Monday, October 26, 2020

Monday Links - Part 2

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

From Morocco World News, Morocco's Supreme Council of Ulemas condemns attacks on Islam and the prophet Mohammed.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan calls for a boycott on French products.

From Turkish Minute, activists in Europe protest against human rights violations in Turkey.

From Rûdaw, according to the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's daughter, his right-hand man Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri has died.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian Minister of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Azerbaijani forces have not been able to break the front line in Artsakh for the entire day.

From In-Cyprus, coronavirus tests will be given to students in Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus starting tomorrow.

From The Syrian Observer, as Damascus experiences a shortage of medicine, pharmacists are accused of monopolization.

From Arutz Sheva, first and second grade students return to school in Israel starting next Sunday.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's state comptroller cites "significant shortcomings" in Israel's coronavirus pandemic response.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan, the members of the U.N. Security Council must designate Hezbollah as a terrorist entity.

From YNetNews, Hamas releases three Palestinian peace campaigners whom they detained this past April for meeting with Israelis on Zoom.

From the Egypt Independent, President Abdel al-Sisi extends Egypt's state of emergency for three more months.

From Egypt Today, the dam talks are set to resume tomorrow.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the dam talks are set to resume tomorrow.

From the Saudi Gazette, the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia launches a new mechanism to receive domestic workers.

From StepFeed, Beirut-based Syrian-Filipino rapper Chyno puts out a new album.

From The New Arab, police protesters again clash in Baghdad.

From Radio Farda, the CEO of Iran's equivalent of YouTube is sentenced to 10 years in prison for a video uploaded by a user.  (What is this "freedom of expression" you speak of?)

From IranWire, a week of censorship and punishment in Iran.

From Dawn, Pakistan's National Assembly unanimously passes a resolution against "blasphemous sketches".

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan condemns France for the republication of the Mohammed cartoons.

From Pakistan Today, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan lowers the price of the anti-coronavirus drug remdesivir.

From Khaama Press, a U.S. military commander defies a claim by the Taliban of a ceasefire violation.

From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Statue of Unity and sea-plane service during his visit to the state of Gujarat.

From the Hindustan Times, Indian security forces in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir send one terrorist to his virgins and capture another.

From ANI, four Nepali citizens are arrested in connection with a robbery in the Indian state of Telangana.

From India Today, India and the U.S. will sign a military deal.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Hindu festival Durga Puja ends with idols of the goddess Durga being dumped into a river.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan cabinet decides to let routine economic activities to continue.

From the Colombo Page, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow.

From Maldives Insider, five reasons why the Milaidhoo resort in the Maldive Islands is perfect for getaways.

From The Jakarta Post, three activists in the Indonesian province of Maluku are convicted of treason for raising the flag of the South Maluku Republic.

From The Straits Times, Singapore will import electricity from Malaysia in a two-year pilot program.

From the Borneo Post, after a three-hour meeting, Malaysia's cabinet ministers keep quiet.

From Free Malaysia Today, two activists black out Chinese words on street signs in George Town, Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc orders Vietnam to brace for the approaching storm Molave.

From The Mainichi, two Vietnamese men are arrested in Ota, Japan for allegedly overstaying their visas and stealing piglets,  (This gives new meaning to a Beatles song which asks, "have you seen the little piggies?")

And from Gatestone Institute, Iran's Mullahs are the masters of the world's terror cells.

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