Sweden's Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to overturn the arrest warrant against him for allegations of sexual assault in the country.


Swedish court rejects Assange's appeal against arrest


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With barely three days to go for the budget session of the Lok Sabha to end, the government is set to move the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets Bill, or the black money bill, on Monday.


Black Money bill likely in Lok Sabha on Monday


Twentyfour more Mayanmarese, including six women and 12 children, have been arrested for illegally entering Tripura, police said on Sunday.


24 more Myanmar nationals held in Tripura


A farmers' advocacy group from Vidarbha on Saturday locked horns with Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Eknath Khadse over his remarks that the government has no solution to stop farmland suicides.


Farmers furious as minister says no solution to farmland suicides


The Hyderabad High Court on Saturday directed the employees of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) to call off their strike in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.


Court asks APSTRC employees to end strike


The National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People (NCPEDP) has urged the Kaya Kalp council to make the Indian Railways disabled-friendly, a press statement of the centre said on Saturday.


Railways urged to make services disabled-friendly


An Egypt court on Saturday upheld a three-year jail sentence for former president Hosni Mubarak on graft charges.


Court upholds three-year sentence for Hosni Mubarak


A police officer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the death of a 14-year-old boy during an anti-government protest, the Venezuelan Attorney General's office has said.


Venezuelan cop jailed for 18 years for protester's death


The Colombian police have announced that a stolen first-edition copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most renowned novel, has been recovered.


Stolen first edition copy of Marquez masterpiece retrieved


At least 30 people were killed when Iraqi forces foiled a prison break staged by a group of over of 150 detainees held on terrorism charges in Diyala province, a security source said on Saturday.


Iraqi forces foil jail break in Diyala, 30 killed


A homeopathic doctor was killed on Saturday when unidentified miscreants opened fire at his clinic in southern Pakistan's Karachi city.


Doctor shot dead in Karachi


A Norwegian court has sentenced three men to jail after they were convicted of joining or supporting the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria, a media report said.


Norwegian court sentences three for alleged links to IS


Washington, May 9 (IANS/EFE) The US Department of Justice will investigate the Baltimore City Police Department to determine whether it "has engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution or federal law," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.


US justice department to probe Baltimore police


The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Sahara to arrange a bank guarantee of Rs.5,000 crore in the favour of the capital market regulator to comply with the conditions for the release of its chief Subrata Roy and two other directors who are in custody in Delhi's Tihar jail since March 4, 2014.


SC allows Sahara to arrange bank guarantee to comply with court order


US envoy Richard Verma on Friday called for a dialogue with the Narendra Modi government to discuss the recent clampdown on Greenpeace India and the Ford Foundation.


Let's discuss Greenpeace, Ford Foundation: US envoy


Salman Khan's conviction and five-year sentence saw the film fraternity expressing overwhelming solidarity with the actor two days ago. But on Friday, when the sentence in a 2002 hit-and-run case was suspended, B-Towners seemed to express "relief" in muted and measured ways.


Salman Khan case: Bollywood supports the 'human' star


Women pharmacology students in Goa either end up as housewives or do not work night-shifts after marriage, which results in wastage of their education and deprive other deserving candidates of their opportunity, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Friday.


Female pharma students end up as housewives, waste education: Goa CM


Former Thai cabinet members allegedly involved in a rice-trading corruption scandal were on Friday impeached by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).


Former Thai cabinet members impeached over rice trading scam


The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday admitted a petition by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh against the notice of the income tax department transferring his cases from Shimla to Chandigarh.


Court admits Himachal CM's plea against income tax notice


In a major relief to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court -- while admitting his appeal -- on Friday suspended his five-year jail sentence in a 2002 hit-and-run case that killed a man, paving the way for him to secure regular bail.


Court suspends Salman's five-year jail sentence (Roundup)


A court hearing Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case on Friday reserved its order on issue of framing charges in the matter.

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