Brent crude climbed to $64.65 and U.S. WTI reached $60.49 per barrel after Washington imposed sanctions on Russian oil companies and warned of further measures amid rising tensions.
A woman in South Korea accidentally caused a deadly fire while trying to kill a cockroach with a burning spray. One person died and several others suffered breathing problems as the blaze spread through a residential building in Usan.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence in Paris after being convicted on corruption charges linked to campaign funds from Libya. He will serve his term in solitary confinement for security reasons, according to Reuters.
Oil prices fell slightly after Kurdistan regional exports resumed and a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas. Brent traded at $61.12 a barrel, while WTI slipped to $57.36.
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was poisoned in Moscow but has since recovered, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. He has been living in Russia since being ousted last year.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 19 migrant bodies were recovered off the coast of Libya after a boat carrying over 70 people sank. Twelve survivors were rescued, while 42 others remain missing.
Kurdish activists in the UK staged a protest in front of the Iraqi Embassy, denouncing the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) courts as politically influenced and calling for judicial independence and transparency
Germany has deported nearly 35 asylum seekers to Baghdad, most of whom are Kurds, including a Yazidi family. This marks the 23rd deportation of Kurdish asylum seekers since late 2023, with more flights planned.
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 after suffering from double pneumonia, the Vatican announced. His death marks the end of a historic 12-year papacy defined by humility, reform, and outreach.
Nine soldiers on board were killed when two US army helicopters crashed during a training mission in the southeastern US state of Kentucky late Wednesday, local media reported.
The Summit Foundation for Refugees and Displaced Affairs said on Monday (March 27) a boat carrying migrants near the southern Greek island of Crete was in danger.
A German Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday the latest talks between Iran and the E3 -- Germany, France, UK -- did not include efforts to resume stalled talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
The US Department of State said in its annual report released on Tuesday (March 21) that the Kurdistan Region’s security forces detained journalists, activists, and protesters randomly and without arrest warrants in 2022.
The UN chief said on Monday that the rate of temperature rise in the last half century was the highest in 2,000 years and humans were responsible for virtually all global heating over the past 200 years.
Canada will speed up extensions for stays for Turks and Syrians and accelerate visa applications for others from the earthquake-torn countries to come there, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Saturday (March 18).
Former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he expects to be arrested next week as a Manhattan prosecutor prepares charges in an ongoing case surrounding an allegedly payment of hush money.
The number of Arab asylum applicants in the European Union has surged last year amid economic and political crises in a number of Arab countries.
The EU Council on Monday (March 13) renewed for another six months the sanctions imposed on 1,473 Russian individuals and 205 entities for "undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence" of Ukraine.
Italy rescued at least 17 irregular migrants while 30 others are still missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean on Sunday (March 12).