Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Tuesday Links - Part 2

As a warm for October Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Morocco launches a campaign against abuse and violence toward children.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan criticizes French President Macron for using the term "French Islam".

From Turkish Minute, Turkish police detain two of the 11 judges and prosecutors dismissed from the legal profession due to alleged Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, a new stretch of highway opens in the Iraqi provinces of Erbil and Duhok.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian Defense Minister Artsun Hovhannisyan, Azerbaijani forces have replicated terrorist-style tactics in villages near the front line.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus reports a daily high of 152 new coronavirus cases.

From The Syrian Observer, Turkey starts withdrawing its forces from its largest post in the Syrian region of Hama.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF attacks underground Hamas infrastructure in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

From The Times Of Israel, two Holocaust survivors reunite after 71 years thanks to a Yom Kippur prayer on Zoom.

From The Jerusalem Post, a meeting of Israel's coronavirus cabinet is postponed as a debate over schools continues.

From YNetNews, the IDF exposes a terror tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, because of financial problems, the dam construction could stall.

From Egypt Today, a look at the diversity in age, sex and party affiliation of the 100 Egyptian senators appointed by President Abdel al-Sisi.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, 14 foreigners are arrested at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for alleged drug smuggling.

From the Saudi Gazette, about 125,000 pilgrims perform the Umrah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia without any reported coronavirus cases.

From The New Arab, a Syrian girl who started to make videos to show suffering in the area of Ghouta at age 10 is nominated for the 2020 International Children's Peace Prize.

From Radio Farda, Iran suffers a shortage of insulin.

From IranWire, three Iranian transgenders are arrested because of posts made on Instagram.

From Dawn, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar are booked for allegedly "damaging public order".

From The Express Tribune, an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan injures at least six people.

From Pakistan Today, the police inspector general of the Pakistani province of Sindh defers his leave and asks his officers to do the same.

From Khaama Press, in the province of Kandahar, Afghan security forces send 50 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, India has no problems with its oxygen supply.

From the Hindustan Times, according to ICMR Director General Balaram Bhargava, recovered coronavirus patients can be reinfected.

From ANI, Odissa state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urges people to be cautious during India's upcoming festival season.

From India Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminds India that the coronavirus is "still here".

From the Dhaka Tribune, a teacher at a madrassa in Chittagong, Bangladesh allegedly committed one rape every night.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan customs authorities seize 80 barrels of illegally imported ethanol stock.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court decides that some parts of the proposed 20th constitutional Amendment should be subject to a public referendum.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands launches a marketing campaign in France.

From The Jakarta Post, protesters against Indonesia's new Job Creation Law take to the streets again.

From The Straits Times, Singapore could enter Phase 3 of its reopening from its coronavirus measures by the end of 2020.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian police 2, foreign break-in suspects 0.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Conditional Movement Control Order may be lifted in the Malaysian state of Selangor if its coronavirus infection rate goes down to 0.3 in the next seven days.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese legislature meets online on the first day of its 10th sitting.

From The Mainichi, U.S. military planes fly low and cause noise pollution in Kitahiroshima, Japan.

And from Gatestone Institute, "the dark side of religious sects" in Turkey.

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