Here on the last day of February with a date that occurs every four years are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, the group Polisario reportedly continues to conscript child soldiers.
From Hürriyet Daily News, victims of an earthquake in eastern Turkey move into a "container city" in the city of Elazığ.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan promises that the "gates will remain open".
From Rûdaw, rumors and misinformation about the coronavirus leave people in Erbil, Iraq scared and confused.
From In-Cyprus, dozens of Greek and Turkish Cypriots protest in Nicosia against a government decision to temporarily close four checkpoints along the Green Line. (The Green Line is the U.N. buffer zone between the Greek and Turkish sides of Cyprus.)
From Arutz Sheva, according to Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to not annex the Jordan Valley.
From The Times Of Israel, in a leaked recording, an aide to Netanyahu says "hate is what unites" Israel's right-wing camp.
From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz call each other unfit to be prime minister.
From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, Netanyahu and Gantz have pulled a "switcheroo".
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt is the first to sign the dam agreement.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madouli inspects the quarantine at Hurghada International Airport, and confirms that Egypt is free of the coronavirus.
From StepFeed, Ramadan is officially less than 60 days from today.
From The New Arab, Turkey claims to have destroyed a "chemical warfare facility" in Syria.
From Radio Farda, more elite Iranians contract the coronavirus.
From Dawn, the Pakistani government confirms two more cases of the coronavirus and urges calm.
From The Express Tribune, according to Foreign Minister Qureshi, Pakistan wants a "responsible withdrawal" of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
From Pakistan Today, a study calls for the inclusion of religious minorities in Pakistan's national mainstream.
From Khaama Press, read the full script of the U.S.-Taliban peace deal.
From The Hans India, six people are detained for raising "controversial" slogans in support of India's Citizenship Act at a Delhi Metro station.
From the Hindustan Times, a Polish student at Jadavpur University on Kolkata is asked to leave India for attending a rally against the Citizenship Act.
From ANI, a Sikh father and son save about 70 Muslims during violence in the Gokulpuri area of Delhi.
From India Today, 885 people so far have been detained in connection with recent violence in Delhi.
From The Telegraph, the graves of three Ahmadis are desecrated in the Pakistani province of Punjab. (This site is from India and should not be confused with the U.K. site having the same name.)
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh places a moratorium on fishing in the Padma-Meghna rivers to allow ilish fish to increase their population.
From the Daily Mirror, posters and cut-outs are banned from Sri Lanka's election campaign.
From the Colombo Page, students from Sri Lanka's Inter-University Student's Federation continue protesting in front of the Ministry of Higher Education despite a court order.
From The Jakarta Post, according to former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, "Indonesia's new capital city will be very special".
From The Straits Times, South Korea reports a total of 3,150 coronavirus infections and one reinfection.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia will get its new prime minister tomorrow. (Due to the time difference, it might already be tomorrow over there as I post this.)
From Free Malaysia Today, according to a civil society group, Malaysians from the states of Sabah and Sarawak should be given a chance to lead the country. (These two states are on the island of Borneo, while Malaysia's other states are on the Asian mainland.)
From The Mainichi, organizers of the Tokyo Olympics will not permit people to upload videos of the Olympic torch relay.
From Gatestone Institute, a German court rejects an attempt to enshrine sharia.
From The Stream, "are you a perfectionist", since Christians are called to be perfect like God is?
From the Daily Caller, speaking at CPAC, President Trump says that life would be easier if the press told the truth.
From Twitchy, former Vice President Biden assures a man who claims to have benefitted from GOP tax cuts that his taxes will be raised.
From Fox News, South Carolina Democratic Party officials state that their primary turnout could approach a record high.
From WPVI-TV, the governor of Washington declares a state of emergency after a man in the state dies from the coronavirus, the first American to do so.
And from the New York Post, at CPAC, a man proposes to his girlfriend.
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