President Donald Trump told Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and some other terms in a U.S. plan to end the war, but vexing issues like disarmament appeared unresolved.

The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to serve as ceremonial head of Anglican Christianity worldwide, prompting immediate criticism from conservative church leaders in Africa.

Both runways at Munich airport were closed on Friday evening for the second time in less than 24 hours after drones were again sighted, authorities said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shutdown failed again in the Senate.

Pope Leo initially impressed conservative Catholics after his election in May as he embraced traditions shunned by his predecessor Pope Francis and steered clear of hot button social issues that divided the 1.4 billion-member Church.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet with his budget director Russell Vought on Thursday to determine which “Democrat Agencies” to cut, as he looks to inflict pain on his political opposition in the second day of a government shutdown.

Flash floods in Ukraine’s Odesa killed nine people including a family of five trapped in their home as it was engulfed by water, emergency services said, as torrential rain left hundreds in need of rescue and thousands without power.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani discussed with U.S. President Donald Trump his plan to end the war in Gaza in a phone call, the Emiri Diwan said in a statement.

Russia does not recognize the return of United Nations sanctions on Iran, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters on Wednesday when asked if Moscow would enforce the measures.

The Taliban have ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said.

The Oktoberfest will reopen after police found nothing suspicious in a major operation prompted by a bomb threat and the discovery of explosives in a Munich residential building after an incident that left at least one person dead.