Myanmar's military regime has widened its ban on sanitary pads and related products in several conflict areas. The military, which took over Myanmar in 2021 after a coup, claimed the napkins are being used as first aid to treat wounded rebels. Women are reportedly forced to buy sanitary napkins in black markets where prices have tripled from ₹135/pack to ₹400.

Japan is highly earthquake-prone because it lies on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, where several tectonic plates meet. Four major plates beneath Japan: the Pacific, Philippine Sea, Eurasian, and North American (Okhotsk) plates, interact and subduct beneath one another, building intense geological stress that’s frequently released as earthquakes. Many quakes occur offshore, which can trigger tsunamis.

US President Donald Trump told a Fox News journalist that a deal with Iran will be signed "tonight". This comes even after Iran rejected taking part in the second round of peace talks with the US in Pakistan. On Sunday, Trump threatened to "knock out" all Iranian power plants and bridges if Tehran refused the US' "reasonable" deal.

Twelve UK universities paid £440,000 (₹5.5 crore) to private intelligence firm Horus Security Consultancy to track student protests and academics, including pro-Palestine voices, a joint investigation by Al Jazeera English and Liberty Investigates found. The firm collected social media data on protest activity, student posts, and assessed "risks" linked to guest speakers and campus events.

Palantir, a US-based firm providing AI defence and surveillance software, has shared a 22-point summary of its CEO Alex Karp and executive Nicholas Zamiska. The brief included calls for universal national service during wartime, Silicon Valley owing a moral debt to US, Japan and Germany's rearmament, building AI weapons, etc. "You forgot the 'Hail Hydra' at...end," a user said.

A planned fight among minors escalated into a mass shooting at a park in US' North Carolina on Monday, leaving several dead. According to police, two individuals planned a fight, however, "situation escalated significantly, leading to multiple people exchanging gunfire". The shooting occurred near a middle school, which will remain on lockdown until the scene is secure.

Amid conflicting reports of the second round of talks between US and Iran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian released a statement stating that the US seeks "Iran's surrender", adding, "Iranians don't submit to force." Pezeshkian stated that "deep historical mistrust in Iran toward US government remains." This comes as US President Donald Trump claimed talks will happen in Islamabad.

US President Donald Trump said that it is "highly unlikely" that he will extend the current ceasefire with Iran if no agreement is reached before it expires on April 22, Bloomberg reported. Stating that the Iranians want the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz "desperately", he added, "I'm not opening it until a deal is signed."

A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse sparked a major fire, with visuals surfacing on social media. Tuapse, one of Russia's major southern ports, is home ​to a major oil refinery of the same name owned by Rosneft. The attack came hours after a blaze was extinguished following a similar ​attack on April 16.

A German woman has been arrested in Russia's Pyatigorsk for allegedly planning to attack a law enforcement facility as part of a Ukrainian-linked terrorist plot, Russia's Federal Security Service said. The 57-year-old woman was found carrying a makeshift bomb in her backpack meant for remote detonation. A citizen from a Central Asian country who recruited the woman was also arrested.