Japan began releasing oil from its reserves on Monday in an effort to ease supply concerns triggered by the escalating U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran and to stabilize the domestic petroleum market.

The International Energy Agency has agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from its members’ strategic reserves in an effort to ease soaring global energy prices during the conflict involving the United States and Israel with Iran.

Oil prices on Monday had pared a massive advance in a roller-coaster session that initially saw them soar to near $120 a barrel amid panic over supply disruptions from the Iran conflict.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Monday urged the United States to immediately release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife while addressing the 61st session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.

A suspected rapist has left the UK after being accidentally released from custody weeks before his trial, court documents show.

Azerbaijani authorities have released four Armenian prisoners previously convicted on various charges and transferred them to Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced on Facebook.

Stranger Things returns for its fifth and final season on November 26, 2025, marking the end of Netflix’s blockbuster sci-fi saga after a three-year break.

Following the completion of examinations at the Abu Kabir forensic institute, the IDF says the fourth body returned by Hamas last night does not belong to any of the hostages.