As a sunny but cool Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, a cruise not allowed to dock in Japan is allowed to return to Taiwan.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia confirms its 15th case of the coronavirus.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sabah imposes new travel restrictions on non-residents and Chinese citizens.
From The Straits Times, more coronavirus cases are found in Singapore.
From The Jakarta Post, it's about time for men to join the fight against child marriage.
From the Daily Mirror, 142 cases of rape, sexual abuse and child abuse were reported in Sri Lanka during the first 15 days of 2020.
From the Colombo Page, the U.S.-funded "career bus" starts driving around Sri Lanka.
From the Dhaka Tribune, how is the Bangladeshi government preparing to deal with the coronavirus outbreak?
From The Hans India, the Indian Lok Sabha faces three adjournments over a member's jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (The Lok Sabha is the lower house of India's parliament.)
From the Hindustan Times, 15 students from the Indian state of Kerala return home from China.
From ANI, the Indian state of Uttarakhand has no intention of replacing Urdu with Sanskrit on its signs.
From India Today, a Jaish-e-Mohammad cell is busted and three of its members arrested in southern Kashmir.
From Khaama Press, two Pakistani Taliban leaders are killed mysteriously in Kabul, Afghanistan.
From Dawn, Pakistan's National Assembly passes a resolution calling for the public hanging of child sexual abusers.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan may have found one of the world's largest natural gas reserves in the province of Balochistan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the destruction of illegally constructed buildings in several areas of Karachi.
From Radio Farda, police in Tehran target indecently dressed mannequins.
From IranWire, Iranian journalists face another round of pressure.
From StepFeed, a woman in Saudi Arabia is arrested for allegedly posting "illicit" material on Snapchat. (If you read Arabic, read the story at Sabq.)
From The New Arab, a Lebanese student video blogs from Wuhan, China.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey decides against changing the boundaries of its de-escalation zone in the Syrian region of Idlib.
From Turkish Minute, according to Human Rights Watch, Turkey's removal of Kurdish mayors violates the rights of voters.
From Rûdaw, Russia repatriates 35 children born to ISIS-affiliated parents in Syria.
From In-Cyprus, an E.U.-funded campaign attempts to tackle food waste.
From The Syrian Observer, Syrian government forces backed by Russian air support take control of 15 villages in the region of Idleb. (Some sources spell the area's name "Idleb", while others spell it "Idlib".)
From Arutz Sheva, IDF soldiers kill a Palestinian Arab who threw a firebomb at them.
From The Times Of Israel, Palestinians in Gaza launch balloons carrying an RPG warhead into Israel.
From The Jerusalem Post, according to a poll, the Blue and White party would win more seats than Likud.
From YNetNews, bickering between Israeli and Palestinian leaders hurts farmers on both sides of the border.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's Supreme Council Antiquities announces ticket prices for the newly restored Baron Palace.
From Egypt Today, the foreign ministers of Egypt and South Africa hold some dam talks.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities dismantle a drug trafficking network.
From Outlook, the Taliban terrorist behind the attack on then-teenager Malala Yousafzai escapes from Pakistani army custody.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, two rejected asylum seekers from Albania and one from Algeria sexually assault three schoolgirls in Switzerland.
From the Daily Nation, suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists kill an 80-year-old man in Ijara, Kenya.
And from Gatestone Institute, according to Palestinian leaders, Arabs talking to Israel are "traitors" and "Jews".
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