Saturday Stories - Part 2

As clouds give way to the sun on a very warm Saturday, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, a Moroccan scholar explores the allegedly racist and imperialist identity of the Moors.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will make up for its production losses which happened because of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Rûdaw, according to a Peshmerga spokesman, Turkey's operation in northern Iraq is a "blatant violation" of the country's sovereignty and of the Kurdistan region.

From Asbarez, an ancient Armenian church emerges from Lake Van as its water level recedes.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, 58 percent of Cyprus's coronavirus cases are men.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, what's important is not whether he becomes prime minister, but what Israel will look like.

From The Times Of Israel, thousand of people protest outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

From The Jerusalem Post, terror groups in the Gaza Strip are reportedly preparing a response to Israel's possible annexation of the Jordan Valley.

From YNetNews, a baby born to Syrian refugees in Cyprus undergoes emergency surgery for a heart defect in Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agree to resume their dam negotiations.

From Egypt Today, the reopening of churches in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt is postponed for two weeks.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to the Ethiopian government, there is no agreement to delay the dam filling.

From the Saudi Gazette, after 40 years, the old airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is closed.

From The New Arab, the head of the Israeli spy agency Mossad "secretly" meets with Jordanian King Abdullah.

From Radio Farda, what Iranian authorities have hidden about the explosion east of Tehran.

From IranWire, most Iranian mullahs prefer strategic parliamentary committees to those dealing with culture and justice.

From Dawn, six Pakistani cricket players get negative results in a second coronavirus test.

From The Express Tribune, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan will reopen the Kartarpur Corridor on July 29th.

From Pakistan Today, opposition lawmakers lash out at the Pakistani governing party's increase in gasoline prices.

From Khaama Press, in the Afghan province of Jawzjan, three Taliban terrorists are arrested and four others sent to their virgins.

From The Hans India, according to the head of the Indian Space Research Organisation, start-up businesses are showing interest in space but bigger companies are not.

From the Hindustan Times, India deploys its air defense system in the eastern part of the territory of Ladakh.

From ANI, locusts reach Dholpur, Rajasthan, India.

From India Today, an alternative bridge is built in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, near the border with China.

From the Dhaka Tribune, flash floods hit the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet.

From the Daily Mirror, according to the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, a donation pledged by the World Muslim League for victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has not been received.

From the Colombo Page, people found not wearing face masks in public in Sri Lanka will be arrested and quarantined.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands will lease more of its uninhabited islands for tourism by the end of 2020.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian air force appoints its first female load master.

From The Straits Times, the Hong Kong police dismiss a request to hold a march on July 1st.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian government is firm in blocking Rohingya refugees from entering the country.

From Free Malaysia Today, palm oil producers ask the Malaysian government to let foreign workers back in.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam is ready to implement a project to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

From The Mainichi, a resort in the Japanese prefecture of Nagano offers "two-person" weddings, which only the couple would attend.

And from Gatestone Institute, the woke crowd's rank hypocrisy on slavery.