Three people were arrested on Tuesday in central England for alleged links to terrorist activities in Syria, according to West Midlands Police.


Three suspected of Syria terrorist links held in England


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The Bangladesh government is yet to take sufficient steps to end child marriage despite promises to do so, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday.


Bangladesh child marriages denounced


A city court on Tuesday extended, till June 15, the judicial custody of TDP legislator A. Revanth Reddy and two other accused in the cash-for-vote scam even as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) completed their interrogation.


Judicial custody of TDP legislator extended in cash-for-vote scam


An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death, including one in absentia, in the retrial of a football stadium massacre case.


11 sentenced to death in Egypt


A court in the US state of Massachusetts has sentenced a former Indian-origin police officer convicted on rape charges to seven years in jail, media reported.


Former Indian-American policeman jailed for rape


A villager shot dead four people, including two police officers, and injured five others in north China's Hebei Province, police said on Tuesday.


Two police officers among four killed in China shooting


A Tripura court has asked the state government to return the 85-year-old Neermahal, eastern India's lone lake palace, to its builder - the state's ex-royal family, officials said here Tuesday.


Tripura's erstwhile royal family gets possession of Neermahal palace


In a dramatic escalation of the row between the central and AAP governments, Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested here Tuesday over his alleged fake law degree. The AAP cried foul and linked it with its anti-corruption campaign.


Delhi law minister arrested, AAP cries foul


Bangkok, June 9 (IANS/EFE) Authorities in Myanmar have repatriated 150 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants rescued from boats abandoned by human-traffickers, a media report said on Tuesday.


Myanmar deports 150 illegal immigrants


The Hong Kong government on Tuesday issued a red alert warning against travel to South Korea, which is battling an outbreak of Middle East respiratory Syndrome (MERS).


Hong Kong warns against South Korea travel


Delhi Law Minister was detained on Tuesday in a case relating to an alleged law degree, police said. An AAP leader, however, said the minister was arrested.


Fake law degree row: Delhi law minister detained


A US judge has ordered release of a man who has spent 43 years in solitary confinement for a crime he denied committing, a media report said on Tuesday.


US man to be free after 43 years in solitary confinement


The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notice to builders who had constructed multi-storeyed structures on the Yamuna flood plains in Agra, asking them to prove they had all the required No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from government departments.


NGT notice to builders over Yamuna flood plains structures


Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will be put under correctional supervision with effect from August 21, it was announced on Monday.


Oscar Pistorius to be placed under correctional supervision


The Supreme Court on Monday extended, till June 12, the stay of  declaration of the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test results, over-riding its earlier order restraining the Central Board of Secondary  Education to hold back the results till June 9.


SC extends stay on AIPMT results till June 12


Former Iranian vice president Hamid Baghaei was detained on Monday, said an Iranian Judiciary spokesman without stating the reasons for the arrest, media reported.


Iranian government arrests former vice president


Tata Steel workers across the Britain will go on strike later this month in a row over British Steel pension scheme, British trade unions have announced.


British unions plan strike on June 22 in dispute with Tata


The Delhi High Court on Monday extended till June 19 the parole granted to Santosh Kumar Singh, serving a life term for the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996.


HC extends parole of Priyadarshini Mattoo killer


The horse-drawn Victorias, a familiar sight for joyrides in Mumbai's tourist areas, will become history from June 2016 after the Bombay High Court on Monday termed them "completely illegal".


Mumbai's horse-drawn Victorias to go from June 2016


An Iranian court on Monday resumed the trial of a Washington Post reporter over spying and propaganda charges, media reported.


Iran resumes scribe's trial over spying charge


Four Saudi Arabian children on a pilgrimage to Iran died afer falling sick in their hotel rooms which had been fumigated, the Iranian health minister said on Monday.

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