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A massive power cut in Spain and Portugal on Monday has disrupted air traffic, affecting flights to and from Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon, European air traffic organisation Eurocontrol said.
The organisation said it was still too early to say how many flights would be affected.

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight into Monday killed at least 27 Palestinians, according to local health officials.Israel has carried out daily strikes on Gaza since ending its ceasefire with Hamas last month.

It has cut off the territory's 2 million Palestinians from all imports, including food and medicine, since the beginning of March in what it says is an attempt to pressure the militant group to release hostages.

The daily bombardment and widespread hunger is taking a heavy toll on Gaza's most vulnerable residents, including pregnant women and children. The United Nations' highest court began holding hearings on Monday into Israel's obligation to facilitate humanitarian aid to the territories it occupies. (AP)

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia to reclaim his passport to travel abroad over work. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh relaxed the condition after Assam and Maharashtra governments said the investigation against the influencer in the "India's Got Latent" case was complete.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korean troops for fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region. In a statement released by the Kremlin on Monday morning, Putin hailed "heroism, high level of special training and dedication of the (North) Korean fighters, who, shoulder to shoulder with Russian fighters, defended our Motherland as their own."

Putin's statement came on the heels of North Korea confirming it sent troops to Russia to help in its war against Ukraine. Russia first confirmed North Korean soldiers' involvement in the battle in the Kursk region, where Kyiv's troops seized chunks of land in August 2024, on Saturday. (AP)

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Monday an alleged US airstrike that hit a prison holding African migrants killed at least 30 people.

That’s according to the Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the death toll and the U.S. military has not acknowledged conducting the strike in Yemen’s Saada governorate, a stronghold of the Houthis.

Some 100 prisoners were held at the site, the news channel said. Graphic footage aired by al-Masirah showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded there. (AP)

Four persons were killed after their car rammed into a stationary truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Monday, police said. The accident occurred around 7 am near Bhalwadi village on the Indore-Ahmedabad Highway, around 15 km from the district headquarters, according to City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Ravindra Vaskel.

He said the car crashed into the truck from behind, killing four of its occupants on the spot.

A 30-year-old man was charged with multiple counts of murder on allegations he killed 11 people when he rammed a crowd of people at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, as hundreds attended vigils across the city for the victims and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the site on the eve of the country's federal election.

Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, was charged with eight counts of second degree murder in a video appearance before a judge on Sunday, hours after he was arrested at the scene, said Damienne Darby, spokeswoman for British Columbia prosecutors. Lo has not yet entered a plea.

Investigators ruled out terrorism as a motive and said more charges are possible. They said Lo had a history of mental health issues. (AP)