As the last Monday of September hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, Japan's Mount Fuji gets snow 24 days earlier than a year ago.
From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese government sets 17 sustainable development goals for 2030.
From the Borneo Post, a coronavirus lockdown in announced for four districts in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak imposes stricter entry rules after a spike in coronavirus cases.
From The Straits Times, the Philippines extends its coronavirus measures for another month to prevent a possible "Christmas surge".
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo gives a government committee two weeks to draft a coronavirus vaccination plan.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands launches a loyalty program to reward tourists.
From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lanka's chief epidemiologist, there is no risk of contracting the coronavirus from eating imported food.
From the Colombo Page, the captain of the fire-stricken oil tanker New Diamond appears before the Colombo Magistrate's Court.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) and Narendra Modi (India) are likely to meet in December.
From The Hans India, according to Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, India's new agricultural laws are a "death sentence for farmers".
From the Hindustan Times, India's farmers and agriculture sector are exempted from needing permits to use groundwater.
From ANI, six protesters are arrested in connection with the burning of a tractor in New Delhi, India.
From India Today, opposition parties led by Congress step up their protest against India's new farm laws.
From Khaama Press, 11 security personnel working for a female Afghan lawmaker are accused of raping two women in the province of Kapisa.
From Dawn, Pakistani opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif is arrested in connection with a money laundering case.
From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz, Shehbaz was arrested for supporting his brother, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
From Pakistan Today, a Lahore, Pakistan police officer gets in hot water for blaming the recent highway gang-rape on its victim.
From Samaa, an imam is attacked while leading prayers at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan.
From Radio Farda, an ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei criticizes Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Sistani.
From IranWire, Iranian authorities apply double standards to the reopening of places of worship.
From The New Arab, a border crossing between Syria and Jordan is reopened in order to boost trade.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian authorities bust a terror cell that included members trained in Iran.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian region of Benishangul-Gumuz dismisses its security and police chiefs. (My spellchecker has no problem with "Benishangul", but objects to "Gumuz".)
From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian Railway Authority announces ticket prices for its overnight sleeper trains.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed participates in a clinical trial of a Chinese potential coronavirus vaccine.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu holds an online discussion on Facebook.
From The Times Of Israel, Netanyahu warns that there could be 1,500 seriously ill coronavirus patients by the end of this week.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel has a peaceful Yom Kippur as prayers are held outdoors.
From YNetNews, Palestinians look to a bleak future on the 20th anniversary of their second Intifada.
From The Syrian Observer, speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem promises to expel all U.S. and Turkish troops.
From In-Cyprus, an Iranian dissident in Cyprus is caught between a rock and a hard place.
From Armenian News, the Artsakh Defense Army recaptures several lost military positions. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From Armenpress, Azerbaijan's hiring of mercenaries from Syria to attack Artsakh doesn't go as planned.
From Rûdaw, thousands of displaced people at a camp in Hasaka, Syria don't have access to free food.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan urges Armenia to end its occupation in Upper Karabakh. (The region of Artsakh is also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, the word nagorno being a Slavic word for "upper".)
From Turkish Minute, children of citizens arrested in Turkey's post-coup crackdown are more often being handed over to the care of relatives.
From Morocco World News, Morocco will save the equivalent of €27 million due to a new Euro Bond.
From RAIR Foundation USA, a Danish politician is put on al Qaeda's hit list.
And from Gatestone Institute, the dangerous new alliance between Turkey, Iran, Qatar and Hamas.
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