As a cloudy Thursday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, Morocco buys a larger share of its military arms from the U.S. than any other MENA country.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish government plans to "go down hard" on coronavirus quarantine rules.
From Turkish Minute, a Turkish business in Panama faces extradition to Turkey over alleged Gülen links.
From Rûdaw, an overweight woman in Duhok, Iraq leaves her room for the first time in a year and a half.
From Armenian News, the parliament speaker of Artsakh meets with Armenian leaders in Yerevan. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, Minister of Health Constantinos Ioannou "stresses" that people must observe Cyprus's coronavirus health protocols.
From The Syrian Observer, according to a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, 3,039 civilians have been killed by the anti-ISIS coalition in Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, a list of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Israel for the holidays.
From The Times Of Israel, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the coronavirus lockdown was "unavoidable" and not done to end protests.
From The Jerusalem Post, most Israelis are reportedly excited about getting a chance to visit the UAE.
From YNetNews, according to Netanyahu, Israel is "in a national emergency".
From the Egypt Independent, three suspects in the case of a gang rape which allegedly happened in a hotel in Cairo are returned to Egypt.
From Egypt Today, Egypt's National Election Authority sets Saturday as a deadline for filing candidacy papers.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian authorities arrest four suspects in connection with an education book scam.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia increases its passenger fee at its ports by a factor of five.
From The New Arab, the battle to save historic buildings in Beirut.
From Radio Farda, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps threatens U.S. forces arriving in the Persian Gulf.
From IranWire, how far can Iran's economic crisis go?
From Dawn, the Pakistani province of Sindh will reopen its schools despite a warning from its health minister.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz founder Nawaz Sharif bars the party's leaders from meeting with military and intelligence officials.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan records its highest number of daily new coronavirus cases in two months.
From Khaama Press, according to President Ashraf Ghani, a ceasefire is a "top priority" for the Afghan people.
From The Hans India, security forces in the India territory of Jammu and Kashmir send a terrorist to his virgins.
From the Hindustan Times, farmer organizations call for a nationwide protest against farm bills passed by India's parliament.
From ANI, the chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar expresses his support for the farm bills.
From India Today, what to expect tomorrow as Indian farmers take to the streets.
From the Dhaka Tribune, 814 unsealed leaks remain in pipelines owned by a company that supplies gas to Dhaka and adjacent areas.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan parliamentcritters make "heated arguments" over the allocation of question times.
From the Colombo Page, the owners of the fire-stricken oil tanker New Diamond agree to pay Sri Lanka 340 rupees for its help in extinguishing the fire.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation takes part in a virtual PATA Travel Market show.
From Gulf News, thermal cameras are set up in the Grand Mosque in Mecca for Umrah pilgrimages.
From Yahoo News, women hit the treadmill at Afghanistan's first female-only gym.
From the (Nigerian) Independent, Sudan jails six artists for holding a mixed-gender theater workshop. (The last three stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian provinces of Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan declare states of emergency after two weeks of flooding.
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong police arrest democracy activist Joshua Wong in connection with an illegal assembly in 2019 and for allegedly violating an anti-mask law. (What is this "right to peaceably assemble" you speak of?)
From the Borneo Post, an eighth coronavirus cluster is detected in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
From Free Malaysia Today, according to constitutional lawyers, Malaysia's king may meet with whomever he wants.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam's fight against the coronavirus is under review.
From The Mainichi, concerns remain over the Tokyo Olympics to be held next year as preparations get underway.
And from Gatestone Institute, questioning SCOTUS nominees about religion is "a delicate task".
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