Oil prices rose to their highest in more than week on Monday after two large crude production bases in Libya began shutting down amid a military blockade, setting the stage for crude flows from the OPEC member to be cut to a trickle. Brent crude LCOc1 futures were up by 74 cents, or 1.1%,...

Iran still remains in its 2015 nuclear deal despite rolling back its commitments to the pact, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday, criticizing European powers for failing to salvage the agreement. “Tehran still remains in the deal ... the European powers’ claims...

China on Monday reported a third death from a newly discovered virus while confirming 136 new cases, according to local media. Health authorities in Wuhan province reported that a patient had died Saturday and said 59 new cases had been confirmed on Saturday and 77 on Sunday, taking the...

The Taal Volcano, one of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes, has affected more than 50,000 people, local media reported on Monday. A total of 50,599 families or 203,763 people in three provinces have so far been affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano, according to the state-run...