Friday Fuss - Part 2

As a cold Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Morocco is reportedly the most expensive country in North Africa.

From Hürriyet Daily News, electric cars will replace horse-drawn carriages on the Princes' Islands in İstanbul.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urbanization approves Kanal İstanbul's environmental report.

From Rûdaw, the Syrian Democratic Forces tells Russia that it did not release ISIS detainees for money.

From In-Cyprus, four traditions in Paphos, Cyprus are added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

From The Syrian Observer, ISIS kills 10 Syrian government troops in Deir ez-Zor.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is "much more optimistic" about a possible pardon for Naama Issachar, convicted of smuggling drugs in Russia.

From The Times Of Israel, the Blue and White party is expected to back a request to remove an Arab member from the Knesset.

From The Jerusalem Post, an exhibition in Jerusalem shows the rich history of Jews in Yemen.

From YNetNews, the Israeli army's chief of staff prepares to face the challenges ahead.

From the Egypt Independent, an Egyptian parliamentcritter attacks Netflix for its film depicting Jesus in a gay relationship.

From Egypt Today, a dam meeting in Washington will be very important.

From StepFeed, there has been a lot of progress in "gender equality" in Saudi Arabia in the last two years.

From The New Arab, protesters in Lebanon block roads.

From Radio Farda, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei reiterates his regional ambitions and refusal to negotiate with the U.S.

From IranWire, more on Khamenei's speech.

From Dawn, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi tells U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the situation in Kashmir must be resolved for South Asia to have peace.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Supreme Court will consider former President Pervez Musharraf's appeal only if he turns himself in.

From Pakistan Today, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentences two related members of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan to 55 years each.

From Khaama Press, the U.S. and the Taliban reportedly discuss the signing of a "peace deal".

From The Hans India, an Indonesian woman is arrested for having a fake visa in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

From the Hindustan Times, under the Citizenship Act, applicants for Indian citizenship will have to prove three things.

From ANI, the leader of the Bhim Army claims that he was arrested for reading the Indian constitution in a mosque.

From India Today, a court in Delhi grants bail to two people arrested in connection with violent protests against the Citizenship Act.

From The Times Of India, a day before his parole ends, an Indian terrorist known as "Dr. Bomb" goes missing.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Saudi Arabia deports 109 workers back to Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka lifts its bans on drones.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka offers amnesty to civil service officers if they report back to work by February 20th.

From the Daily Mail, Iraqi security forces arrest an 300-pound ISIS "mufti".

From The Jakarta Post, in the Indonesian province of East Java, Mount Semeru erupts.

From The Straits Times, according to Ukraine's foreign minister, Iran will hand over the block boxes from the downed passenger jet.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia creates a 17-member media council.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's Court of Appeals upholds the sentences of 10 Indonesians convicted of robbing a Thai oil tanker, which includes 16 years in prison and caning.

From The Mainichi, an international group of geologists adopt the name "Chibanian" for a geologic age, the first of Japanese origin.

And from Gatestone Institute, is the African region Sahel becoming a new "Islamic State"?