As a warm sunny Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, the stray goat living on a slope above railroad tracks in Sakura, Japan is lured to safety.
From Vietnam Plus, over 1,450 tourists stranded in Da Nang, Vietnam will return to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.
From the Borneo Post, former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife, and a businesswoman are charged with corruption and money laundering.
From Free Malaysia Today, according to the chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, law enforcement officers may have protected illegal businesses.
From The Straits Times, Singapore reports 61 new coronavirus cases, the fewest for one day since April 2nd.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government's decision to reopen schools does not please teachers.
From Maldives Insider, manta rays may be seen in Hanifaru Bay in the Maldive Islands.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka will reopen its prisons to visitors on August 15th.
From the Colombo Page, the new Sri Lankan cabinet will be sworn in tomorrow at the historic Magul Maduwa audience hall.
From the Dhaka Tribune, four districts in Bangladesh are still in a flood situation.
From The Hans India, India's coronavirus recovery rate approaches 70 percent.
From the Hindustan Times, according to the chief of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust, Pakistanis who have faith in the deity Ram may visit his temple in Ayodhya, India.
From India Today, India is among the countries interesting Russia's new coronavirus vaccine.
From OpIndia, a lawyer who filed a petition against an illegal mosque in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is shot at.
From Khaama Press, schools in Afghanistan are set to reopen on August 21st.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistani and U.S. officials discuss regional stability, as Pakistan reaffirms its support for peace in Afghanistan.
From Pakistan Today, according to planning minister Asad Umar, Pakistan is on the road to recovery from the coronavirus, but "danger still lurks".
From Radio Farda, Iran sentences two people for spying and arrests several other alleged spies.
From IranWire, Iranian President Rouhani urges a "moderate path" for upcoming religious ceremonies.
From The New Arab, Lebanon observes a minute of silence of the victims of the Beirut blast.
From StepFeed, the people of Lebanon have learned to be self-sufficient.
From the Saudi Gazette, maintenance on the Kaaba in Mecca is completed.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, five people are killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in southern Ethiopia.
From the Egypt Independent, at Sudan's request, Egypt stops the dam negotiations.
From Egypt Today, the first day of voting in Egypt's senatorial elections concludes.
From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, the real rebels are those who defend Israel.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is reportedly demanding changes to his deal with Defense Minister Gantz to keep their coalition government intact.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli police work around the clock to find incendiary and explosive devices delivered by balloons from the Gaza Strip.
From YNetNews, Israel threatens a "harsh response" to the incendiary balloons.
From The Syrian Observer, Turkish troops set up a new observation post in the Syrian province of Latakia.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's humanitarian aid to Lebanon is on its way to Beirut.
From Panorama, according to an Armenian analyst, the joint Turkish-Azerbaijani military drills are not different from previous drills. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From Rûdaw, an IED attack targets a U.S.-led coalition convoy in Taji, Iraq.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey shares a map showing the activity of the research ship Oruç Reis.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey's top religious authority defends his giving sermons in the Hagia Sophia while holding a sword.
From Morocco World News, how Moroccan King Mohammed VI is reconciling his country to Africa.
From International Quran News Agency, a Tunisian woman sentenced to six months in prison for making a parody Koran verse about the coronavirus flees to Germany.
From UpNewsInfo, members of a suspected ISIS cell are at large after a raid on a smallholding in Kliprivier, South Africa.
From XinhuaNet, eight Taliban terrorists experience premature detonation.
From Coconuts Jakarta, an Indonesian Islamic group's Independence Day banner gets pulled because some of its design elements resemble a cross. (The last four stories and the one from OpIndia above come via The Religion Of Peace.)
And from Gatestone Institute, "the Palestinian war on history".
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