As a warm sunny Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, Japan plans to shut down 100 coal-fired power plants to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. (The word "dioxide" does not appear in the article.)
From Vietnam Plus, according to spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang, Vietnam is ready to cooperate in the fight against human trafficking.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia will take legal action against the E.U. over its palm oil campaign.
From Free Malaysia Today, a Nigerian convicted of trafficking methamphetamine escapes the death penalty, but is sentenced to 18 years in prison by Malaysia's Federal Court. (As I might have mentioned before, smuggling drugs into or within a Muslim country is a good way to mess up your life for a long time, and losing it is not to be ruled out.)
From The Straits Times, Singapore reports 188 new coronavirus cases, including one imported from outside.
From The Jakarta Post, "life without plastics".
From Maldives Insider, for a cool $199,000 per night, you can rent an entire Maldivian island.
From the Daily Mirror, a Sri Lankan court orders 12 Police Narcotics Bureau officers to be detained and questioned over alleged drug trafficking.
From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa orders candidates to not use his photograph in Sri Lanka's upcoming parliamentary election.
From the Dhaka Tribune, an op-ed asks about the future of the Rohingya Muslims.
From The Hans India, more inhumane treatment of the bodies of coronavirus victims is observed in the outskirts of Bengaluru, India.
From the Hindustan Times, a terrorist and a reserve police officer are killed in an encounter in Srinagar, India.
From ANI, India army personnel kill two Pakistani soldiers after an alleged ceasefire violation in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
From India Today, according to Power Minister R.K. Singh, India will increase its custom duty on Chinese goods and reduce its dependence on them.
From OpIndia, Islamists attack a film director who called them out on their homophobic Tweets.
From Khaama Press, are Afghan nomads a way of life or an armed ethnic group?
From Dawn, the provincial government of Sindh extends the detention of four persons linked to the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani army "vehemently" denies that any Chinese troops are in Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, prime ministerial assistant Dr. Moeed Yusuf denies that Pakistan has exported the coronavirus to other countries.
From Radio Farda, was an explosion at an Iranian nuclear site an accident, sabotage, or a foreign attack?
From IranWire, Tehran is a city of man-made disasters and the deaths of innocent people.
From The New Arab, an Italian MEP accuses Algeria of oppressing the indigenous Amazigh ethnic group.
From StepFeed, fitting in at school doesn't always prepare students for the future.
From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen warns the Houthis against attacking civilians.
From the Egypt Independent, a death sentence given to a monk for murdering a bishop at an Egyptian monastery is commuted to life in prison.
From Egypt Today, Egypt removes about 40 tons of waste from the bottom of the Red Sea.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli police start a large-scale operation to enforce coronavirus measures.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announces renewed restrictions on gatherings, prayers and events.
From The Jerusalem Post, whatever happened to the promised renovation of the egalitarian section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem?
From YNetNews, Israel sees a rise in STDs despite its coronavirus lockdown.
From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian government worries about Russians meeting with Alawites.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's Fisheries Department urges beach visitors to comply with rules for protecting turtles.
From Panorama, the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Translators. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From Rûdaw, Iraqi border guards set up five bases at "strategic" places in the district of Zakho.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's highest administrative court will announce a decision on the status of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in two weeks.
From Turkish Minute, two TV channels critical of the Turkish government are given five-day bans and threatened with permanent suspensions. (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)
From Morocco World News and the "put up or shut up" department, Morocco demands answers from Amnesty International to support its allegation that the Moroccan government waged cyber attacks on activists and journalists.
From The National Herald, according to academics, Turkey's plan to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque is motivated by politics rather than religion. (This idea assumes, as is common in the West but is not always true elsewhere, that politics and religion are two different things.)
From RAIR Foundation, Danish politician Rasmus Paludan heads to prison for the "crime" of "racism" for remarks critical of Islam. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From The Tundra Tabloids, Finnish lawmaker Sebastian Tynkkynen loses his appeal against being fined for a fact-based Facebook post about Islam. (If you read Finnish, read the story at MTV Uutiset.)
From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority and Fatah call cooperation with Israel "treason". (The last four links and the OpIndia link above come via The Religion Of Peace.)
And from Gatestone Institute, the U.S. should review its religious freedom report on India.
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