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Israel has carried out multiple air strikes on Lebanon after several rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel, in the worst violence since a ceasefire came into effect in November, BBC reported.

The Israeli military said it had hit dozens of rocket launchers and a command centre belonging to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia and political group, in southern Lebanon.

Lebanon's health ministry said seven people, including a child, were killed and 40 injured in the air strikes.

Several armed groups operate in Lebanon, including Hezbollah and Palestinian factions, and no-one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Hours after the first set of strikes, a second wave of attacks were carried out at night on targets that included what the Israeli military described as command centres, infrastructure sites and a weapons storage facility in Lebanon.

Saturday's rocket attack from Lebanon came days after Israel reinforced its offensive against Hamas, a Hezbollah ally, in Gaza, according to BBC.

The Israeli military said it had intercepted three rockets in the northern Israeli town of Metula, and there were no casualties.

Hezbollah said it had no involvement, and it remained committed to the ceasefire.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, on behalf of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, presented a proposal in today's meeting of the National Assembly (NA), seeking consideration of the Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts Related to the Promotion of Good Governance and Public Service Delivery received from the House of Representatives.

Soon after the discussion on the proposal began, lawmaker Renu Chand argued that Rule 93 of the National Assembly Regulations, 2075 BS required that any bill brought through an ordinance in the Parliament should be done so as a replacement bill, but the word 'replacement bill' had not been mentioned in the bill presented by the Minister and, therefore, discussions could not be held on the bill.

National Assembly Chair Narayan Prasad Dahal announced that the meeting has been postponed for some time due to the conflict in the provisions of the regulations.

Three bills have been tabled in the National Assembly today.

National Assembly Secretary Dr Surendra Aryal tabled the Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts Related to Improvement of the Economic and Business Environment and Investment Promotion, 2081 BS, the Privatization (First Amendment) Bill, 2081 BS and Economic Procedure and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Bill, 2081 BS with the message received from the House of Representatives.

NATO countries are attempting to avoid potential upheaval if the United States withdraws from the transatlantic military, alliance according to Aljazeera.

According to a new report, Europe's major military forces are developing plans to assume increased responsibility for the continent's defense from the United States, including a pitch to President Donald Trump's administration for a managed handover over the next five to ten years.

The United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Nordic nations are among those involved in informal but organized conversations aimed at reshaping the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) security bloc, according to The Financial Times, citing four European officials, Aljazeera reported.

The announcement coincides with a report by Bloomberg News on Friday that, in the face of Trump's repeated threats to leave the organization and NATO's political infighting with the US, the alliance will ask Europe and Canada to increase its weapons and equipment stocks by 30%.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has emphasized the need to promote and increase consumption of locally produced goods. 

Inaugurating the third general convention of Federation of Nepalese Industries and Entrepreneurs,  People's organization of the CPN (UML), here today, Prime Minister Oli urged to make the country self-sufficient, stressing on national production and consumption. 

He expressed the view that the government was ready to encourage the production of domestic goods in this sector.