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London firefighters combed through the burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with pressure building on officials to explain the disaster and assure that similar buildings around the country are safe. (Photo: AP)

London tower fire: At least 58 feared dead; UK PM May admits...

If the number is confirmed, it would make the Grenfell Tower blaze the deadliest in London since World War Two.

18 Jun 2017 12:24 PM IST

Polls open for French parliamentary election

Macron's Republic on the Move (REM) and its allies are tipped to win 400-470 seats in the 577-strong parliament.

18 Jun 2017 11:53 AM IST

UK PM Theresa May drops Queens speech to ease way for Brexit laws

UK PM Theresa May drops Queen's speech to ease way for Brexit laws

In a highly unusual move, the parliamentary session is being doubled to two years, reports said.

18 Jun 2017 11:38 AM IST

Firefighters of the Portuguese National Republican Guard work to stop a forest fire from reaching the village of Avelar, central Portugal. (Photo: AP)

Portugal: 57 dead in massive forest fire, 59 injured

Several hundred firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late on Saturday to tackle the blaze.

18 Jun 2017 10:04 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II reflects on sombre mood after tragedies in UK

She said it was â€œdifficult to escape a very sombre national moodâ€.

18 Jun 2017 2:35 AM IST

Theresa May tries to quell public anger, meets fire victims

Ms May was met with cries of â€œShame on youâ€and â€œcowardâ€when she returned on Friday.

18 Jun 2017 2:31 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street, London. (Photo: AP)

British PM Theresa May to meet fire survivors in Downing Street

In a television interview Friday, May sidestepped questions over whether she had misread the public mood.

17 Jun 2017 7:02 PM IST

The duo were each jailed for five months and ordered to receive three strokes of the cane. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Indian-origin pharmacist jailed for illegally selling drugs in London

The Metropolitan Police's Controlled Drug Liaison team began an investigation in August 2016 after Patel's employer

17 Jun 2017 4:40 PM IST

Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo: File/AP)

UK Indian doctors body chief in Queen's Birthday Honours list

In total 1,109 people have received honours, which are bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II to mark her official birthday...

17 Jun 2017 3:35 PM IST

Lawyer and womens rights activist Seyran Ates opened the Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque with words of welcome before Christian and Jewish guests and a large media contingent. (Photo: AFP)

Taboo-breaking liberal mosque opens in Berlin

The new mosque, the 88th in the German capital, is located in a rented room on the third floor of the Protestant...

17 Jun 2017 12:42 PM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with London Fire Brigade commissioner Dany Cotton as she visits the remains of Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in west London on June 15, 2017, the day after it was gutted by fire British Prime Minister Theresa May (C) speaks with London Fire Brigade commissioner Dany Cotton as she visits the remains of Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in west London on June 15, 2017, the day after it was gutted by fire (Photo: AFP)

UK's Theresa May pledges USD 6.4 million for fire survivors

May said she 'spoke with people who ran from the fire in only the clothes they were wearing.'

17 Jun 2017 11:19 AM IST

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. (Photo: AP)

Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunited Germany, dies at 87

'Helmut Kohl was the most important European statesman since World War II', Bill Clinton, the former US president, said...

17 Jun 2017 8:34 AM IST