As a cool sunny Sunday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Morocco plans to strengthen its anti-smuggling efforts amid concerns from the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
From Hürriyet Daily News, more on the earthquake in eastern Turkey, which is reported here as having a magnitude of 5.9. (See the link from Independent Balkan News Agency in today's "Part 1".)
From Turkish Minute, Turkey halts flights from Iran and closes its border with Iran due to coronavirus infections in that country.
From Rûdaw, no coronavirus cases so far have been reported in Iraq.
From In-Cyprus, France stands by Cyprus and Greece in their disputes with Turkey.
From Arutz Sheva, the IDF retaliates after 22 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza.
From The Times Of Israel, residents of the Israeli settlement of Har Gilo protest the quarantine of 200 South Koreans by burning tires.
From The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Netanyahu promises Israeli sovereignty over the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank.
From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, the Palestinians have never really sought peace with Israel.
From the Egypt Independent, according to President Abdel al-Sisi, Egypt wants some dam balance.
From Egypt Today, Egypt applies for its Natrun Valley to be included on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
From StepFeed, how people say "money" in different Arab countries.
From The New Arab, there are reportedly few options for ending the catastrophe in the Syrian region of Idlib.
From Radio Farda, as Iranians die from the coronavirus, neighboring countries close their borders and implement travel bans.
From IranWire, the coronavirus "brings Iran to a halt".
From Dawn, according to a spokesman for the provincial government of Balochistan, Pakistanis won't be allowed to travel to Iran until the coronavirus is dealt with.
From The Express Tribune, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to soon visit Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan brings in experts from China to deal with locusts.
From Khaama Press, Afghan officials go on alert as three suspected coronavirus cases are reported in the province of Herat.
From The Hans India, U.S. President Trump heads to India.
From the Hindustan Times, Lucknow University will be the first in India to offer a course on how women should dress and behave while pregnant. (Enrollment is open to men, too.)
From ANI, protesters against India's Citizenship Act throw stones at police, who then fire tear gas canisters.
From India Today, members of the Bhim Army blockade roads in the Indian state of Bihar. (The Bhim Army is a Dalit organization named after its founder Bhimrao Ambedkar.)
From the Dhaka Tribune, several thousand Hindus participate in the Baruni Snan festival in the Bangladeshi district of Dinajpur.
From the Daily Mirror, 24 Sri Lankan fishermen are arrested in Bangladesh for allegedly fishing illegally in its waters.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka establishes a task force to speed up the investigation of the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
From MSN, a man shot by police after stabbing a tourist in Brisbane, Australia had been on a terror watch list.
From Ahram Online, mainstream Muslims in America fight back against Islamists.
From The Jakarta Post, a Japanese man tests positive for the coronavirus after visiting Indonesia.
From The Straits Times, Indonesia refuses entry to 118 people, including two from Singapore, in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
From the Borneo Post, a woman in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recovers from the coronavirus and is released from the hospital.
From Free Malaysia Today, a political leader in the Malaysian state of Sabah urges the federal government to change laws that restrict illegal aliens from travelling to peninsular Malaysia.
From The Mainichi, Japanese Emperor Naruhito celebrates his 60th birthday amid concerns about the coronavirus.
And from Gatestone Institute, Iran deals with Attilas in Jefferson's clothing.
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