As Friday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, a judge in Casablanca, Morocco is under investigation for alleged corruption.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey won't give up on Russian S-400 air defense systems.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities order the detention of 174 more Gülen followers.
From Rûdaw, Russia reportedly deploys troops to a new base in Qamlishi, Syria.
From In-Cyprus, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres still hopes for a "durable" settlement for Cyprus.
From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian Army establishes control over the villages of al-Luaibdeh Gharbyia and Tel Khazna.
From Arutz Sheva, the U.N. extends UNRWA's mandate until 2023.
From The Times Of Israel, Hamas leaders are reportedly kept out of a mourning tent for recently slain Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu al-Ata.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority outlaws child marriage.
From YNetNews, the lessons from the IDF's operation against Islamic Jihad.
From the Egypt Independent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi that Germany wants to expand their cooperation "across various fields".
From Egypt Today, according to Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Omar Marwan, Egypt's constitution guarantees freedom of expression.
From StepFeed, the name "Malak", which means "angel", is forbidden in Saudi Arabia.
From The New Arab, security forces in Baghdad kill protesters.
From Radio Farda, protests over sudden increases in gasoline prices spread to several cities in Iran.
From IranWire, the International Trade Union Federation calls on Iran to release labor activists.
From Dawn, Prime Minister Imran Khan hails the Pakistani Army's efforts to defend the country's borders.
From The Express Tribune, three Balochistan Frontier Corps personnel are killed by the explosion of an IED carried by a motorcycle.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government suffers a setback in its efforts to secure an indemnity bond on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
From Khaama Press, airstrikes in two provinces of Afghanistan send 10 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.
From The Hans India, police in Cyberabad, India rescue 192 children from activities such as child labor and begging.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Ocean becomes an important area for defense cooperation between India and the U.K.
From ANI, India's Central Bureau of Investigation raids an office of Amnesty International in Bengaluru.
From India Today, five people are injured near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir by shelling from Pakistan.
From the Daily Mirror, when voting in Sri Lanka, please turn your cell phone off.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan election is monitored by 11,000 domestic observers and over 150 foreign observers.
From The Bolton News, a pub in Bolton, England is set to be knocked down to make way for a mosque.
From ABC News, an Egyptian woman fights against Islamic inheritance laws.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, the mayor of Ulm, Germany apologizes for remarks made after Muslims allegedly rape a teenage girl. (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)
From Persecution(dot)org, a Christian home is firebombed in Lahore, Pakistan.
From The Jakarta Post, the instant messaging service Telegram commits to removing content related to ISIS and terrorism.
From The Straits Times, China accuses the U.K. of fueling protests in Hong Kong after the area's justice secretary is jostled by demonstrators in London.
From the Borneo Post, a Malaysian ministry proposes a "fact-checker" system to curb fake news.
From Free Malaysia Today, an economist in Malaysia calls for looser rules on gasoline prices.
From The Mainichi, a German-born Buddhist monk passes an ancient exam to become an ordained priest in Nara, Japan.
And from Gatestone Institute, the "inverted colonization" of France.
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