Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 2

As a relatively mild Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Morocco will import 354,000 tons of wheat from the U.S.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish court acquits 10 defendants on charges of "attempting to overthrow the government" during the Gezi Park protests of 2013.

From Turkish Minute, the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office orders the detention of one of the Gezi Park acquitted over an alleged role in the 2016 coup attempt.

From Rûdaw, Syrian Kurdish authorities build a camp for families fleeing from the region of Idlib.

From In-Cyprus, the U.S. calls for respecting the U.N. Security Council's resolutions on Turkish-held Famagusta, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian government intelligence finds a mass grave in a semi-urban area east of Damascus.

From Arutz Sheva, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz turns down Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's request for a televised debate.

From The Times Of Israel, after three days without rockets from Gaza, Israel ends its "sanctions" on the area.

From The Jerusalem Post, after heavy rains in Israel, ancient Judean ritual baths are filled with water.

From YNetNews, the IDF will launch a new directorate focused on Iran.

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian governate of Minya opens a museum commemorating the 21 Egyptian Christians killed by ISIS in Libya.

From Egypt Today, an obelisk dating from the time of Ramses II is installed in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

From StepFeed, was a ceiling in a Starbucks in London stolen from Damascus, or was it a gift from the Ottoman Empire?

From The New Arab, a man in Syria teaches his young daughter to laugh during airstrikes.

From Radio Farda, Iranians are reluctant to vote, which worries Supreme Leader Khamenei.

From IranWire, an Iranian actor and an Israeli actor produce a play at the Théâtre National in Brussels.

From Dawn, soybean dust is suggested as a possible explanation for breathing difficulties among people in Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, with 14 people reported dead from toxic gas in Karachi, military chemical and nuclear specialists are called in.

From Pakistan Today, a policeman is killed and two others injured by an IED blast in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, election results in Afghanistan are already under dispute.

From The Hans India, according to Finance Minister Nirmala, the Indian government will soon announce measures to deal with the impact of the coronavirus on industry.

From the Hindustan Times, India is expected to produce record amounts of wheat and rice this year.

From ANI, the Indian Air Force will send a C-17 airplane to evacuated Indian citizens from Wuhan, China.

From India Today, U.S. President Trump's planned visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra, India might run into some monkey business.

From The New Indian Express, Muslim college girls in Bulandshahr, India are harassed for not wearing burqas.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 200,000 travellers arriving in Bangladesh undergo coronavirus screening.

From the Daily Mirror, according to the Archbishop of Colombo, Catholics can not be satisfied with the investigation of the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

From the Colombo Page, the International Organization for Migration launches a media campaign against human trafficking in Sri Lanka.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian reporter demonizes the IDF soldier protecting him and other journalists.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo is "upbeat" about his country hosting World Cup basketball.

From The Straits Times, according to a Chinese study, "most coronavirus infections are mild".

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's 2020 census will get underway in July.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian government will rethink its strategy on Visit Malaysia 2020 due to the coronavirus.

From The Sun Daily, a magistrate's court in Johor Baru, Malaysia orders a man who stepped on the Koran to undergo a mental health assessment.

From The Mainichi, Japanese businesses shift toward teleworking in response to the coronavirus.

And from Gatestone Institute, the response from Islamists to President Trump's peace plan.

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