Crude oil stayed above $100 a barrel on Monday and Gulf countries reported more attacks by Iran as the war entered its third week, while share prices were mixed. A barrel of Brent crude, the international standard,

Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in the war involving Iran, urgently urging world leaders to halt violence after deadly strikes hit schools and civilian areas.

France’s far right said it was gaining ground after the first round of municipal elections on March 15, with exit polls showing tight races across major cities. In Marseille, a deadlock between the left and far right has set up a high‑stakes run‑off seen as a key test ahead of next year’s presidential election.

U.S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump's inner circle that Iran's late supreme leader had misgivings about his son replacing him, viewing Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as not very bright.

Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry said.

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar’s supporters packed central Budapest in a show of strength a month before elections that polls show could spell the end of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.

Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a firm grasp on power.

Voters in Kazakhstan headed to the polls Sunday for a referendum on a new constitution that would strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest country. The proposal merges the Kazakhstani parliament’s two chambers into one and gives the president the right to appoint all government officials,