As a rather pleasant Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, a former Japanese justice minister and his legislator wife are arrested for alleged vote buying.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam notifies the E.U. that their bilateral free trade deal has been ratified.
From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian ministry of health warns against misusing the drug dexamthasone.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Selangor allows non-Muslim houses of worship to reopen.
From The Straits Times, all you need to know about Phase 2 of Singapore's reopening of its economy.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia reports a record number of new coronavirus cases.
From Maldives Insider, a coronavirus testing lab is being built at a Maldivian airport.
From the Daily Mirror, how modern human adapted to Sri Lanka's rainforests in prehistoric times.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa looks to attract new investments from the E.U.
From the Dhaka Tribune, due to fears of a coronavirus lockdown, Bangladeshis stockpile essential items.
From The Hans India, India's first mobile coronavirus testing lab is launched in Delhi.
From the Hindustan Times, Maoists in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh send a female fighter home after she develops coronavirus-like symptoms.
From ANI, the Ladakh Buddist Association pays tribute to Indian soldiers killed in the clash with Chinese soldiers. (Ladakh is the name of the territory along whose border the clash took place.)
From India Today, the Indian army issues new "robust" rules of engagement in Ladakh in response to the clash with Chinese troops.
From Khaama Press, why the Taliban's leader appointed the group's new military chief.
From Dawn, a "smart lockdown" starts in coronavirus-stricken parts of Karachi, Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan is ranked fourth as a refugee-hosting country.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan reopens its border with Iran near the town of Taftan for seven days to allow trade.
From Radio Farda, the Iranian navy tests "new generation" cruise missiles in the Gulf of Oman.
From IranWire, Iran forces journalists and activists to repent on Twitter.
From The New Arab, Jordan's foreign minister makes a surprise visit to Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah, West Bank to coordinate a response Israel's possible annexation plans.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian security forces plan to intensify their efforts to catch coronavirus protocol violators.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, the dam talks are suspended.
From the Egypt Independent, 23 Egyptians who were detained by a militia in Tarhuna, Libya arrive back in Egypt.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi watches two men get knocked off their motorbike in a collision with a car, and gives them helmets.
From Arutz Sheva, the IDF unveils its newest drone.
From The Times Of Israel, according to Israel's anti-racism czar, Israeli police racially profile Ethiopians.
From The Jerusalem Post, according to a winemaker in the Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh in Samaria, giving up on the place would be like giving up on the Temple Mount.
From YNetNews, Israel gets ready for a post-coronavirus wave of Jewish immigration.
From The Syrian Observer, both ISIS and the Syrian government are accused of conducting a massacre in the region of Raqqa.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus swears in a new Supreme Court President.
From Panorama, former Armenian President Robert Korcharyan, charged over events occurring after the country's 2008 elections, is released on bail. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From Rûdaw, in northern Iraq, Turkish airstrikes kill a shepherd.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey makes face masks in public mandatory in the provinces of Istanbul, Ankara and Bursa.
From Morocco World News, a Spanish newspaper accuses Morocco of trying to empty the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla by luring Jewish business owners out of the two places.
From Summit News, Iran holds an exhibit depicting U.S. policemen as Nazis and klansmen.
From Al Arabiya, Syrian refugees file a suit against Qatar's Doha Bank for allegedly funding terrorism.
From NDTV, a mortar explosion kills nine students at a religious school in northern Afghanistan.
And from Gatestone Institute, ISIS terrorists cannot be permitted to take back Iraq.
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