As the rain continues on a Thursday that closes out April, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, Japanese consumers are warned against accepting mysterious face masks from unknown senders.
From the Borneo Post, people who violate Malaysia's Movement Control Order are not recorded in the country's criminal register.
From Free Malaysia Today, policemen in the Malaysian state of Sabah arrest 11 people after a photo of them praying together is seen on social media.
From The Straits Times, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's economy will reopen from coronavirus circuit breaker measures in a "step-by-step" manner.
From The Jakarta Post, what does the sharp decline in oil price mean for Indonesia?
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands extends its coronavirus health emergency for another month.
From the Daily Mirror, according to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the spread of the coronavirus in Sri Lanka is generally under control.
From the Colombo Page, 21 factories are closed in an investment zone in Horana, Sri Lanka after a worker contracts the coronavirus.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh enlists more private hospitals to fight the coronavirus, as the country confirms more than 7,500 total cases.
From The Hans India, India's navy and air force are ready to evacuated stranded citizens from countries around the Persian Gulf.
From the Hindustan Times, industries in the Indian state of Karnataka are allowed to resume operating on May 4th.
From ANI, Telangana state official Rama Rao tells his fellow officials to get ready for the "post-coronavirus world".
From India Today, according to the chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar, "only special trains" can be used to bring back its migrant workers and students.
From Khaama Press, airstrikes by Afghan forces send 12 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.
From Dawn, for the first time ever, Pakistan International Airlines will be allowed to operate direct flights to and from the U.S.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani province of Sindh imposes a "complete" three-hour lockdown on the first Friday of Ramazan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's religious affairs minister opposes the inclusion of any Ahmadiyya members in the country's National Commission for Minorities.
From Radio Farda, an Iranian court sentences a couple popular on Instagram to fines, prison, and lashes.
From IranWire, Iranian women and children continue to be victims of slavery and human trafficking.
From StepFeed, a businesswoman in Dubai recounts her coronavirus experience.
From The New Arab, the Lebanese government approves an economic rescue plan.
From the Saudi Gazette, a new 100-bed coronavirus field hospital is set up in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, the lower house of the Ethiopian parliament endorses a resolution to reschedule the country's national elections.
From the Egypt Independent, Coptic Pope Tawadros II sets attendance limits for wedding wreath ceremonies.
From Egypt Today, the Egyptian governorate of North Sinai confirm its first coronavirus case.
From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, a plurality of Israelis would like Naftali Bennett to be Israel's next health minister.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's coronavirus statistics are "stunning".
From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for a world-wide ban on Hezbollah.
From YNetNews, Israel plans to gradually restart its train traffic starting on May 16th.
From The Syrian Observer, two more people recover from the coronavirus in Syria.
From In-Cyprus, wild goats are photographed in Cyprus's Paphos forest.
From Rûdaw, Ramadan is marked by economic problems in the old city of Mosul, Iraq.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish and Russian military units hold their seventh joint patrol in Syria.
From Turkish Minute, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey's deployment of Russian S-400 missiles has been delayed due to the coronavirus, but will continue.
From Morocco World News, two human rights organizations team up to oppose child marriage in Morocco.
From Gatestone Institute, democracies should back Taiwan's bid to join the WHO.
And from Arab News, former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas and former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa clash over whether the Sphinx represents a prophet named Idris.
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