Muslims around the world are performing prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday prayers of Ramadan, a month of fasting during which observers abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset.
Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2-½ years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.
A New York judge on Friday denied a request from Donald Trump's lawyer to end a contempt-of-court finding against the former U.S. president and kept in place a $10,000 US-a-day fine over his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the state attorney general.
Chinese authorities are moving quickly to try to prevent a massive COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing and avoid a citywide lockdown like the one that has paralyzed Shanghai for more than three weeks.
This week on Nothing is Foreign, a conversation with Mahmoud Rafat, the godfather of Mahraganat — the Egyptian street music sensation the government does not want you to hear.
