Saturday Stories - Part 2

As a cool windy Saturday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, a German citizen recovers from the coronavirus at a hospital in Tangier, Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, people flock to stores and bakeries ahead of Turkey's coronavirus lockdown.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish comedian is arrested for allegedly insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, and the mystic known as Rumi.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, a car bomb kills a policeman and injures two other people in Kirkuk, Iraq.

From In-Cyprus, police in Cyprus repeat their warning that going to church is prohibited, even during Easter.

From Arutz Sheva, who is Israel will be the first to return to work?

From The Times Of Israel, three towns in northern Israel close their roads to outsiders to keep the coronavirus away.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Likud and Blue and White parties pressure each other ahead of their deadline to form a government for Israel.

From YNetNews, the Estonian leader of an alleged neo-Nazi plot to bomb synagogues in the U.S. was only 13 years old at the time.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian police use tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters at the burial of a doctor who died from the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, according to Egypt's grand mufti, refusing to bury deceased victims of the coronavirus is religiously forbidden.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian government will start going from house to house checking for symptoms from the coronavirus starting next week.

From StepFeed, some tech innovators from (or with roots in) the Arab world.

From The New Arab, an armed group cuts off water going to Tripoli, Libya.

From the Saudi Gazette, 219 Saudi citizens previously stranded in Malaysia arrive at the King Fahd International Airport.

From Radio Farda, some messianic Shiites regard the coronavirus pandemic as a "white death" heralding Judgment Day.

From Dawn, six civilians are reportedly injured by Indian troops firing across the Line of Control in Kashmir.

From The Express Tribune, the Sindh provincial government vacillates on whether to seal off 11 areas in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, several areas of Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan are sealed off due to the coronavirus.

From the Daily Times, a policewoman is attacked outside a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, two security personnel are killed and two others injured in a riot at a prison in the Afghan province of Paktiya.

From The Hans India, in the Indian state of Punjab, the lockdown will remain until May 1st.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Karnataka extends its lockdown for two weeks, but relaxes some restrictions.

From ANI, according to its chief minister, the Indian state of Jharkhand will decide on ending its lockdown depending on the "emerging situation".

From India Today, six men are arrested for allegedly setting three shelter homes on fire near the Kashmiri Gate in New Delhi.

From the Newsroom Post, a TikTok user who made videos mocking the wearing of face masks contracts the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, districts in Bangladesh need more coronavirus tests.

From the Daily Mirror, an updated announcement on curfews in Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, another update on curfews in Sri Lanka.

From Maldives Insider, Turkish Airlines announces plans to operate cargo flights to the Maldive Islands twice a week.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Turkish President Erdoğan and his allies in Germany exploit the coronavirus lockdown to have the Islamic call to prayer broadcast from hundreds of mosques.  (On the other hand, after the coronavirus pandemic runs its course, go to Turkey and listen for a church bell, but don't hold your breath while doing so.)

From The Jakarta Post, a loud rumble heard in Jakarta, Indonesia did not come from the volcanic island Anak Krakatau.

From The Straits Times, Singapore closes all its beaches due to the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, hair salons and barbershops are allowed to operate under the third phase of Malaysia's Movement Control Order, but they must take preventive measures.  (Having recently gotten a haircut myself, I can relate.)

From Free Malaysia Today, a volunteer group in Malaysia asks for safe passage so that they can deliver food to stranded foreign workers.

And from The Mainichi, in a bid to protect hospitals from the coronavirus, Japan plans to allow first-time patients to receive medical services online.