As a cool cloudy Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Morocco extends its suspension of international air travel until May 31st.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey might ease its coronavirus restrictions after Ramadan.
From Turkish Minute, according to the wife of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, his life is at risk in prison due to the coronavirus.
From Rûdaw, according to Iraq's ministry of defense, ISIS has killed 82 Iraqi civilians so far this year.
From In-Cyprus, police responding to reports of a church service taking place find 16 cars outside the church, but no one except monks on the inside.
From The Syrian Observer, the Hay'at Tahrir al-Shjam executes a young man for blasphemy for criticizing its leader.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett argues for reopening some institutions, and allowing weddings to include up to 50 people.
From The Times Of Israel, the IDF scales back its role in fighting the coronavirus as the need for its help decreases.
From The Jerusalem Post, the drug Selinexor will be tested on coronavirus patients in Israel.
From YNetNews, residents of Eilat, Israel protest over the Israeli government's lack of action for the city's businesses.
From the Egypt Independent, over 1,000 people in Egypt have recovered from the coronavirus.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian workers sterilize archaeological sites in Alexandria and Egypt's north coast.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, over 25,000 businesses in Ethiopia are penalized for price gouging or hoarding.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia sets the times during which restaurants may operate.
From StepFeed, a robot helps medical personnel fight the coronavirus in Saudi Arabia.
From The New Arab, Muslims are divided over when this year's Ramadan begins.
From Radio Farda, 20 human rights organizations call on Iran to release female prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners due to the coronavirus.
From IranWire, an Iranian woman who became a pilot during the 1970s.
From Dawn, Ramazan will begin in Pakistan this coming Saturday.
From The Express Tribune, Prime Minister Imran Khan stresses the need for a "smart lockdown" in Pakistan to fight the coronavirus.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistan Medical Association wants a strict lockdown and a ban on religious services.
From Khaama Press, at a mosque in the Afghan province of Ghanzi, four Taliban terrorists experience premature detonation.
From The Hans India, don't blame all Muslims for what happened with Tablighi Jamaat, says India's minority affairs minister.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Kerala plans to quarantine vulnerable areas due to the coronavirus.
From ANI, the state government of Punjab asks the state government of Maharashtra to allow the safe passage of 3,000 stranded pilgrims.
From India Today, in the district of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, disinfectant is sprayed from a paraglider after a woman tests positive for the coronavirus.
From the Dhaka Tribune, workers from an international NGO are exposed to the coronavirus at Rohingya camp.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka cabinet ministers donate a month's salary to a coronavirus fund.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests two suspected cannabis smugglers.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands reports a total of 108 coronavirus cases.
From Gulf News, the UAE introduces its first sharia-approved loto.
From DispatchLive, boys in northern Nigeria who attend Islamic schools and beg on the streets are bused back to their villages.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government temporarily bans passenger travel to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
From The Straits Times, a Singaporean civil servant is arrested for allegedly leaking coronavirus-related information and accessing patient records without authorization.
From the Borneo Post, Perlis is declared to be Malaysia's first green state, for having no new coronavirus cases for two weeks.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia extends its Movement Control Order until May 12th.
From The Mainichi, mayors of coastal municipalities south of Tokyo demand roadblocks and the closure of beaches due to the coronavirus.
And from Gatestone Institute, Iranian ayatollahs will struggle to survive the drop in oil prices.
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