A Chelean national illegal migrant in the US has been arrested for stealing a designer handbag belonging to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during an Easter Sunday outing at a Washington, DC restaurant, law enforcement source told The New York Post.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party won Canada's federal election on Monday, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fuelled by US President Donald Trump's annexation threats and trade war.

Deir Al-Balah: Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight into Monday killed at least 27 Palestinians, according to local health officials.

Lahore: As Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has not yet condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, local media says he wants diplomatic channel to be used to deescalate tensions between Pakistan and India.

Barcelona: Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to large parts of the country after a massive and unprecedented outage Monday that also hit Portugal could take 6-10 hours.

Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the US presses for a deal to end the three-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce.

The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked one of Iran's main ports rose Monday to 46 people killed, authorities said.

China has called for a "swift and fair investigation" into the Pahalgam terror attack and expressed support for its all-weather ally Pakistan in safeguarding its sovereignty and security interests amid Islamabad's rising tensions with India.