Governments at the COP29 talks on Monday approved new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.

The Atlanta-based advisor is the latest to get penalized for its claims about investing in environmental, social, and corporate governance themes.

Lebanese state-run media said Israel struck a house in the northern Akkar region on Monday, one of the farthest attacks from the border in its war against Hezbollah militants.

France's foreign minister said on Monday that the European Union could soon launch a new round of sanctions against Israeli settlers accused of fuelling violence in Palestinian territories. France had ...

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Barcelona star forwards Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal have picked up injuries which have ruled them out of the international break, the La Liga leaders said Monday.

A Taiwanese army unit on Monday removed a "corroded" unexploded 227-kilogram bomb from a construction site for a TSMC semiconductor plant in the island's south, authorities said.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday warned that his country was suffering an "unprecedented" crisis that threatens its existence, as Israel wages war on Hezbollah.

Lithuania's new coalition partners signed a deal to govern on Monday despite criticism over one of the party leaders, who is on trial over alleged anti-Semitic remarks.

A Swedish-Eritrean journalist held incommunicado without charge in Eritrea for more than 23 years won a Swedish rights prize on Monday for his fight for freedom of expression, the jury said.

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit on Monday.

In a bid to dodge a US lawsuit, Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli has scuppered its own claims about the excellence of its ...