As a warm partly cloudy turns sunny, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, according to an astronomer, Morocco will celebrate Eid Al Adha on July 31st.
From Hürriyet Daily News, after an administrative court annuls a 1934 decision to turning the Hagia Sophia into a museum, Turkish President Erdoğan signs a decree turning it back into a mosque.
From Turkish Minute, the bodies of six more migrants are recovered from Lake Van in eastern Turkey.
From Rûdaw, according to a U.N. official, 700 people died in camps for ISIS families in Syria.
From Armenian News, the U.S. Department of State plans to hire an advisor to help Armenia's efforts to fight corruption. (The story comes via The Armenian Reporter, but may also be read in Russian at Russia Today.)
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's health ministry issues revised instructions for glove use.
From The Syrian Observer, residents of the Syrian region of Idleb use smugglers to enter Turkey.
From Arutz Sheva, 12 foreign ambassadors and diplomats visit Israel's northern border.
From The Times Of Israel, after meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, self-employed Israelis plan a major protest for tomorrow.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's spy satellite Ofek 16 keeps watch over Iran.
From YNetNews, tourism workers hope that locals can save Israel's struggling industry.
From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian armed forces conduct maneuvers in the country's Western Military Region.
From Egypt Today, Egypt rejects Ethiopia's latest dam proposal.
From the Saudi Gazette, women constitute 27.5 percent of Saudi Arabia's labor market.
From StepFeed, the UAE's mission to Mars is about survival the future of the Arab region.
From The New Arab, more on the Hagia Sophia being converted back into a mosque.
From Radio Farda, the Iranian Supreme Court upholds the death penalty for three protesters arrested last November.
From IranWire, Iraqi Kurdistan's ministry of health warns of a coronavirus surge after Iranians storm a border checkpoint.
From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announces a subsidy for a housing project.
From The Express Tribune, the U.S. bans Pakistan International Airlines from its airports due to dubious pilot licenses.
From Pakistan Today, according to Imran, the Pakistani government is committed to controlling locusts.
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces in the province of Paktiya send two terrorists, including one from Pakistan, to their virgins.
From The Hans India, India's space sector was locked down during the first half of 2020.
From the Hindustan Times, an earthmover is seen dumping the bodies of three people dead from the coronavirus into a river in Nellore, India.
From ANI, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will allow religious places to stay open during a coronavirus lockdown.
From India Today, some locals in Poonthura, India attack health workers after someone in the area is identified as a coronavirus "super-spreader".
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's National Technical Advisory Committee recommends that four districts should not have cattle markets due to the coronavirus.
From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan Army Commander Shavendra Silva, reports of areas being subjected to lockdown have been greatly exaggeration.
From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lanka's election chief, newspapers should inform the public about the country's election laws and the penalties for violating them.
From Maldives Insider, a look at guesthouse culture in the Maldives Islands.
From The Jakarta Post, why HIV care services must continue operating during the coronavirus pandemic.
From The Straits Times, live results from Singapore's general election.
From the Borneo Post, non-contact sports competition will be allowed in Malaysia starting on July 15th.
From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysia's chief justice, judges have no role in cases when attorneys general withdraw charges. (I can think of a certain retired American general who might agree with this sort of thing.)
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and the U.S. move forward in economic and trade relations.
From The Mainichi, the U.S. holds parachute training on the Japanese island of Okinawa despite requests from local governments to stop.
And from Gatestone Institute, how Turkish President Erdoğan's attempt to use migrants to blackmail Greece and the E.U. failed.
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