "fan" of Medicare for All.

From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Joe Biden gets two historical Andrews mixed up.

From American Thinker, who is putting whom in chains?

From LifeZette, a new book finally gives FLOTUS Melania Trump the respect she deserves.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC applauds Senator Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) $52 trillion health care plan.

From The Stream, being conservative is hard work.

From Breitbart, Second Amendment supporters rally on Capitol Hill.

From the New York Post, a JetBlue worker is accused of racism because of her homeless person Halloween costume.

From the Daily Caller, Donald Trump the Younger rejects his father's advice to "cool it" on Twitter.

From Fox Newsa puppy orphaned by the raid against al-Baghdadi finds a new home.

And from Twitchy, Bob O'Rourke (D) has dropped out of the presidential race, but his "cheer guides" are still available.

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