Europe's spiralling migrant crisis will be at the centre of talks between Pope Francis and US president Barack Obama during the pontiff's visit to Washington on September 23, the US administration said.


Migrant crisis high on agenda of Pope's US visit


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Australia could become home to even more asylum seekers from the war-torn Middle East, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Friday.


Australia could take more Syrian refugees: Minister


A district prosecutor in Hungary on Thursday launched an investigation into the case of a camerawoman who was caught on video tripping a migrant father carrying his child, Hungarian News Agency MTI reported.


Hungary's prosecution orders probe into camerawoman kicking migrants


The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the central government to take a decision, within six months of receiving the report of an expert panel set up on the dispute between state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Reliance Industries (RIL) over their Krishna Godavari basin gas fields being interconnected.


HC asks government to take decision on KG basin issue


Police on Thursday filed a voluminous 13,760-page charge sheet invoking murder charges against the 14 main accused, including three women, in Maharashtra's worst hooch tragedy which killed 106 people and left another 75 injured in Mumbai's Malwani suburb in June.


Mumbai hooch tragedy: Accused face murder charges


A woman who lost her family in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots told a court here on Thursday that Congress leader Sajjan Kumar instigated mobs to kill Sikhs.


Sajjan Kumar instigated mob to kill Sikhs: 1984 riots witness


Delhi Police on Thursday filed a charge sheet against jailed gangster Neeraj Bawana, former Delhi legislator Rambeer Shokeen and eight others under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for allegedly running an organised crime syndicate.


Delhi ex-MLA Shokeen, gangster chargesheeted under MCOCA


Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia appeared before a Dhaka court on Thursday to attend the hearing of graft cases against her.


Khaleda Zia attends hearing on graft cases


Law enforcement agencies in Hong Kong have busted a syndicate that allegedly smuggled Vietnamese people into the island territory, authorities said on Thursday.


Hong Kong authorities bust human trafficking syndicate


The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Delhi High Court order permitting the recall and re-examination of 13 witnesses including the victim in Uber cab rape case.


Uber rape: SC sets aside order to re-examine witnesses


A man on Wednesday stabbed four judges in Hubei Province of China, local police said.


Four judges stabbed in China


The Supreme Court will pronounce verdict on Thursday on a petition by Delhi Uber cab rape victim challenging Delhi High court order permitting the recall and re-examination of 13 witnesses including herself.


Uber rape case: SC verdict on challenging witnesses' recall on Thursday


Frankfurt, Sep 9 (IANS/EFE) The Labour Court of the German federal state of Hesse on Wednesday ordered an end to the Lufthansa pilots' strike, after accepting an urgent appeal from the company.


German court orders Lufthansa pilots to halt strike


In 2003, the then Senegalese envoy's son in New Delhi was accused of murdering his driver, but police could not pick him up for questioning as he was protected under the Vienna Convention that provides diplomatic immunity to serving diplomats and their immediate family.


Of cases of diplomatic immunity - and diplomatic tension


The Delhi High Court, informed on Wednesday that about 50 percent of notified forest areas have been "encroached upon", asked the Delhi government to come out with a concrete action plan to preserve the forest area falling under city's region.


HC seeks action plan to preserve Delhi's forests


Owning a vehicle would now cost more in Odisha as the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to amend the Odisha Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1975 making one-time vehicle registration tax higher than before.


Pay more to own vehicle in Odisha


The central government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it will come out with a policy within six months to stop the practice of killing of army dogs after their retirement or when they were found unfit.


Policy on retired army dogs in six months: Centre to Delhi HC


A court here on Wednesday began trial in a rape case against Mahmood Farooqui, the director of Bollywood movie "Peepli Live" who is accused of sexually assaulting an American woman.


Trial begins in rape case against 'Peepli Live' director


European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is due to announce plans to tackle the migrant wave which has thrown European policy into disarray.


Migrant crisis: EU to announce plans for quotas


A lawyer of Indian descent in Canada has been jailed for four years on drug trafficking charges, a media report said on Wednesday.


Indian-origin lawyer sentenced for drug trafficking


Italian authorities said the increasing number of people arrested for allegedly smuggling refugees across the Mediterranean in latest months had a role in making traffickers change their routes, the media reported on Wednesday.

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