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At this stage the Met can confirm that, following initial reports from specialist investigators and experts, there is nothing to suggest the fire was started deliberately,â€Metropolitan police chief Stuart Cundy said.

London fire: Death toll rises to 30, may cross 100

The death toll in the massive fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower here nearly doubled to 30 on Friday amid fears that...

17 Jun 2017 3:19 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II meets members of the community affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower in west London. (Photto:AP)

Faulty fridge caused UK fire

Cladding on walls was not graded fire-resistant: reports.

17 Jun 2017 3:11 AM IST

A massive fire ripped through a 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze.

London fire may have destroyed DNA needed to ID victims

Officials said the temperature of the blaze at Grenfell Tower was comparable to a cremation.

16 Jun 2017 8:08 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Germany hits out at new US sanctions against Russia

German and Austrian accused Washington of using the sanctions to squeeze Russian gas supplies out of Europe in favour of...

16 Jun 2017 7:58 PM IST

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)

Cladding on London tower was not graded fire-resistant: reports

The residential tower was built in 1974 and had been extensively refurbished in works that were completed last year.

16 Jun 2017 6:34 PM IST

A 2010 Sapo report estimated the number of violent Islamist extremists in the Scandinavian country at 200. Sapo chief Anders Thornberg. (Photo: AP)

Sharp rise in violent Islamist extremists in Sweden: intelligence

Thornberg attributed the rise primarily to the propaganda machine of the ISIS, which has united different groups of...

16 Jun 2017 6:04 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)

30 killed, dozens missing, more feared dead in London tower block fire

Police have warned some of the victims may never be identified because of the state of the remains.

16 Jun 2017 5:47 PM IST

Britains Chancellor Philip Hammond arrives at the Treasury in Whitehall, London, after Downing Street said that Theresa May is to leave her most senior Cabinet team in place following a disastrous election which left the party short of a majority in parliament. (Photo: AP)

Economy should be main focus in Brexit: UK finance minister

The talks are taking place three months after Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered the two-year Brexit...

16 Jun 2017 5:13 PM IST

The Government Railway Police suspect that Ashutosh Kumar and his friend Dharmaveer Kumar from Bihar may have plotted the murder of Ashutoshs wife Alpana.

Ireland: Woman killed, dismembered; parts dumped in 8 locations

The man reportedly killed the victim at her house in Rathfarnham at the end of May and then drove to Wexford with the...

16 Jun 2017 5:08 PM IST

Armed British police officers patrol near 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

3 months from Westminister attack, UK Police arrest 'knifeman' near...

The incident occurred less than three months since a man drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge

16 Jun 2017 4:58 PM IST

ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Photo: AP)

Russian military claims may have killed IS leader Baghdadi

The Iraqi-born world's most-wanted man has been rumoured wounded or killed a number of times in the past.

16 Jun 2017 1:32 PM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin. (Photo: PTI)

India re-elected to UN organ on economic, social issues; Pak loses out

France, Germany, Ghana, Ireland and Japan were among nations seeking re-election.

16 Jun 2017 1:04 PM IST