Friday, December 20, 2019

Friday Fuss - Part 2

As Friday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, detainees released from Tindouf camps report "serious" human rights violations.

From Egypt Today, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Italy discuss the situation in Libya.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, a right-wing bloc would take 56 seats in the Knesset, if Prime Minister Netanyahu is its leader.

From The Times Of Israel, Netanyahu calls the ICC's decision to investigate Israel for war crimes "a dark day for truth and justice".

From The Jerusalem Post, stores in Jerusalem prepare for Hannukah by making sufganiyot.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, members of the Knesset should be paid, even with the current political deadlock.

From The Syrian Observer, according to the Syrian Civil Defense forces, 113 civilians have been killed or wounded in four days in Idleb.

From In-Cyprus, pictures of the Akamas subterranean ravine.

From Rûdaw, Kurds fend off an attack by ISIS in Aliya Rash, Iraq.

From Hürriyet Daily News, locals in the Yaşamkent neighborhood in the province of Bolu deploy cat houses.  (These are not figurative cat houses, a.k.a. brothels, but literal houses for cats.)

From Turkish Minute, the chief prosecutor's office in İzmir, Turkey issues detention warrants for 88 active or former military members for alleged Gülen links.

From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia reportedly withdraws citizenship from a pro-Israel journalist.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The New Arab, Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric calls for early elections.

From Radio Farda, the Iranian government spends $24.5 million every day to suppress dissent.

From IranWire, an Iranian human rights activists gets five months in prison for protesting against poverty and inflation.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Dawn, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes in northern Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan.

From The Express Tribune, the U.S. will resume a military training program for Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's additional attorney general slams the verdict against former President Pervez Musharraf.

From Khaama Press, the Taliban will not enter any intra-Afghan talks until an agreement is reached to withdrawn foreign military forces.

From The Hans India, thousands of Muslims protest against the Citizenship Act in Nizamabad, India.

From the Hindustan Times, nine people have died in clashes with police during violence over the passage of the Citizenship Act in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

From ANI, a crowd protesting the Citizenship Act in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh sets a police station on fire.

From India Today, in the area of Delhi Gate, an imam tries unsuccessfully to stop protesters from becoming violent.

From the Daily Mirror, an inmate in a Sri Lankan prison shoots and wounds another inmate.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities start raiding rice traders who sell rice at prices higher than legally allowed.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the vice mayor of Linz, Austria warns against the Islamization of kindergartens.

From IsraellyCool, why congresscritter Rashida Tlaib's (D-Mich) Hannukah message was ridiculous.

From Devdiscourse, a mob throws stones at policemen shooting a video outside a mosque in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

From The Irish News, Irish ISIS bride Lisa Smith is granted bail.

From Gatestone, will there be an end to the Jewish presence in Europe?  (The last five links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Jakarta Post, for the first time in 20 years, the congregation of Santa Clara church in North Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia can celebrate Christmas in their own church building.

From The Straits Times, Chinese President Xi Jinping tells foreign countries that Hong Kong and Macau are none of their business.

From the Borneo Post, next year, don't smoke or vape in eateries in Malaysia.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad explains why Yemen and the Uighurs in China won't be discussed at a summit in Kuala Lumpur.

And from The Mainichi, a bus operator sends a letter of thanks to the six-year-old boy who exposed mistakes in its signage.

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