* Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won Monday's parliamentary elections in Canada, preliminary results from Elections Canada showed. As of 03:30 a.m. EDT (0730 GMT) on Tuesday, the Liberals had won or were leading in 167 out of 343 ridings. Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are set to remain in opposition, with 145 ridings so far. Parties need 172 seats to form a majority.
* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that China always gives China-Thailand relations high priority in neighborhood diplomacy. Wang made the remarks when meeting with his Thai counterpart, Maris Sangiampongsa.
* The Pakistan Army on Monday shot down an Indian quadcopter for violating the country's airspace along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistani military sources said.
* The BRICS bloc of emerging economies is a paramount example of multilateralism, Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira said during a meeting of foreign ministers from BRICS member countries on Monday.
* The U.S. Department of State has approved the sale of an MIM-104 Patriot air defense system to Romania, the U.S. Embassy here announced Tuesday on its website.
* Kyrgyzstan will provide some 600 million cubic meters of irrigation water to Kazakhstan, in addition to the 45 million cubic meters already supplied in April this year, the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced on Monday.
* Mexico's Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue said Sunday that the country will not "subordinate" itself to U.S. demands regarding the potential suspension of Mexican cattle imports over concerns about the screwworm pest.
* The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Tecno, a flagship technology brand of China's Transsion Holdings, on Tuesday announced an expanded three-year global partnership to improve access to education for refugee children and youth in sub-Saharan Africa.
* A meeting is currently underway in Cairo between Egyptian officials and an Israeli security delegation, led by Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, to discuss a new proposal aimed at achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, informed Egyptian sources said on Monday.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani and Jordanian King Abdullah II emphasized on Tuesday the need to halt the aggression against Gaza.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Tuesday offered his condolences to the victims of the massive explosion at Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran.
* The death toll from Sunday's overnight U.S. airstrikes on three houses in Yemen's capital Sanaa rose to 12, with 4 others injured, Houthi-controlled health authorities said in a statement late Monday night.
* At least 56 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to the Civil Defense in Gaza.
* Israel's military said on Monday that it carried out more than 50 airstrikes across Lebanon in April, despite a ceasefire that has been effective since November 2024.
* The Malian army announced on Monday that it has killed 21 terrorists during an operation in west Mali's Sebabougou area.
* China announced Tuesday a campaign to eliminate and rectify market access barriers in the latest effort to promote the development of a unified national market.
* Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday welcomed investment commitments totaling over 700 million USD in the country's digital sector, describing them as a positive sign of confidence in Pakistan's economy.
* Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to conduct an economic census in two stages, according to a statement issued by the Department of Government Information on Tuesday.
* Trade between Indonesia and Pakistan has grown 7.92 percent over the past five years, with palm oil, textiles, machinery and pharmaceuticals on the list, according to Indonesia's Ministry of Trade.
* A total of 820 Afghan inmates imprisoned in Pakistan have been set free and returned to their homeland in the past week, official data from the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation showed on Tuesday.
* UN organizations, in partnership with a vaccine alliance, have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting the Bangladeshi government in protecting every child from vaccine-preventable diseases.
* Authorities in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria have issued a health alert for measles amid a spike in cases. The Victorian Department of Health on Monday said that a new measles case has been reported in a returned traveller who visited Pakistan and was infectious on a flight from Dubai to Melbourne on April 24.
* Most parts of the Horn of Africa are expected to be wetter than usual between May and July 2025, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said Tuesday in its latest forecast.
* African climate and disaster risk experts gathered in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, to explore innovative approaches and develop stronger strategies for building climate resilience across the continent.
* An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 286 km SW of Bluff, New Zealand at 13:16:32 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 48.18 degrees south latitude and 165.34 degrees east longitude.
