Tuesday Links

Now that I've been back in town, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, the French prefecture of Loire-Atlantique refuses to evacuate migrants from a gym.

From France24, the cathedral of Notre-Dame schedules its first mass since the fire.

From RFI, French police dismantle a neo-Nazi cell.

From El País, two Spanish left-wing parties agree to negotiate to form a "government of cooperation".

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government announces plans to build a fuel pipeline to the Lisbon airport.

From Morocco World News, Swedish police discover that most Moroccan "street children" in Sweden aren't children.

From Malta Today, Malta's Armed Forces rescues 97 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea.

From ANSA, two Egyptian teenage boys who helped prevent a massacre on a hijacked bus will be offered Italian citizenship.

From EuroNews, Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte asks the E.U. to listen to his government's economic plans.

From SwissInfo, a Swiss jihadist held by Kurds wants to return home.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian police boost their ability to combat illegal immigration.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Mr. Bill visits the country that he helped create.

From Ekathimerini, police in Athens, Greece detain two Iraqi men over a knifing incident.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek Parliament is dissolved.

From Novinite, according to Bulgarian Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov, the official proposal to purchase American F-16s will arrive in one week.

From The Sofia Globe, a stone fragment bearing a Greek inscription is found near Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

From Romania Insider, Romanian opposition parties consider possible candidates for presidential and mayoral campaigns.

From Russia Today, the drug case against a Russian journalist is dropped.

From Sputnik International, a Russian Su-27 intercepts two reconnaissance aircraft, one American and the other Swedish, over the Baltic Sea.

From The Moscow Times, in Grozny, Chechnya, high school students fight police.

From TASS, three members of ISIS are convicted terror-related offenses in a court in Moscow.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary expects Romania to restore the Valea Uzului cemetery "to its original state".

From Daily News Hungary, a man is charged with trafficking Hungarian girls to Switzerland and Germany.

From Hungary Today, the sightseeing boat which sank after colliding with a cruise ship is lifted out of the Danube River.

From About Hungary, a Hungarian high school student develops an organic weed killer.

From The Slovak Spectator, a former Slovak secret agent who had been kidnapped in Mali is found alive.

From Radio Praha, Prague's less-known (and less clothed) Mona Lisa goes to France.

From Radio Poland, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak goes to Washington.

From Deutsche Welle, German Health Minister Jens Spahn announces his plan to ban gay conversion therapy.

From the CPH Post, due to a deal involving the Faroe Islands, the British won't have to worry about their post-Brexit supply of fish.

From the NL Times, good dog!

From Dutch News, an American is arrested at Schiphol Airport for having a gun and ammo is his luggage.

From VRT NWS, Belgium is on the alert for tiger mosquitoes.

From the Express, E.U. leader Jean-Claude Juncker complains that the U.K. is more focused on ousting Prime Minister Theresa May than on a Brexit deal.

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid promises to end May's rules on migrants is he succeeds her as prime minister.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according another Tory who would succeed May, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister without an election.

From the (Irish) Independent, a restaurant is ordered to pay a gay bar manager €20,000 because a director kept calling him "queer".

From the Irish Examiner, climate protesters in front of Leinster House douse themselves in fake blood.  (Leinster House is Ireland's parliament building, located in Dublin.  Come to think of it, if there's a Chinese embassy in Ireland, it too would be in Dublin, within reach of these protesters.)

From CBC News, women in Kiselyovsk, Russia ask Prime Minister Trudeau to allow them into Canada as environmental refugees.

From Global News, 9 out of 30 charges against a Blaine, Washington man accused of smuggling people into Canada have been stayed.  (The man owns a bed and breakfast called Smuggler's Inn.  Perhaps he took the name too literally.  Like I keep pointing out, migrants are not merely migrating.  They're being trafficked, in other words, smuggled.)

From CTV News, a cyclist is arrested for allegedly throwing a "corrosive substance" at a couple pushing a stroller.

From TeleSUR, Nicaragua grants amnesty to 50 prisoners.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to a U.N. agency, 300,000 Syrians have taken refuge near the Turkish border since April.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish opposition leader had his passport request delayed due to an alleged affiliation with terrorism.

From Rûdaw, the U.S. sanctions a Syrian tycoon for profiting from the policies of the Assad regime.

From Arutz Sheva, former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked promises to "bring the most seats" in the next Israeli election.

From The Times Of Israel, as more arson balloons fly from Gaza, Israel further limits Gaza's fishing area.

From The Jerusalem Post, more on the recent fires in southern Israel.

From YNetNews, the son of Israel's prime minister appears to be a big fan of America's president.

From Egypt Today, an Egyptian officials promises that Egypt will stop the sale of a bust of Tutankhamen.

From Radio Farda, Iran agrees to hand over to Lebanon a Lebanese man convicted of spying.

From IranWire, a Baha'i teenager has been silenced in both Iran and Texas.

From Dawn, according to Pakistani opposition politician Maryam Nawaz, there is a separate law for Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cronies.  (Sounds like what some Americans have said for President Trump....and President Obama....and President Bush the Younger....etc.)

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau arrests Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Special Forces capture a Taliban strategic site.

From The Hans India, is India's space force ready to take off?

From the Hindustan Times, Indian authorities locate the wreckage of a crashed airplane, with help from some local villagers.

From India Today, Cyclone Vayu heads for the coast of Gujarat.

From the Daily Mirror, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, hit by the Easter Sunday attacks, will reopen tomorrow.

From The Himalayan Times, at least 1,400 Nepali workers reportedly died while constructing soccer stadiums in Qatar.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey's political culture is becoming violent.

From The Conservative Woman, the decline and fall of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.

From Snouts in the Trough, Palestinians in Gaza struggle with.......obesity?

From National Review, they just won't leave the cake beaker alone.

From Townhall, Donald Trump the Younger is scheduled to testify for the Senate Intelligence Committee.

From FrontpageMag, a plot to run infidels over in D.C. is averted.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a study, medical marijuana does not reduce ODs from opioids.  (Some billboards I saw during my recent road trip alleged the opposite.)

From the Washington Examiner, a man sues to recover his father's frozen head.

From The Federalist, the right needs to do more than yell "stop".

From American Thinker, even with the return of John Dean, the real lesson from Watergate is ignored.

From CNS News, America is divided because of the liberal media.

From the New York Post and the "tell me something I don't already know" department, working in an office might make you fat.

From The Blaze, the magazine Teen Vogue instructs girls how to get abortions without the consent of their parents.  (via LifeNews)

From LifeNews, after a "massive outcry", the movie Unplanned will premier in Canada.

From Fox News, since 1,000 more U.S. troops are heading to Poland, is "Fort Trump" coming soon?

From CNN, congresscritter Steve King (R-Iowa) was reportedly kept off Air Force One when President Trump visited Iowa.  (via The Daily Caller)

And from The Smokeroom, a bar in Miami learns the hard way about offering drinks for goals.