Thursday Links - Part 2

As a warm Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, a medical startup gets approval to start Japan's first clinical test of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

From Vietnam Plus, 29 people are prosecuted in connection to the murder of three policemen in the Hanoi district of My Duc.

From the Borneo Post, Indonesians with working permits are allowed to work in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

From Free Malaysia Today, a 100-year-old Hindu shrine outside a railroad station in Alor Setar, Malaysia faces demolition.

From The Straits Times, residents of Singapore can get two free reusable face masks starting next Monday.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government gives emergency assistance to Rohingyas stranded in waters off the province of Aceh.

From Maldives Insider, according to the Maldivian tourism minister, most resorts in the Maldive Islands will reopen in July.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan government hopes to bring the country back to normalcy next month.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy apprehends two people who were allegedly trying to smuggle Kerala cannabis.

From the Dhaka Tribune, has a team of Bangladeshi doctors found a "miracle" cure for the coronavirus?

From The Hans India, a list of Indian states which have reached 10,000 coronavirus cases.

From the Hindustan Times, malls, clubs and restaurants in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh starting tomorrow.

From ANI, regular passenger rail travel is suspended in India until August 12th.

From India Today, satellite images show radar positions and water pipelines in the Chinese-controlled section of Ladakh.

From Khaama Press, airstrikes in the Afghan province of Balkh send 25 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From Dawn, Pakistani opposition leader Khawaja Asif faults Prime Minister Imran Khan for saying that Osama bin Laden was "martyred".

From The Express Tribune, even as the Pakistani province of Sindh boosts its capacity, fewer people get tested for the coronavirus.

From Pakistan Today, Imran insists that Pakistan's response to the coronavirus is neither "confused" nor "lethargic".

From Radio Farda, Iranian state institutions pressure psychologists to avoid publicly discussing violence against women.

From IranWire, an Iranian graphic art student is sentenced to eight years in prison and 74 lashes for taking part in a memorial service for the passengers of Ukrainian Airlines flight 752.

From The New Arab, two jihadist groups, one of them recently formed, clash in northwestern Syria.

From StepFeed, do we put too much trust in influencers?

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia reports a steady increase in recoveries from the coronavirus.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian public will get to debate the country's first property tax bill.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's antiquities ministry puts on a virtual tour of Manesterly Palace, located on an island in Cairo.

From Egypt Today, a psychological look at Ethiopia's dam position.

From Arutz Sheva, former U.S. envoy tells the Israeli right to not fear a Palestinian state, to which Binyamin Regional Council leader Yisrael Gantz responds in disagreement.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli security chiefs are split on whether the possible annexation the Jordan Valley will cause Palestinians to respond with violence.

From The Jerusalem Post, a look at people who fished in the Jordan River 20,000 years ago.

From YNetNews, Israeli ministers impose more restrictions on places hit by the coronavirus.

From The Syrian Observer, two stories about Israeli airstrikes on pro-Iran militias in Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus completes a program of 20,000 coronavirus tests for school students and staff.

From Armenian News, judges on Armenia's Constitutional Court urge Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan "to act within the law".  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Rûdaw, Erbil, Iraq imposes a "limited lockdown" due to a continuing rise in coronavirus cases.

From Hürriyet Daily News, elderly people in Turkey are allowed to travel for tourism purposes.

From Turkish Minute, the İstanbul Metropolitan Authority acquires Gentile Bellini's painting of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed, who conquered Constantinople.

From Morocco World News, an African Union expert supports Morocco's projects in Western Sahara.

And from Gatestone Institute, is the possible annexation of the Jordan Valley what really concerns Palestinians?