Friday, May 15, 2020

Friday Fuss - Part 2

As a warm sunny Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, the number of coronavirus cases in Morocco takes a downward trend.

From Hürriyet Daily News, four mayors in Turkey are detained for alleged terrorism connections.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey suspends a judge over social media posts supporting a member of Grup Yorum.

From Rûdaw, according to a Human Rights Watch researcher, killings at protests should be a "top priority" for Iraq's new government.

From In-Cyprus, only primary and lower secondary school students will return to school on May 21st.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian Democratic Forces reportedly seize a bank in Hassakeh, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, the real Nabka was not suffered by Arabs.

From The Times Of Israel, two Likud knessetcritters reportedly contend for Israel's education ministry.  (A knessetcritter is the Israeli equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)

From The Jerusalem Post, 10 commandments for Israel's new government.

From YNetNews, Jordan warns of a "massive conflict" if Israel annexes parts of the West Bank.

From the Egypt Independent, six Egyptian judges and prosecutors contract the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, in the governorate of North Sinai, Egypt's armed forces send seven terrorists to their virgins.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia gets a new bus depot.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi researchers develop a diagnostic test for the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, Arabs remember the Nabka, what they call the establishment of Israel.

From Radio Farda, coronavirus cases rise in three Iranian provinces.

From IranWire, is it time for "a NATO for human rights"?

From Dawn, according to Pakistani minister Asad Umar, despite the rising number of coronavirus cases, Pakistan's health care system is not in danger of collapsing.

From The Express Tribune, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan "will have to learn to live with" the coronavirus.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab will reopen public transportation, but Sindh will not.

From Khaama Press, the Taliban demands investigations into recent attacks in Kabul and in the Afghan province of Nangarhar.

From The Hans India, the Myanmar military hand 22 insurgents over to Indian government.

From the Hindustan Times, 14 out of 82,834 people returning to the Indian state of Uttarakhand have tested positive for the coronavirus.

From ANI, 1.2 million passengers have reached their home states via India's "Shramik Special" trains.

From India Today, the Indian state of Bihar seeks to extend its coronavirus to the end of May.

From the Dhaka Tribune, three more Rohingyas test positive for the coronavirus at camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, two Sri Lankan districts issue landslide warnings.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy is instructed to establish a contingent to protect a temple.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands tightens its coronavirus restrictions as a "surge" looms.

From TellyChakkar, an Indian Hindu actress is threatened for playing a Muslim character.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian Ulema Council and Muhammadiyah advise Indonesian Muslims to pray at home during Idul Fitri.

From The Straits Times, according to National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, it's too early to discuss which countries Singapore will ease its coronavirus travel restrictions with.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian armed forces will tighten border security to prevent another coronavirus cluster.

From Free Malaysia Today, 113 illegal aliens are arrested in a raid in Selayang Baru, Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam shares its coronavirus fighting experience with the U.S.-Asia Institute.

From The Mainichi, according to a study, about 0.6 percent of Tokyo residents have coronavirus antibodies.

And from Gatestone Institute, Human Rights Watch carries water for Hamas.

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