Monday, March 2, 2020

March Monday Mania - Part 2

As a rather mild Monday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Morocco confirms its first case of the coronavirus.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey will maintain trade with Iraq and Iran through buffer zones.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey allows young Syrians to return to Idlib so that they can fight against the Syrian government.

From Rûdaw, how far will Turkey's latest offensive in Syria go?

From In-Cyprus, an Indian citizen tests negative for the coronavirus at a hospital in Limassol, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, Turkish President Erdoğan allegedly uses lies and deception to justify Turkey's actions in northern Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, according to exit polls for the Israeli election, Likud has 37 seats in the Knesset, with Blue and White getting 33.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claims victory as the right-wing bloc appears to have 60 Knesset seats.

From The Jerusalem Post, more on Netanyahu's victory and the 60 seats won by his side.

From YNetNews, Israeli voter turnout reaches a 21-year high.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt warns Ethiopia against doing any dam filling.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's health minister receives 1,000 coronavirus detectors while in China.

From StepFeed, why Arab countries should establish a minimum wage for domestic workers.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Jordan each report its first case of the coronavirus.

From Radio Farda, the U.K., France and Germany offer Iran five million euros to combat the coronavirus.

From IranWire, Iran's Revolutionary Guards put further pressure on medical workers.

From Dawn, the licenses of 25 schools in Karachi, Pakistan are suspended for staying open despite an order from the Sindh provincial government.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan tells Afghanistan that there is no need to involve the U.S. in bilateral issues.

From Khaama Press, U.S. airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan send six ISIS terrorists to their virgins.

From News18, three people are killed at a soccer game by a bomb carried on a bicycle.

From The Hans India, 11 chairs will be established to honor India's female scientists.

From the Hindustan Times, farmers in Sangrur, India protest against the violence which broke out in Delhi.

From ANI, the Punjab state assembly passes a resolution making the Punjabi language mandatory in state government institutions.

From India Today, the Indian government has no data on the people who have applied for citizenship under the Citizenship Act.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Muslims in two districts of Bangladesh protest against an upcoming visit by Indian Prime Minister Modi.

From the Daily Mirror, passengers arriving in Sri Lanka from Italy are quarantined.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Navy finds 281 kilos of cannabis floating in the sea.

From Eternity, Christians are pushed to the brink by Boko Haram in Cameroon.

From the Mirror, eight people are caned for extra-marital sex in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

From The Algemeiner, there is only one country in the Middle East which truly has religious freedom.

From The Jakarta Post, President Joko Widodo announces Indonesia's first two confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

From The Straits Times, two more coronavirus cases are confirmed in Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, two people are arrested for allegedly insulting Malaysia's king on Facebook.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian doctor is praised for quarantining himself.

From The Mainichi, a Japanese companies turns the tables on plastic waste.

And from Gatestone Institute, why are Palestinians dying in prisons run by Hamas?

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