Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Wednesday Links - Part 2

As a mild windy Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, according to a study, the LGBTQ people in Morocco want to engage in politics.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, a mobile app will be used to track inter-city travel in Turkey.

From Turkish Minuteİstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu files a criminal complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu for investigations targeting him.

From Rûdaw, the residents of Erbil, Iraq face water shortages.

From In-Cyprus, beaches and restaurants in Paphos, Cyprus prepare for phase two of the country's plan to exit its coronavirus lockdown.

From The Syrian Observer, 100 bodies are exhumed from a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei against threatening a "final solution".

From The Times Of Israel, Khamenei tries to explain his "final solution" poster.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a survey, 39 percent of Israelis think that the country is returning to normal too fast.

From YNetNews, according to some of its officials, the Palestinian Authority will end its security ties with Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will reduce the salaries of public servants by one percent for over a year in order to fight the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Lebanon discuss bilateral relations and regional matters over the phone.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia reportedly buys 600,000 tons of wheat from two international tenders.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's two Holy Mosques are nearly deserted on the 27th day of Ramadan.

From The New Arab, an Iranian man in Kayseri, Turkey is arrested for allegedly hanging to dry a towel resembling the U.K. flag.

From Radio Farda, Amnesty International calls for Iranian security forces who reportedly killed 304 protesters last November to be brought to justice.

From IranWire, more on Khamenei's "final solution" poster.

From Dawn, a former governor of the province of Balochistan dies from the coronavirus at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Supreme Court is "fully cognisant" of the coronavirus danger in the country.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government proposes amendments to the country's election laws.

From Khaama Press, in a clash outside the city of Kunduz, Afghan forces send more than 50 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, a 15-year-old girl from the India state of Bihar travels almost 1,200 kilometers by bicycle with her father as a passenger to return home.

From the Hindustan Times, cyclone Amphan strikes the Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal.

From ANI, more on cyclone Amphan.

From India Today, a sonic boom heard near Bengaluru, India came from an air force test flight.

From the Dhaka Tribune, cyclone Amphan strikes Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, 12 Sri Lankan naval personnel recover from the coronavirus.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Election Commission tells the Sri Lankan Supreme Court that elections can't be held on June 20th.

From Maldives Insider, Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announces a plan for easing the country's coronavirus lockdown and reopening its borders.

From The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia is "drowning" under huge piles of trash.

From The Straits Times, how the coronavirus brought huge cities in southeastern Asia to a standstill.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysians returning from abroad will have to pay half the cost of their quarantines in hotels.

From Free Malaysia Today, recoveries from the coronavirus outnumber new infections two to one in Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presents the country's National Assembly a proposal to ratify a free trade agreement with the E.U.

From The Mainichi, a Japanese company develops a device that helps people turn a doorknob without directly touching it.

And from Gatestone Institute, Palestinian journalists have a "black day".

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