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Pakistan hosts Sri Lanka Sunday in their major first international match at home since a terrorist attack in 2009.

Najmeh Bozorgmehr, a Tehran-based correspondent for the Financial Times, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why women in Iran are boldly protesting the compulsory hijab.

Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik were the only athletes from the isolated autocratic nation who formally qualified for the Olympics. On Wednesday, they finished among the top 12 pairs in the short program.

Kenya's electoral confusion threatens to become a constitutional crisis. This comes as a senior electoral official resigned and fled to the U.S., saying the planned rerun of the presidential election in eight days is not guaranteed a fair process.

For the first time in 60 years, Italy won't advance to the World Cup. It lost a qualifying match to Sweden Monday night. David Greene talks to journalist Christopher Livesay, who's in Rome.

Jerry Chung Shing Lee, 53, was arrested at New York's JFK airport on Monday, capping a six-year investigation that began when the FBI searched his hotel room in 2012, uncovering classified notes.

The 2017 nominees for the U.K.'s top literary prize include a hefty dose of marquee authors, such as Paul Auster. But the list also features a pair of debuts, from Emily Fridlund and Fiona Mozley.

It's hard to check for skin changes on the scalp, and that's one body part that hairdressers see every day. Researchers found that they improved their ability to spot scary stuff after brief training.

North, infamous for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal, will leave Fox News and become the group's president within a few weeks, the National Rifle Association said in a statement.

An outside legal review of NPR's handling of allegations against former top news executive Michael Oreskes found that questions were raised about his behavior even before he was hired.