Thursday Links

As the heat continues, so do the things which go on:

From Free West Media, a migrant smuggler admits being in contact with Sea Watch.

From ANSA, migrant rescue ships will be fined for defying the ban on entering Italian waters.

From EuroNews, a protester steps into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, dressed as an ancient Roman senator.  (I visited Rome, including this fountain, in 2004.  Unlike this guy, I kept my big feet out of it.)

From Malta Today, a U.S. diplomat sides with Malta against Russia on two oil smuggling suspects.

From SwissInfo, according to a German journalist, Switzerland is populist "in the best sense of the word".

From The Portugal News, in Portugal, don't use your cell phone while driving.

From Morocco World News, King Mohammed VI calls for Moroccan Hajj pilgrims to positively represent their country.

From RFI, Paris orders a cleanup to schools near the Notre Dame Cathedral due to possible lead contamination.

From the Express, the RAF is developing some exceptionally fast strike aircraft.

From the Evening Standard, U.K. MPs vote against allowing the next prime minister to suspend parliament to force a no-deal Brexit.

From the (U.K.) Independent, knife crime hits an all-time high in England and Wales.

From the (Irish) Independent, the father of a Irishman facing deportation from the U.S. says that he will "fight to the last".

From the Irish Examiner, according to an Irish Muslim minister, ISIS bride Lisa Smith should not be allowed to "roam the streets of Ireland".

From the NL Times, wearing a burka in the Netherlands can be costly.

From Dutch News, three men in the Netherlands are jailed for murdering an Iranian Shiite refugee.

From Deutsche Welle, E.U. interior ministers fail to agree on measures to manage migration across the Mediterranean.

From Euractiv, opinion column: proposals from Germany and Italy to deal with migration merely avoid uncomfortable truths.

From Polskie Radio, as parliamentary elections loom, Poland's opposition is divided.

From Radio Praha, police and inspectors prevent members of Food Not Bombs from distributing food in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, foreign embassies support Pride marches in Slovakia.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian spokesman Gergely Gulyas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen needed votes from the Visegrad four countries.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto slams a proposal to require countries to provide health care to illegal aliens equal to that available for citizens.

From Hungary Today, Szijjarto meets U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.

From Russia Today, it's now legal in Russia to spy on your pets and livestock.

From Sputnik International, Russia is reportedly ready to discuss selling Su-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

From The Moscow Times, Russia and Ukraine agree to a "comprehensive" cease-fire.

From Novinite, NATO continues its naval exercise in Bulgarian waters.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian parliament is urged to increase the penalty for preaching fascist or anti-democratic ideology.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria marks the seventh anniversary of the terror attack at an airport near Burgas.

From Ekathimerini, "the pro-Europeans fight back".

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek anarchist organization Exarchia promises to defend "their" neighborhoods.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, U.S. President Trump will host a meeting with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia's new ministers present their projects.

From Hürriyet Daily News, 16 irregular migrants die in a vehicle crash Ikekyolu, Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, the U.S. removes Turkey from the F-35 program, after Turkey purchases Russian S-400 air defense systems.

From Arutz Sheva, 8,000 Romanians will be recognized by the German government as Holocaust survivors.

From The Times Of Israel, Argentina brands Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

From The Jerusalem Post, the ruins of a 1,200-year-old mosque are found near Rahat, Israel.

From Egypt Today, Egypt opens a competition to rename its New Administrative Capital.

From StepFeed, Egypt releases a trans-woman from a men's prison.

From Radio Farda, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps seizes a "foreign" oil tanker.

From Dawn, the U.N. will work with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government protect women from sexual harassment.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan and Iran discuss their borders.

From Pakistan Today, a Pakistani youth tries to enter Iran illegally, which becomes his last mistake.

From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces fight back against a Taliban attack in Kandahar.

From The Hans India, for the first time ever, an Indian cargo ship carrying stone from Bhutan arrives in Bangladesh.

From the Hindustan Times, the launch of the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 is rescheduled for July 22nd.

From ANI, Indian priests go on strike, demanding that a Cardinal is removed from office.

From India Today, a bill increasing punishment for sex crimes against children is introduced in India's Rajya Sabha.  (The Rajya Sabha is the upper house of India's parliament.)

From the Daily Mirror, child victims of the Easter Sunday terror attacks are still traumatized.

From the Colombo Page, a Sri Lankan minister files a complaint against a journalist for allegedly distorting his words.

From Gatestone Insitute, some historical lessons from John Adams and Ayn Rand.

From The Jakarta Post, Guatemala plans to reopen its embassy in Indonesia.

From The Borneo Post, orangutan numbers drop in forest patches within palm oil estates.

From Free Malaysia Today, motorists in Malaysia think they see a very large pussy cat.

From The Mainichi, 33 people are killed in an arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan.

From The Conservative Woman, will anyone accept the link between cannabis and violence?

From Snouts in the Trough, "Trump is right", says the blog's author.

From National Review, deaths at the border have decreased during President Trump's two years.

From FrontpageMag, a suit broad by a former slave girl leads to a ruling by Niger's Supreme Court against the practice of taking a "fifth wife".

From Townhall, an immigrant agrees with Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. Navy reportedly destroys an Iranian drone.

From the Washington Examiner, divers find the last U.S. warship that was sunk by a German submarine in World War II.

From The Federalist, "the Apollo 11 moon landing was a triumph of American exceptionalism".

From American Thinker, left-wing demonization of conservatives is getting dangerous.

From CNS News, according to Senator Angus King (I-Me), President Trump is enforcing immigration law, just like President Obama.

From LifeZette, according to one Democrat congresscritter, Trump's attacks on the "Squad" were "brilliant".

From NewsBusters, tipping has been racist, so raise the minimum wage, says Politico.

From The Stream, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has "an anti-Jewish blind spot".

From the New York Post, Trump reportedly wants to nominate Eugene Scalia for secretary of labor.  (Yes, he's the son of the late Justice Scalia.)

And from the Orlando Sentinel and the "you can't make this up" department, five guys are arrested for fighting at Five Guys.