To block minors from accessing pornographic websites, France plans to implement a government-licensed digital certification that would help viewers prove they are at least 18 years old.
Oil-rich Norway has proposed a $7.3 billion aid package to assist war-torn Ukraine. The package would stretch for five years and contribution to Ukraine’s military and civilian support.
Countries along the Indian Ocean have agreed to stop using industrial fishing gear. The industrial fishing gear drastically depletes the tuna stock in the ocean.
UN chief António Guterres warned that the war between Russia and Ukraine could lead to a "wider war," and called for the world to adopt a New Agenda for Peace.
Investigators searched over 70 properties across Europe and arrested 48 people connected to an encrypted app used as a secure channel for organized crime, including drug trades.
Lawmakers from Switzerland visited Taiwan to deepen relations regarding business, culture, and politics. However, Beijing claimed that Taiwan has no right to conduct foreign relations.
Buddhist abbot Hsing Yun has died at age 95. Yun established the Fo Guang Shan monastery in 1967 and was an advocate for the political unification between Taiwan and China.
Over a dozen media outlets called on Taliban rulers to release journalist Mortaza Behboudi who was accused of spying in Afghanistan. Behboudi has been imprisoned for a month.
China has admitted Monday that a second balloon seen flying over Latin America belongs to Beijing, just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy flight.
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed not to kill Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during early negotiations with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake and major aftershocks rocked Turkey and Syria early Monday, killing thousands and leaving hundreds trapped under the rubble of flattened buildings.
Nurses and ambulance staff in the United Kingdom are striking the country's public health system. Unions are calling it the biggest strike in the country's public health system history.
The European Union is being urged to "reindustrialize" by Spain's prime minister. Pedro Sanchez sees the energy reliance on countries outside the EU bloc as "a serious threat."
China has been seeking greater economic and security involvement in Afghanistan since the US withdrawal in August 2021 as it looks to fill the vacuum left by the US.
Southern Turkey and northern Syria were hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake early Monday, killing hundreds of people and destroying buildings in the region.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake walloped Turkey early Monday morning and the aftershocks were felt in Syria, Jordan, and Israel, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.