Friday, August 7, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As a sunny Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Morocco's momentum in Western Sahara displeases Algeria's ambassador to Serbia.

From Hürriyet Daily News, President Erdoğan announces Turkey's resumption of its search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish Airlines will require travelers to Germany to take coronavirus tests.

From Rûdaw, airstrikes, allegedly by Turkish planes, set farmlands on fire in the Iraqi province of Sulaimani.

From Panorama, Armenia's parliament speaker and an opposition leader go at each other.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot rescue teams get to work in Beirut, Lebanon.

From The Syrian Observer, according to Syria's Response Coordination Group, there have been 2,036 ceasefire violations in the region on Idleb since March.

From Arutz Sheva, the leader of Hezbollah denies responsibility for the explosions in Beirut.

From The Times Of Israel, according to the chief of the IDF, Iran was behind a recent attack on Israel's border with Syria.

From The Jerusalem Post, the leader of Hezbollah threatened to blow up Israel with the same type of chemicals that exploded in Beirut.

From YNetNews, Israel has "young rebels with a cause".

From the Egypt Independent, travelers to Egypt are required to have a coronavirus test certificate.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian expats will be able vote in the country's senatorial elections by mail.

From the Ethiopia Monitor, an Ethiopian citizen was killed in the blasts in Beirut.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia sends planeloads of medicine, shelter kits and foods to Lebanon to help the victims of the Beirut blasts.

From The New Arab, Lebanese police use tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators.

From Radio Farda, more warnings are made about dangerous chemicals in Tehran.

From IranWire, remembering Flight PS752 victim Shadi Jamshidi.

From Dawn, the Pakistani province of Punjab sees a "sudden surge" in new coronavirus cases after Eidul Azha.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan donates eight tonnes of food and medical supplies to Lebanon.

From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, any officer involved in corruption will be fired.

From Khaama Press, the life story of Afghanistan's first Olympic medalist will be the subject of a Hollywood movie.

From The Hans India, an Air India flight from Dubai overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode, India and splits into two.

From the Hindustan Times, more on the airplane landing accident in Kozhikode, India.

From ANI, the leader of India's Congress Party urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to designate Bengali as a classical language.

From India Today, more on the airplane landing accident in Kozhikode, India.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the flood situation in the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins in Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, eight women are elected to Sri Lanka's parliament.

From the Colombo Page, warrants are issued for the arrests of the mayor of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka and four other people for the demolition of a historical building.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldivian island of Amilla may be rented in its entirety.

From Emergency Live, Twitter explodes with the hashtag "India needs a hospital, not a mosque".

From The Star, non-Muslim houses of worship in the Malaysian state of Negri Sembalan reportedly need government approval to hold events.

From Yahoo News, Egyptian women start posting accounts of sexual assaults on social media.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia will start phase III trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech.

From The Straits Times, a former mosque official in Singapore is given eight weeks in jail for misappropriating donated money.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism will be held physically and virtually due to the coronavirus.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia seeks help from the U.S. on the Rohingya refugee matter.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam exports 3.9 million tonnes of rice in the first seven months of 2020.

From The Mainichi, A-bomb hibakusha groups in seven Japanese prefectures consider suspending or disbanding their activities.

And from Gatestone Institute, the Chinese genocide machine in the region of Xinjiang.

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