As the last Wednesday in October heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, Muslims in Japan face opposition to creating Islamic burial sites.
From Vietnam Plus, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam's railway system needs to be upgraded.
From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Perak passes a bill to lower the age for voting and running for public office.
From Free Malaysia Today, three civil societies slam the arrest of a Malaysian state assemblyman on sedition charges over a Facebook post on protests in Thailand. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From MalayMail, a K-pop group angers Muslims by showing an Islamic shrine and a religious text during a live performance.
From The Straits Times, protesters in Thailand promise to persist even if Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha resigns.
From The Jakarta Post, a watchdog calls on the Indonesian government to increase patrols around the islands in the North Natuna Sea due to reports of illegal fishing by foreigners.
From Maldives Insider, the Addu and Fuvahmulah atolls in the Maldive Islands are declared UNESCO biosphere reserves.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has some firm words for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
From the Colombo Page, Pompeo visits one of the churches bombed by Muslim extremists on Easter of 2019.
From the Dhaka Tribune, a trial for five men accused of gang-rape in Attara, Bangladesh has been in limbo for four years.
From The Hans India, a fire breaks out at a Durga Puja marquee in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata, India.
From the Hindustan Times, India's Supreme Court rules that New Delhi Ordinary citizens can't be harassed for criticizing the government.
From ANI, police in Pune, Maharashtra, India recover two snakes and arrest their would-be smuggler.
From India Today, the China-backed Arakan Army in Myannar again becomes active in areas bordering India.
From Dawn, Pakistan makes face masks mandatory as the country deals with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan releases and deports five Indian spies after the end of their prison terms.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan writes to other Muslim leaders, urging them to unite against Islamophobia.
From Radio Farda, Iranian exporter "pocketed billions" while disguised as homeless people.
From IranWire, the sculptor who turned a tree trunk into a statue of the late Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian is threatened with arrest.
From The New Arab, a Palestinian shoemaker finds a way to express his anger at U.S. President Trump.
From the Saudi Gazette, the Arab Coalition in Yemen intercepts and destroys six more explosive-laden Houthi drones launched at Saudi Arabia.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian government prepares a law on scrapping vehicles.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's Public Prosecution arrests 16 people for allegedly blocking a road while protesting parliamentary election results in the governorate of Qena.
From Egypt Today, according to the grand imam of Al-Azhar, insulting Islam has become a tool to attract votes.
From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli cabinet plans to approve the reopening of synagogues for up to 10 worshipers.
From The Times Of Israel, while observing an IDF drill, Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Lebanon and Hezbollah against attacking Israel.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's coronavirus cabinet is expected to decide on schools and retail businesses tomorrow.
From YNetNews, the Tower of David in Jerusalem is undergoing a major restoration project.
From The Syrian Observer, dozens of Syrian government and Russian fighters are killed in northern Syria.
From In-Cyprus, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides goes into self-isolation after an associate tests positive for the coronavirus.
From ArmenPress, according to Armenian defense ministry official Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Azerbaijan seems to have given control of some areas on the front line to terrorists.
From Rûdaw, villagers in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk fear remnants of ISIS.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey plans to celebrate Republic Day under coronavirus measures.
From Turkish Minute, a Turkish court sentences security officer who worked at the U.S. consulate in İstanbul to five years in prison on terror charges for aiding the Gülen movement.
From Morocco World News, on the eve of Eid Al Mawlid Annabaoui, Moroccan King Mohammed VI pardons 931 prison inmates.
From ABC News, Muslim countries call for a boycott of French products. (I vaguely recall some Americans calling for the same thing after France decided against supporting our invasion of Iraq.)
From The Caldron Pool, a security guard at the Manchester Arena had a "bad feeling" about the suicide bomber but wouldn't approach him for fear of being called a racist, and what do the knife attack in France and "cancel culture" have in common?
And from Gatestone Institute, "the future of Arab normalization with Israel".
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