From The Mainichi, China government gives Japan 12,500 free coronavirus test kits.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's now-former prime minister explains why he resigned.
From Free Malaysia Today, 250 Orang Asli protest the degazetting of a forest reserve near which they live.
From The Straits Times, South Korea has reported over 1,200 coronavirus cases.
From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesian governmental agency attributes flooding in Jakarta to global warming.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's first electric railroad track will be built in the city of Kandy.
From the Colombo Page, a jobs program instituted by Sri Lanka's president draws large number of applicants.
From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Dakha North Mayor Atiqul Islam, citizens must do their part to fight against dengue.
From The Hans India, India sends a plane loaded with 15 tons of medical supplies to China.
From the Hindustan Times, 20 people are dead from violence in Delhi, India.
From India Today, 106 are arrested in connection to violence in Delhi.
From Khaama Press, high-ranking Afghan and U.S. officials are optimistic about the new agreement with the Taliban.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan "cobbles together" a national action plan against the coronavirus outbreak.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the release of a man convicted of blasphemy, because he has completed his sentence.
From Radio Farda, Iranian clerics react to the coronavirus with superstition, while the public is gripped by panic.
From StepFeed, what you need to know about Saudi Arabia's three new ministries.
From The New Arab, Ethiopian will skip the latest round of dam talks.
From Hürriyet Daily News, a three-year-old Syrian girl whose father taught her to laugh at the sound of bombs begins a new life in Turkey.
From Turkish Minute, the widow of a Turkish soldier killed in a terror attack is sentenced to prison for having links to the Gülen movement.
From The Syrian Observer, fighters backed by Turkey retake the town of Nayrab in the Syrian region of Idleb. (TSO spells the region's name "Idleb", while other sources spell it "Idlib".)
From Arutz Sheva, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz accuses Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of "poisoning Israel".
From The Times Of Israel, the leader of the "far-right" Israeli party Otzma Yehudit promises to drop out of upcoming elections if Netanyahu can meet his "near-impossible" demands.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's health ministry urges Israelis to avoid traveling abroad.
From the Egypt Independent, the temple at the ancient site of Dendera will reopen after the completion of restoration work.
From Morocco World News, the health control department at Morocco's Tangier-Med Port sets up a program to monitor the status of travelers going through the port.
From Michael Smith News, an Australian news outlet misreports a statement from the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation about who is the country's top concern.
From AsiaNews, Saudi authorities reportedly arrest a female musician for her video celebrating the women of Mecca. (I ran across a related story a few days ago, in which she was "facing" the possibility of being arrested. It appears that events turned out as had been feared.)
And from Gatestone Institute, the victimized children in Sweden.
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