As Brexit arrives and January of 2020 ends, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Morocco recalls its ambassador from Turkey.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish citizens evacuated from Wuhan, China will be quarantined for two weeks.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey's chief prosecutor's office starts an investigation of a Greek MEP who tore up a Turkish flag in a European Parliament session. (The act happened outside of Turkey, which is not in the E.U., so whether it would fall under Turkey's jurisdiction is questionable unless there's some international agreement covering it.)
From Rûdaw, according to Iraq's highest Shiite authority, early elections are the best way out of the country's political impass.
From In-Cyprus, be careful when driving in Cyprus.
From The Syrian Observer, a Russian airstrike puts the last surgical hospital in Ariha, Syria out of service.
From Arutz Sheva, terrorists fire more rockets at southern Israel.
From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli party Joint List won't back the Blue and White party over its support of U.S. President Trump's peace plan.
From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF strikes targets in the Gaza Strip after rockets are fired at Israel.
From YNetNews, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's new plane gets an anti-missile protection system.
From the Egypt Independent, a 12-year-old Egyptian girl dies after undergoing genital mutilation.
From Egypt Today, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia find three dam points on which to agree.
From StepFeed, Dubai plans to develop its own version of Silicon Valley.
From The New Arab, Trump's peace plan is protested by Jordanians, and by Palestinians.
From Radio Farda, Iranian artists promise to not forget victims of government violence and the downing of the Ukrainian airliner.
From IranWire, the media cartels run by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
From Dawn, a man in the Pakistani province of Punjab is arrested for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Koran.
From The Express Tribune, according to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China is treated the Pakistani students stranded in Wuhan "like our own".
From Pakistan Today, Prime Minister Imran Khan launches a program to empower underprivileged Pakistani women.
From Khaama Press, an airstrike in the Afghan province of Kunduz results in civilian casualties.
From The Hans India, according to an opinion column, it's time for India to understand Mahatma Gandhi better.
From the Hindustan Times, three terrorists are killed in a gunfight with security forces in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
From ANI, the Indian Space Research Organization is preparing low-cost launch vehicles for satellites.
From India Today, India bans the export of protective masks and clothing.
From the Dhaka Tribune, 361 Bangladeshis returning from Wuhan, China will be quarantined for two weeks.
From the Daily Mirror, a victim of the Easter Sunday bombings dies from injuries suffered in the attack.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka sends a plane to bring back 33 of its citizens from Wuhan, China.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan in Germany allegedly sexually abuses two girls and tries to set them on fire.
From New Age Islam, Saudi Arabia allows women to participate in playing cards competitions.
From Persecution(dot)org, a Turkish court ignores due process for a defendant accused of mastermining the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
From Coconuts Jakarta, according to an Indonesian lawmaker, the administration of President Joko Widido should export marijuana.
From Within Nigeria, a former Nigerian presidential candidate claims to be a "proud polygamist" and to need more wives.
From the Daily Times, a factory in Khomein, Iran makes American and Israeli flags, so that they can be burned. (The last six links come via The Religion Of Peace.)
From Gatestone Institute, is President Trump's peace plan the "last chance for the Palestinians"?
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia deports an American environmental journalist.
From The Straits Times, travelers from China are banned from entering into or transiting through Singapore.
From the Borneo Post, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke, the Malaysian cabinet has not yet decided on restricting flights from China.
From Free Malaysia Today, a bomb disposal squad in George Town, Malaysia destroys three boxes left near a Chinese consulate, which contained facemasks.
And from The Mainichi, rumors that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo have been canceled have been greatly exaggerated.
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