World News at a Glance

Turkey Releases U.S. Preacher Held 24 Months

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, ending his 24-month detention and allowing him to fly home, signaling a truce of sorts in a heated diplomatic dispute between Turkey and the United States. Brunson, who was accused of spying and aiding terrorists, had been sentenced to 3 years 1 month 15 days in prison. The judge, citing time served, allowed him to leave the country immediately.

Trump Takes Center Stage in Dispute Over Missing Journalist

Turkey wants President Donald Trump to press the Saudis over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist. U.S. lawmakers are also pressing Trump. Turkish officials accuse the Saudis of killing Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. Trump said Friday that he planned to speak with King Salman, the father of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, about the disappearance, but that he had not done so yet. The crown prince and other Saudi officials insist that Khashoggi left the consulate freely.

Pope Applauds Cleric Resigning Post Under Fire

Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington. But instead of making an example of Wuerl, who was named in a recent Pennsylvania grand jury report that accused church leaders of covering up abuse, Francis held him up as a model for the future unity of the Roman Catholic Church. The pope cited Wuerl’s “nobility” in volunteering to resign and announced that the 77-year-old prelate would stay on as the archdiocese’s caretaker until the appointment of a successor.

After a Savage Beating, Still Speaking Out in Uganda

Having survived a savage beating after speaking out against President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, the ragga singer Bobi Wine is intent on ousting him. “They beat me, punched me and kicked me with their boots,” Wine said. “No part of my body was spared.” Now Wine, who shocked the ruling party when he went into politics and won a seat in Parliament by a landslide last year, has declared his intention to challenge the 74-year-old Museveni, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, in elections in 2021.

Veering to Germany’s Political Extremes

At any other moment in Germany, a regional election in Bavaria would be merely a regional election in Bavaria. But in the current political climate, Sunday’s vote is being closely watched as a referendum on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migration policy — and a measure of how much German and European politics are being reshuffled by feelings over migration, the rise of the far right and the collapse of the political center.

Israeli Forces Kill 7 Palestinians in Gaza Border Clashes

Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Friday during protests along the fence dividing Israel and Hamas-run Gaza, according to Gaza health officials. Four of them were shot dead after they crossed into Israeli territory and approached an army snipers’ post, the Israeli military and a witness said. In response to the border violence, Israel’s defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said he was halting Qatari-funded transfers of fuel into the Gaza Strip. The fuel shipments had begun to alleviate the chronic energy shortage in Gaza that has left most of its 2 million residents with only eight hours of electricity every 24 hours.

Hope All but Gone, Keeping Vigil for Missing in the Indonesian Disaster

Two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Palu, Indonesia, desperate family members still cling to hope. But time is running out. Friday marked the final official day of large-scale operations after the Indonesian government announced that it would end the formal search for remains. Weeks in the tropical heat have turned the concerns from digging out bodies to the health of the rescue workers. More than 2,000 people have been declared dead, and government officials have said that as many as 5,000 are still missing.

Charges of Abuse Stir Debate in China

The case of Sun Shihua, a female lawyer who described being beaten and forced to submit to a strip search in Guangzhou, has prompted a debate in China about discrimination against women. Her written account, nearly 4,000 Chinese characters long, reverberated across the internet this week, drawing tens of thousands of comments. “She was humiliated,” said Huang Yizhi, 32, a lawyer in Guangzhou. “It resulted in tremendous harm to her.”

Princess Eugenie Marries, and Britons Gripe About the Tax Bill

On Friday, five months after the wildly popular wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a much windier and less-celebrated royal ceremony took place at St. George’s Chapel in London: the marriage of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. Eugenie, 28, is the daughter of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York; and of Sarah Ferguson. But this time, a majority of Britons declared that they would not be tuning in, according to one opinion poll, and legions took to social media to gripe about the tax bill.