Sunday, January 19, 2020

Sunday Links - Part 2

As a cool Sunday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI pardons a convicted terrorist for medical reasons.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey deploys the drill ship Yavuz near the southern coast of Cyprus.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan warns that Europe could face more terrorism if Libya's government falls.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi counter-terrorism forces arrest a high-ranking ISIS terrorist in Fallujah.

From In-Cyprus, the European Commission warns that Turkey's intention to dispatch the Yavuz to Cypriot waters "does not contribute to dialogue".

From Arutz Sheva, the Knesset will decide on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's request for immunity next week.

From The Times Of Israel, the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court rejects three of four search warrant requests involving the phones of three of Netanyahu's aides.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Palestinian daily newspaper publishes an opinion calling for readers to commit murders.

From YNetNews, the only novel written in Auschwitz will be translated into English.

From the Egypt Independent, illegal immigration from Egypt to Europe is reportedly "almost zero".

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discuss the crisis in Libya and a dam situation.

From StepFeed, nine firsts for Arabs at the Oscars.

From The New Arab, about 400 people have been injured in a government crackdown on protesters in Lebanon.

From Radio Farda, the oil bi-product mazut pollutes the air in Iranian cities.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan again calls for U.N. intervention in Kashmir.

From The Express Tribune, U.S. diplomat Alice Wells arrives in Pakistan for a four-day visit.

From Pakistan Today, "getting off the grey list".

From Khaama Press, a group of U.S. veterans campaign for ending the war in Afghanistan.

From The Hans India, Kashmiri Pandits seek support from anti-Citizenship Act protesters.

From the Hindustan Times, residents of Jammu and Kashmir are relieved that prepaid mobile services have been restored, but rue the partial restoration of the Internet.

From ANI, according to a spokeman for India's Congress party, the Citizenship Act is "an attack on the Indian Constitution".

From India Today, according to an Indian minister, it's unconstitutional for states to not implement the Citizenship Act.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's High Court asks the country's government to for a commission on stopping violence against women.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's National Investigation Agency will take voice samples of suspects linked to the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

From the Colombo Page, a beach cleaning program by Sri Lanka's navy finds sea turtle eggs on a beach in Colombo.

From Al Arabiya, protesters burn down Hezbollah's headquarters in Iraq.

From Republic World, watch the leader of an anti-Citizenship Act protest reveal the plot to catch the eye of the Western media.

From the Daily Times, a judge in the Pakistani province of Sindh is suspended for allegedly raping a woman in his chambers.

From News18, Taliban terrorists reportedly kill six members of one family, including an infant.

From Palestinian Media Watch, more on the Palestinian daily newspaper's call for murder.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Jakarta Post, Facebook apologizes after making a vulgar mistranslation of the Chinese president's name from Burmese to English.

From The Straits Times, China reports 17 more cases of infection by the new coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's health minister, 200,000 doses of influenza vaccines will be brought into the country.

From Free Malaysia Today, a new way to treat sewage is tested in Langkawi, Malaysia.

From The Mainichi, Japan deals with people who try to herd cats.

And from Gatestone Institute, as Iranian women defy the mullahs, Western feminists are nowhere to be found.

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