NEW DELHI -- India on Monday decided to withdraw its ambassador (high commissioner) to Canada, after a fresh diplomatic row erupted between the two countries.

Taking a strong objection to the Canadian government's recent decision to investigate the Indian envoys' role in the killing of a man last year in Canada, the Indian government on Monday evening summoned the Canadian Charge d'Affaires. (India-Canada-Diplomats)

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BEIRUT -- Eighteen people were killed, and four others wounded on Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential apartment in Aitou, a village in Lebanon's North Governorate, the Lebanese Red Cross said in a post on X.

Lebanese TV channel LBCI reported that the building targeted in the airstrike was rented by displaced people from southern Lebanon and housed more than 20 residents across four apartments. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Casualty)

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COLOMBO -- One worker died and 19 were injured on Monday morning, following the exploding of a boiler at a factory in Badalgama in western Sri Lanka.

The deceased is 52 years old and the injured are being treated at nearby hospitals, police said. (Sri Lanka-Industrial-Accident)

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GAZA/RAMALLAH -- At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured by Israeli artillery shelling in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian sources said.

The Israeli army targeted a food aid distribution center in the Jabalia refugee camp, causing the casualties, according to Palestinian medical sources. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) Enditem

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