As a sunny breezy Saturday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, Mitsubishi Aircraft plans to cut over half its personnel in a restructuring effort.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam reports one new imported coronavirus case.
Form the Borneo Post, Malaysia's security minister advises against having more than 20 people in one house.
From Free Malaysia Today, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, humans are once again allowed to visit the orangutans and sun bears.
From The Straits Times, fears of a second coronavirus wave arise from a spate of new cases at a food market in Beijing.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian Community of Churches releases conveying their "deep concerns" over the handling of seven Papuan protesters facing treason charges.
From Maldives Insider, a surfer recounts his travels in the Maldive Islands.
From the Daily Mirror, if the men's Asia Cup takes place this year, it will most likely be in Sri Lanka.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests two suspected drug smugglers carrying 104 pounds of Kerala cannabis.
From the Dhaka Tribune, protesters in Jamalpur, Bangladesh demand the release of seven farmers.
From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discusses the coronavirus situation in Delhi.
From the Hindustan Times, the foreign ministers of India, China and Russia plan to hold a virtual meeting on June 22nd.
From ANI, 127 recruits formally join the Ladakh Scouts.
From India Today, home-grown terror in the Kashmir Valley declines due to the coronavirus.
From Khaama Press, the Taliban issues a warning to the perpetrators of recent mosque bombings in Kabul.
From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan rules out another coronavirus lockdown despite recommendations from the provincial government of Punjab.
From The Express Tribune, a "smart lockdown" is imposed in 1,292 localities in Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, according to an editorial, the Pakistani government's competence will be tested by locusts.
From Radio Farda, a series of fires in Iran raises concerns about possible arson.
From IranWire, computer scientists help Iranians get past their government's online censorship.
From the Saudi Gazette, a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militia is intercepted near Hajran, Saudi Arabia.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, a look at the lives of rural women in Africa.
From the Egypt Independent, the dam talks are stalling.
From Egypt Today, has Cleopatra's tomb been found?
From Arutz Sheva, three of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's security guards test positive for the coronavirus.
From The Times Of Israel, the U.S. issues a security alert after cars are torched in Jaffa, Israel.
From The Jerusalem Post, two IDF soldiers defend a Palestinian man from a crowd of Jewish settlers.
From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, Zionism has never been about "all or nothing".
From In-Cyprus, for the fifth time, Cyprus has no new coronavirus cases in a single day.
From Panorama, the Azerbaijani military allegedly commits 900 ceasefire violations in a week along the line of control with Artsakh. (Artsakh is a breakaway region in Azerbaijan, whose population is mostly Armenian. It is also known as Nagorno-Karabakh. The story comes via The Armenian Reporter.)
From Rûdaw, two rockets land at a military training base north of Baghdad, but no casualties are reported.
From Hürriyet Daily News, normalization begins at the ancient site of Göbeklitepe, near Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities will investigate critics of online concerts organized by the Communications Directorate of the presidential office. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From Morocco World News, a German-Polish couple drives around Morocco and records its music.
And from Gatestone Institute, there is finally a good snap-back plan for dealing with Iran.
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