London: Five members of a family, including three children, have died in a house fire in west London, the Metropolitan Police said on Monday as it announced an investigation into the tragic incident.

Beijing/Karachi: The navies of China and Pakistan have kicked off their largest naval exercises in the Arabian Sea which included their "first joint maritime patrol", the Chinese official media reported on Monday.

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carried out a dramatic reshuffle to his Cabinet on Monday, firing his hardline Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman and bringing former premier David Cameron back to frontline politics as his Foreign Secretary.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday sacked his Indian-origin Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, days after days it emerged that a controversial newspaper article attacking the Metropolitan Police was published without clearance from her boss, according to reports coming out from Downing Street.

The 43-year-old Goan-origin Cabinet minister has repeatedly courted controversy in her senior UK Cabinet role, most recently by accusing the Met Police of "playing favourites" when tackling aggressive Israel-Gaza protests in an article in The Times.

In times of war, things get tough, especially for healthcare and older people. Right now, in the Middle East, Israel is bombing Palestine, and it's showing us just how much war messes with not just hospitals but also the minds of the people going through it.

Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advance Monday in Nairobi as most of the world's nations, plus petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others affected by the pollution gather to discuss draft language for the first time.

Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza's largest hospital rejected Israel's claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate on Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out.

Jerusalem: Attacks by Lebanon's Hezbollah group Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people, Israel's military and rescue services said.