Thursday, September 10, 2020

Thursday Links - Part 2

As a cloudy Thursday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, Japan's Seibu Railway Company sprays the inside of its passenger cars with an antiviral coating.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and China hold their 13th round of negotiations on sea-related issues.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysian Defense Minister Ismail Sabri, convenience stores and restaurants will be allowed to stay open until 2 a.m.

From Free Malaysia Today, downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is hit by flash floods.

From The Straits Times, Singaporean authorities confiscate six "party buses".

From The Jakarta Post, as Jakarta reimposes social restrictions, its civil servants are allowed to work from home.

From Maldives Insider, what you need to know about arriving in the Maldive Islands with a negative coronavirus test.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka will open its first maritime museum in the area of Kalpitiya.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan naval personnel and international experts start salvage work on the fire-stricken oil tanker MT New Diamond.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 15 people are charged in connection with the vigilante killing of a woman in the North Badda area of Dhaka.

From The Hans India, the Indian Supreme Court is shocked to learn that the oldest pending case involving parliamentcritters or state assemblycritters dates from 1983.

From the Hindustan Times, police in the Indian state of Karnataka seize 1,350 kilos of cannabis.

From ANI, two commandos from India's Special Operation Group are killed in an encounter with Maoist terrorists.

From India Today, what's driving the military standoff between China and India?

From Khaama Press, a 10-year-old boy is rescued from kidnappers in the Afghan province of Herat.

From Dawn, at least one person is killed and 10 others injured when a building collapses in Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, authorities in the Pakistani province of Punjab arrest 12 people for alleged involvement in a gang rape on a highway.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan "calls for strict action" in the motorway rape case and the case of a raped and murdered girl in Karachi.

From Radio Farda, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's favorite preacher is accused to buying land in a suspicious manner.

From IranWire, the organization United World Wrestling tries to save an Iranian wrestler facing a death sentence.

From The Conversation, according to a survey, Iranians are become more secular.

From The New Arab, a large fire breaks out at Port of Beirut where a massive explosion took place last month.

From the Saudi Gazette, an e-marriage contract service come into force in Saudi Arabia.

From the Egypt Independent, a minor earthquake occurs in Hurghada, Egypt.

From Egypt Today, the president of Egypt's National Elections Authority announces a timeline for the election of the country's House of Representatives.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel's Coronavirus Cabinet announces a two-week lockdown starting on or before Rosh Hoshannah.

From The Times Of Israel, former Israeli state prosecutor Shai Nitzan accuses Prime Minister Netanyahu of being "full of lies".

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu plans to visit the U.S. to participate in the signing ceremony for the deal with the UAE under strict coronavirus protocols.

From YNetNews, Israel reports a record 1,013 new coronavirus cases in one day.

From The Syrian Observer, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, 62 Syrians returning from Lebanon have been arrested and forcibly disappeared.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus requires face masks on school buses due to the coronavirus.

From Armenian News, Armenian NGOs show their support for jailed Belarusian activists outside that country's embassy.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Rûdaw, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi makes a historic visit to the border between Turkey and the region of Kurdistan.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish and Greek delegations meet at the NATO headquarters in Brussels to discuss issues in the eastern Mediterranean.

From Morocco World News, as Moroccan authorities dismantle a terror cell, one suspect attempts to reach his virgins.

From Palestinian Media Watch, on its TV network, Hamas glorifies suicide bombing and promises that imprisoned terrorists will get a divine reward.

And from Gatestone Institute, the "woke" don't care about Jew hatred.

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