As the day of the fall equinox heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, nine and a half years after the nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan had its meltdowns, its decommissioning has "no end in sight".
From Vietnam Plus, archaeological evidence shows past locations of Vietnam's National Assembly house.
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, any proven coronavirus vaccine must me made accessible to the whole world.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's Federal Court allow the Sisters in Islam to challenge the state of Selangor's right to pass a law allowing a Syariah High Court to review fatwas.
From The Straits Times, Singapore reports no new coronavirus clusters and only one new case, which is imported.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia reports a record 160 deaths from the coronavirus in one day.
From Maldives Insider, the resort Baros Maldives will reopen on October 1st with a new available residence.
From the Daily Mirror, Buddhist and Catholic leaders in Sri Lanka join to oppose the legalization of cannabis.
From the Colombo Page, the proposed 20th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution is entered into its parliament.
From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government has no intention to impose another lockdown to deal with a second wave of the coronavirus.
From The Hans India, opposition members of India's Rajya Sabha stage a walkout. (The Rajya Sabha is the upper house of India's parliament.)
From the Hindustan Times, India successfully tests High-speed Expendable Aerial Target vehicles on a range in the state of Odisha.
From India Today, India and China agree to stop sending more troops to the front lines in the region of Ladakh.
From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists kill 14 Afghan security forces in an attack in the province of Uruzgan.
From Dawn, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan sentences two people to death in the Baldia factory arson case.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan launches phase-3 clinical trials of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine.
From Pakistan Today, secondary schools in Pakistan will be allowed to restart tomorrow.
From Radio Farda, Iranian parliamentcritters will receive luxury cars and interest-free loans.
From IranWire, why the end of the Iran-Iraq war 33 years ago haunts Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei today.
From The New Arab, representatives of Hamas and Fatah meet in Turkey for reconciliation talks.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia introduces a one-year jail sentence and a 3,000-SR fine for publicly insulting its national flag.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, floods in the Ethiopian region of Afar leave 144,000 people homeless and cause extensive damage.
From the Egypt Independent, a wanted gunman makes his last mistake trying to take on police officers in the Egyptian governorate of Monufiya.
From Egypt Today, Egypt reports an 8.75 percent decline in new coronavirus cases compared to a week earlier.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants demonstrations to be under the same coronavirus rules as other gatherings. (What? He wants laws to be applied consistently?)
From The Times Of Israel, two of Netanyahu's aides are fined for violating coronavirus quarantines.
From The Jerusalem Post, "it took a village" to fail the coronavirus test.
From YNetNews, angered by Arab agreements with Israel, Palestinians quit the chairmanship of the Arab League.
From The Syrian Observer, U.S. forces reportedly enter Syria to move some ISIS leaders and send others to their virgins.
From In-Cyprus, four coronavirus transmission chains totaling 56 cases are found in Larnaca, Cyprus.
From Panorama, dozens of people wanting to return to Russia protest outside the Armenian government building. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From Rûdaw, Kurdistan regional Prime Minister Masrour Barzani condemns "systematic" Arabization in Kirkuk, Iraq.
From Hürriyet Daily News, a Russian-born American journalist is found dead in Istanbul.
From Turkish Minute, a Turkish lieutenant hailed for fighting against the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey is arrested on coup-related charges.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities announce the prosecution of five suspected terrorist who were allegedly planning attacks in several cities.
And from Gatestone Institute, Facebook appears to have no real problem with Holocaust denial.
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