As a sunny but cool Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Morocco cancels the Marrakech du Rire Festival due to the coronavirus.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey will allow bakeries, pharmacies and hospitals to be opened during the lockdown coming this weekend.
From Rûdaw, medical treatment for the survivors of the chemical weapons attack in Halabja, Iraq is hindered due to the coronavirus.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus aims to have "controlled and gradual" repatriations of its citizens.
From The Syrian Observer, a mass grave of Syrian military troops is exhumed in the city of Raqqa.
From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli government accepts a plan from Defense Minister Naftali Bennett to open the country's economy next week.
From The Times Of Israel, thousands of people protests the "erosion of democracy" under Prime Minister Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel.
From The Jerusalem Post, President Reuven Rivlin sets August 4th as the date for Israel's next elections, if they are necessary.
From YNetNews, Ramadan prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem are banned due to the coronavirus.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt receives a shipment of medical supplies from China to combat the coronavirus.
From Egypt Today, Egypt's health ministry receives over $10 million worth of donations amid the coronavirus crisis.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pays tribute to health workers while visiting a coronavirus treatment center.
From the Saudi Gazette, four people in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are arrested for allegedly selling forged movement permits.
From StepFeed, the app TransferWise is launched in the UAE.
From The New Arab, how the Red Crescent is taking charge of the coronavirus response in the West Bank and Gaza.
From Radio Farda, according to a lawyer who defends political prisoners, fear of the coronavirus dominates an Iranian women's prison.
From IranWire, 100 days after the crash of Ukraine Airlines flight PS752, Iran still refuses to hand over its flight recorder to any country able to extract its information.
From Dawn, 58 percent of coronavirus cases in Pakistan are locally transmitted.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appreciates a debt relief package from the G-20, the IMF, and the World Bank.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's government cuts a key interest rate to stimulate the country's economy.
From Khaama Press, Afghan forces arrest a wounded fighter from Pakistan and kill a Taliban terrorist who was trying to plant roadside bombs.
From The Hans India, according to Rahul Gandhi, who leads the Indian party Congress, lockdown is not a permanent solution to the coronavirus crisis.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian Railways marks its 167th anniversary with its tracks empty of passenger trains.
From ANI, the Indian state of Bihar is taking action over a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the district of Nalanda.
From India Today, the Delhi neighborhood of Shaheen Bagh becomes a coronavirus hotspot, one of 60 identified so far.
From the Dhaka Tribune, thousands of people take to the streets in Bangladesh, demanding food and relief.
From the Daily Mirror, the Government Medical Officers' Association recommends "aggressive testing" and a lockout strategy in Sri Lanka to combat the coronavirus.
From the Colombo Page, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka is concerned about the arrest of a prominent attorney in the investigation of the Easter Sunday terror attacks last year.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldivian capital of Male goes under lockdown for a second day due to the coronavirus.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian embassies try to help their citizens abroad facing hardship amid coronavirus-related restrictions in the countries where they live.
From The Straits Times, Singaporean police put out a video to debunk four rumors.
From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian government rules against allowing e-bazaars to replace traditional Ramadan bazaars while its Movement Control Order is in effect.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak tells red zone workers to not work in green zones.
And from The Mainichi, two men enter an abandoned hotel in Miyazaki, Japan and find a dead body.
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