Typhoon Faxai has forced more than 200 flights to be cancelled on Sunday and Monday

More than 29 people were killed in twin militant attacks in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, local media reported Monday

Iran's Foreign Ministry says the country is likely to soon release a British tanker it is detaining

A Boeing 747 plane with over 550 passengers on board made a hard landing on Saturday in Minna, capital of Nigeria's west-central state of Niger after experiencing a fault in landing, an airport source said.

The Japanese weather agency Sunday warned that central and eastern Japan regions including Tokyo areas could see some of their most powerful ever winds as Typhoon Faxai approaches.

Top oil producers will consider fresh output cuts at a meeting this week, but analysts are doubtful they will succeed in bolstering crude prices dented by the US-China trade war. The OPEC petroleum exporters' cartel and key non-OPEC members want to halt a slide in prices that has continued despite previous production cuts and US sanctions that have squeezed supply from Iran and Venezuela.