Wednesday Whatnot

As the middle of the week has arrived, along with some sunny weather, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Coptic Christians are attacked in their homes.

From Townhall, the State Department and a leading Democrat did indeed work on documents provided by British spy Christopher Steele.

From FrontpageMag, the death of the glaciers in Glacier National Park has been greatly exaggerated.

From The Washington Free Beacon, our congresscritters keep on oinking.

From the Washington Examiner, the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. dropped to a 10-year low in 2017.

From The Federalist, the media's attitude toward intelligence agencies depends on who lives in the White House.

From American Thinker, former Watergate figure John Dean admits to opposing Donald Trump even before he was elected president.

From CNS News, a man runs a brothel and sells heroin in Milwaukee - after being deported.

From LifeZette, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) promises to prosecute Trump if she succeeds him.

From The Conservative Woman, the next U.K. prime minister will have to deal with "knife crime and punishment".

From the Express, one candidate for prime minister reportedly admits his one fear.

From the Evening Standard, Health Secretary Matt Hancock calls for the U.K. to be "the world leader in unicorns".  (He's not talking about mythical equines, but start-up businesses.)

From the Independent, the above-mentioned would-be prime minister admits that a no-deal Brexit would be bad for the U.K.

From the Irish Examiner, a dedicated immigration facility will open at the Dublin airport.

From France24, after the oak tree at the White House given by France dies, French President Macron promises to send a new one.

From RFI, French "far-right" politician Marine Le Pen will stand trial for Tweeting violent photos.

From Free West Media, three young Moroccans go on a crime spree in Coulommiers, France.

From VRT NWS, the mayor of Knokke, Belgium has an "interesting" conversation with Trump.

From the NL Times, a Dutch politician, of Kurdish origin, is held in Turkey.

From EuroNews, a trove of her father's letters will be released on Anne Frank's 90th birthday.

From the CPH Post and the "you can't make this up" department, Danish politician Bertel Haarder wants to make getting into the parliament harder.

From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda arrives in the United States.  (I could tell him Witamy do Zjednoczonych Stanów.)

From Radio Praha, a brewery in Čížová, Czech Republic produces that country's first wastewater beer.

From The Slovak Spectator, the area around Bratislava braces for mosquitoes.

From the Hungary Journal, the Visegrad 4 countries will meet in Budapest tomorrow.

From Daily News Hungary, a "huge" oil field is found near two Hungarian villages.  (If you read Hungarian read more at G7.)

From Hungary Today, the salvaged wreck of the sightseeing boat Hableány may hold more victims.

From About Hungary, South Korea's president and prime minister thank Hungary for its support over the Hableány tragedy.

From Sputnik International, about 1,200 people attend an unauthorized rally in Moscow in support of journalist Ivan Golunov.

From The Moscow Times, police arrest over 400 people at the pro-Golunov protest.

From CBC News, some residents of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada are worried about the Soldiers of Odin being normalized.

From CTV News, two Canadian woman who had been abducted in Ghana are found safe.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's minister of foreign affairs embarks on a trip to Latin American.

From The Portugal News, a man is arrested after making a bomb hoax on a flight into Porto, Portugal.  (Just as falsely - and I emphasize "falsely" - yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is not free speech, neither is falsely yelling "bomb" on a crowded airplane.)

From El País, at the trial of two Catalan separatist leaders, defense attorneys accuse prosecutors of "twisting" the facts.

From SwissInfo, young jihadists in Switzerland receive welfare benefits.

From ANSA, according to Italian Interior Minister Salvini, new security instruments are ready to be applied to Sea-Watch ships.

From Total Croatia News, the E.U.'s Court of Justice schedules a hearing on Slovenia's border suit against Croatia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegro will take over the presidency of the Central European Initiative next year.

From Ekathimerini, two men arrested in connection with a failed holdup have criminal records and are known to anti-terror authorities.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek scientists conduct trials to see if olive oil can cure cancer.

From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Borisov, Bulgaria will protect North Macedonian airspace with new fighter jets.

From The Sofia Globe, Borissov comments on the case of a 16-year-old from Plovdiv suspected of preparing a bomb attack.  (TSG spells the prime minister's name with a double "s", while Novinite uses a single "s".)

From Romania-Insider, archaeologists find 6,000-year-old pottery fragments and evidence of housing near Slatina, Romania.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey reiterates its demand for the extradition of Fetullah Gülen.

From Turkish Minute, detention warrants are issued for 56 people accused of "restructuring" education linked to the Gülen movement.

From Rûdaw, a Yazidi woman recounts her captivity under and escape from ISIS.

From Arutz Sheva, incendiary balloons from Gaza cause six more fires in nearby parts of Israel.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From The Times Of Israel, Moldova announces that it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

From The Jerusalem Post, Łódź, Poland holds a Jewish heritage festival.

From YNetNews, Israeli Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay announces his retirement from politics.

From Radio Farda, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

From IranWire, 14 Iranian activists call for Rouhani's resignation.

From Dawn, a special court in Islamabad, Pakistan rejects former dictator Pervez Musharraf's plea to have his case adjourned.

From The Express Tribune, the special court will conclude Musharraf's trail in his absence.

From Pakistan Today, Iraq apologizes for the mistreatment of Pakistani pilgrims by its security forces.

From Khaama Press, Afghan authorities release 30 Taliban members from prison in Nangarhar.

From The Hans India, five Indian military personnel are killed in a terror attack in the Anantnag district of Kashmir.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Cabinet approves a bill against the triple talaq, sending it to the Budget Session of Parliament.

From ANI, airline flights in Gujarat are suspended due to the approach of Cyclone Vayu.

From India Today, authorities evacuate people as Vayu closes in.

From the Daily Mirror, India's National Investigation Agency raids seven places over suspected ISIS links to the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka.

From the National Secular Society, four Islamic charities push the death penalty for apostates and for female subjugation.

From Gatestone Institute, attacks on journalists in Turkey are getting more violent.

From The Jakarta Post, a Russian man faces up to five years in prison for trying to smuggle an orangutan out of Indonesia.

From The Straits Times, a man in Singapore is fined $2,000 for setting off fireworks.

From Reason, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) propose new limits on presidential emergency powers.  (According to the article, the U.S. is currently under 32 national emergencies, including one that dates from 1997.  This would mean that President Trump has access to emergency powers that were originally granted to President Clinton.)

From The Daily Caller, Bob O'Rourke says that he probably won't vote for New York's Mr. Bill.

From WPVI-TV, in the Dominican Republic, six people, including the suspected gunman, have been arrested in connection with the shooting of former baseball player David Ortiz.

From NewsBusters, Twitter suspends Project Veritas for exposing censorship against pro-lifers at Pinterest.

From Twitchy, media outlets report how the Trump administration plans to send migrant children to a former internment camp for Japanese Americans, but leave out an important detail.

From the New York Post, Kraft's "Salad Frosting" doesn't go over very well.

From Fox News, Virginia Democrat Joe Morissey, once accused of having sex with his teenage secretary, wins his primary for State Senator.  (He later married the secretary.  The story comes via Accuracy in Media.)

And from The Peedmont, Morissey promises, if he wins the general election, to lower the voting age to 17.