World shares tumbled on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunging more than 5%, after oil prices spiked at nearly $120 a barrel, casting a shadow over economies heavily dependent on imports of oil and gas from the Middle East.

Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said Monday that an explosion near a synagogue in the eastern city of Liege overnight was “a despicable antisemitic act” and that federal prosecutors were investigating,

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu went on trial on Monday with more than 400 other defendants accused of widespread corruption in a case critics see as a politically motivated move against Turkey’s opposition.

President Donald Trump told leaders from a dozen Latin American countries on Saturday morning at the "Shield of the Americas" summit that the U.S. is ready and willing to use military force to destroy drug cartels anywhere in the hemisphere: "We'll put a missile through the cartel boss's living room if you want.

France will send ​two frigates as ‌part of the European Union's naval mission ​Aspides in ​the Red Sea, French ⁠President Emmanuel Macron ​said on Monday.

Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a deep-sea search has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft, as families pressed for the effort to continue.

Thousands of civilians have fled the opposition-held town of Akobo in eastern South Sudan following an evacuation order issued by the army to pave the way for an operation. The exodus from Akobo

Lebanon’s parliament has extended its term for two years on Monday due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and Israeli operations in Lebanon. The state news agency said 76 legislators voted in favor, 41 voted against,