As a pleasant but manic Monday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Morocco's eventual border reopening won't significantly help tourism.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish drillship Kanuni prepares to start drilling for natural gas in the Black Sea.
From Turkish Minute, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's office issues 60 detention warrants for lawyers for alleged "terrorism under the guise of practicing law".
From Rûdaw, the Iraqi government submits its 2020 budget to parliament nine months late.
From Panorama, former Armenian Finance Minister Gagik Khachatryan fails to attend a court hearing due to health problems. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, Paphos, Cyprus plant to build pedestrian overpasses on busy roads near schools.
From The Syrian Observer, according to Syria's White Helmets, wildfires in the region of Idleb are under control.
From Arutz Sheva, the content of the Israel-UAE peace deal will be revealed only after it is signed. (They'll have to sign it to find out what's in it.)
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli police will set up hundreds of checkpoints and impose high fines during the impending coronavirus lockdown.
From The Jerusalem Post, what should Israel do to achieve an effective coronavirus lockdown?
From YNetNews, Israelis brace for a lockdown that will run during the New Year and High Holidays.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's floating hotels in Luxor and Aswan will reopen in October.
From Egypt Today, Sudan reportedly might not join today's round of dam negotiations.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia changes its currency notes and establishes a new one.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia will lift travel restrictions on its citizens starting next January 1st.
From The New Arab, Palestinians plan to mourn the signing of the Israel-UAE deal as a "black day".
From Radio Farda, Iran claims that 1,044 centrifuges are operating at an underground plant.
From IranWire, a tale of two ayatollahs.
From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan wants severe penalties for rapists.
From The Express Tribune, one of the highway gang-rape suspects is arrested and "confesses".
From Pakistan Today, another rapist, who murdered his victims, gets the death penalty.
From Khaama Press, Afghan security officials in the province of Nangarhar find an ammunition warehouse in a hospital.
From The Hans India, a new terminal at the Koshuk Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh, India will be able to accommodate about two million passengers.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian government bans the export of onions.
From India Today, gyms in Delhi, India reopen under coronavirus precautions.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's cabinet tightens the country's laws on drones.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's Transport Ministry will introduce demerit points for drivers licenses.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities arrest the sister of an underworld leader and her boyfriend.
From Maldives Insider, you can live and work for 30 days at the Grand Park Kodhipparu resort in the Maldive Islands.
From Al Arabiya, Iran is reportedly considering trying to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa in revenge for the killing of terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia starts a food estate program in the province of North Sumatra.
From The Straits Times, a smart carpark at the Nanyang Technological University's Jurong campus records license plates and bills each car's owner.
From the Borneo Post, 608 people have been arrested at pubs and nightclubs for violating Malaysia's Recovery Movement Control Order.
From Free Malaysia Today, the foreign spouses and children of Malaysian citizens can now apply to enter Malaysia.
From Vietnam Plus, Cotton Day 2020 will take place virtually on September 22nd and will involve scholars from Vietnam and the U.S.
From The Mainichi, meet the soon-to-be new boss in Japan.
And from The Mainichi, "how Hamas plans to destroy Lebanon".
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