Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As a warm Tuesday turns rainy and then sunny again, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzales Laya, Spain is ready to allow Moroccans to pass through if Morocco opens its borders.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a family in the Turkish province of Bursa flees from the coronavirus, only to be caught by a flood.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish journalist diagnosed with cancer is released from prison.

From Rûdaw, Turkish aircraft continue to strike in the Iraqi Kurdish district of Zakho for the eighth straight day.

From Armenian News, Armenia's defense minister faces an investigation for an alleged failure to carry out a judicial act.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, nurses in Cyprus call off a planned strike after reaching an agreement with the country's health services organization.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian government releases a detainee after telling his family that he had been killed.

From Arutz Sheva, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan explains how sovereignty is applied.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli aircraft reportedly strike two Iranian sites in Syria.

From The Jerusalem Post, what happens to archaeological sites in the West Bank under U.S. President Trump's peace plan.

From YNetNews, international donors pledge $130 million for UNRWA.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopian agree on 90 percent of the dam points.

From Egypt Today, everything to know about student and tourist trips to Egyptian museums and archaeological sites.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the foreign ministers of Ethiopia and Italy discuss the coronavirus and some dam things.

From the Saudi Gazette, religious scholars support Saudi Arabia's decision to hold a "limited" Hajj.

From The New Arab, according to Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten, Saudi Arabia will allow about 1,000 pilgrims to perform the Hajj this year.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian charity founder is arrested for allegedly insulting the Islamic republic's founder.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From IranWire, 30 Iranian Baha'is are given long prison sentences.

From Dawn, an English cricket official is confident that the Pakistani's team will go ahead with its matches in England despite three players contracting the coronavirus.

From the Express Tribune, Pakistani Hajj applicants who won't be able to make the pilgrimage will get their money back.

From Pakistan Today, "lockdowns, intermittent lockdowns and smart lockdowns".

From Khaama Press, President Mohammad Ghani calls on the Taliban to accept the demands from the Afghan government and people.

From The Hans India, do not divide the Indian army by state or religion.

From the Hindustan Times, the Rath Yatra ceremony in Puri, Odisha, India takes place only with priests participating.

From ANI, the Indian state of Rajasthan combats locusts with drones.

From India Today, a light earthquake strikes in the Indian state of Mizoram, the third quake in three days.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshis continues to deal with "ghost" electricity bills.

From the Daily Mirror, elephant corridors in Sri Lanka are vanishing.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Election Commission rejects over 47,000 applications for postal voting.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands plans to reopen its borders without restrictions on July 15th.

From Coconuts KL, a Malaysian Islamic cleric declares Faceapp to be haram for Muslims.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo calls for better measures for forest fire mitigation.

From The Straits Times, President Halimah Yacob dissolves Singapore's parliament, and issues a writ of election for July 10th.

From the Borneo Post, schools in Malaysia are allowed to modify their reopening procedures.

From Free Malaysia Today, the city government of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia explains why foreigners and refugees are not allowed in the city's wholesale market.

From Vietnam Plus, the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam visits Ho Chi Minh City.

From The Mainchi, the new Japanese supercomputer Fugaku is ranked fastest in the world.

And from Gatestone Institute, a brief history of ProFa in the U.S.

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