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.

The trial of Istanbul's mayor and 400 current and former city employees began Monday in Turkey over allegations of corruption and organized crime.

Turkey has said the ballistic munition was neutralized by "NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean."

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,

French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Cyprus. The visit on Monday comes days after France dispatched a warship to the east Mediterranean island nation amid the Iran war.

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's population is vulnerable than earlier predictions had estimated.

Belgian officials say an overnight explosion outside a synagogue in Liege appears to be an antisemitic attack, and prosecutors are treating it seriously

Rescuers are searching for four missing people after a large stack of garbage collapsed at Indonesia’s biggest landfill over the weekend, killing at least five, an official said on Monday (March 9).