As a warm Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, the Spanish government approves a security agreement with Morocco.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey announces stricter coronavirus measures.
From Turkish Minute, during the visit of ECHR President Róbert Ragnar Spanó to Turkey, Turkish police reportedly strip-searched and maltreated 23 female university students.
From Panorama, the remains of an ancient Armenian fortress emerge from Lake Van in Turkey due to a drought. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades presents Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov with the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III.
From The Syrian Observer, Syrian authorities arrest 500 beggars in Damascus.
From Arutz Sheva, Israel and Lebanon are reportedly closer to negotiating their border disputes.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel and the UAE are set to sign their deal at a White House ceremony on September 15th.
From The Jerusalem Post, 40 cities in Israel go under curfew due to 3,500 new coronavirus cases being reported in a single day.
From YNetNews, Israel and Emirati models wear their respective flags in a photo shoot in the UAE.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt plans to establish a smart transportation system.
From Egypt Today, Egypt's water resources minister travels to South Sudan to meet his counterpart and discuss mutual cooperation.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia plans to import 30 million quintals of cement. (A quintal is a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 112 pounds.)
From the Saudi Gazette, Lt. General Mutlaq Bin Salem Al-Azaima visits Saudi Arabian troops at the country's southern border.
From The New Arab, an outgoing minister and two security chiefs will testify in the investigation of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
From Radio Farda, a detained British-Iranian aid worker faces a new charge in Tehran.
From IranWire, will the coronavirus crisis bring down Iranian Education Minister Mohsen Haji-Mirzaee?
From The Express Tribune, a man and his friend are arrested for allegedly strangling the man's wife in Karachi, Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi gives national civilian awards to 44 people.
From Khaama Press, according to a Taliban spokesman, the organization's prisoners have not all been released.
From The Hans India, some Indian states will reopen schools in September 21st.
From the Hindustan Times, a lawyer based in Delhi claims that he has been blocked from becoming a judge due to his sexual orientation.
From India Today, India sends fire retarding chemicals to help fight a new blaze on an oil tanker in the sea east of Sri Lanka.
From the Dhaka Tribune, who is to blame for the gas explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj, Bangladesh?
From the Daily Mirror, according to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's parliament will ban the slaughter of cattle, but will still permit beef to be imported.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan and Indian forces continue to battle the new fire on the oil tanker.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldivian resort Six Senses Laamu and the Manta Trust announce the world's first Manta Day, to be celebrated on September 17th.
From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority calls Israel's plan to make the Cave of the Patriarchs wheelchair accessible "a war crime".
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian lawmakers grill Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi over remarks on radicalism and his ministry's preacher certification program.
From The Straits Times, visitors from New Zealand and Brunei arrive at Changi Airport after Singapore allows people from those countries to enter.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's health ministry advises against fist bumping due to the coronavirus.
From Free Malaysia Today, a sinkhole appears on a roundabout in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and Laos seek to bolster their cooperation on defense.
From The Mainichi, a traditional fire fishing event in Gero, Japan draws tourists and photographers.
And from Gatestone Institute, Turkey allegedly wages a "filthy war" against Syria and Libya.
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