Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged 5% and other Asian markets also tumbled Monday after oil prices soared to nearly $120 a barrel, casting a shadow over economies heavily dependent on imported crude and gas from the region.

U.S. and Ecuadoran forces conducted "lethal kinetic operations" inside Ecuador to combat drug trafficking in the South American country, SOUTHCOM said.

Loud explosions could be heard, smoke was seen rising and damage and debris were visible on Monday morning (March 9) in Beirut’s southern suburb of Baabda, after an Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah's infrastructure.

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.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is standing 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.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate p

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.

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,