The Israeli government has voted in favour of adopting a bill which allows authorities to force feed security prisoners on hunger strike, media reported on Monday.


Israel approves force feeding prisoners


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In an unprecedented development, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is on a diplomatic visit to South Africa, has been barred from leaving the country by a court order for "crimes against humanity", but dared the world by attending the 25th African Union (AU) Summit here on Sunday.


Sudan president barred from leaving S. Africa, dares world


The government has approved amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill that prohibits employment of children under 14 years in all occupations, allowing them to work in family enterprises and the audio-visual industry. This has raised questions about children being deprived of education, increase in school dropout rates and the legalisation of child labour in specific industries.


Amendments to bill will legalise child labour, fear activists


The prison worker who helped two inmates escape from a maximum security prison in New York a week ago has been detained by authorities on the charge of promoting prison contraband and for the misdemeanour of criminal facilitation, EFE reported.


US prison worker who helped inmates escape detained


An Indian woman living in Australia's New South Wales state is all set to sue a grocery store which sold her toxic mushrooms, a media report said on Sunday.


Indian woman to sue Australian grocery giant


The UN refugee agency has said that more than 14,000 South Sudanese civilians had fled to Sudan during the past two weeks due to the violence in their home country's oil-rich areas.


UN says over 14,000 S. Sudanese fled to Sudan


A court here on Saturday extended for two more days the police custody of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in a fake degree case, after investigating officials said his questioning was required to unearth the syndicate involved in issuing fabricated documents.


Tomar's police custody extended for two days


The Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) on Saturday observed the 18th anniversary of the incident in which 59 people who were watching a film lost their lives, amidst regrets that their "relentless" efforts to get justice are yet to reach their logical conclusion.


Families of Uphaar tragedy victims rue delay in justice


A French court on Friday acquitted former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of charges of aggravated pimping and allegedly orchestrating a hotel prostitution ring.


Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn acquitted of pimping charges


A Malaysian court sentenced on Friday four tourists


Symbolic sentence for tourists posing nude in Malaysia


Bangkok, June 12 (IANS/EFE) Authorities in Thailand have seized around $1 million from networks related to immigrant trafficking in the region, a media report said on Friday.


Thailand seizes $1 mn from human trafficking networks


The Belgian government on Friday approved three bills related to the 12 anti-terrorism measures that were proposed in January following the dismantling of a major jihadi cell in the country.


Belgian government approves new anti-terrorism measures


The US has opened an investigation into two top Indian IT companies -- Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys -- for possible violations of rules for H-1B visas for foreign technology workers, according to a media report.


Infosys, TCS under US scrutiny over visas for IT workers


Asserting that they fully comply with the US immigration laws, Indian global software majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday denied receiving indication of any fresh probe into alleged violation of H1-B visas by them.


Comply with US visa rules, say Infosys, TCS


Ankara, June 12 (IANS/AKI) The trial of three men opened in Turkey on Friday for the attempted rape and murder of a 20-year-old female student, a case that sparked off a national debate on violence against women.


Three go on trial in Turkey for girl's murder


An animal rights advocacy group has asked the courts in Argentina to order a zoo in the western city of Mendoza to release a female chimpanzee named Cecilia, asserting that the animal is suffering from isolation and "deplorable" conditions.


Animal rights activists want chimp released from Argentine zoo


There has been a worldwide delay in issuing US passports and visas due to technical problems for some time. It is not specific to any particular country, the US embassy clarified on Friday, while apologising for the delay.


Worldwide delay in issuing US passports, visas


The US government is learnt to have begun investigating alleged H1-B visa violations by Indian software majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys Ltd, according to a US media report.


'US begins probe into alleged visa violation by TCS, Infosys'


The owner of a diagnostic centre here was on Friday caught red-handed while performing a prenatal sex determination test, an official said.


Gurgaon doctor held for prenatal sex determination test


The Supreme Court will pronounce on June 15 its order on a batch of petitions seeking re-conduct of All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) following the leak of the question paper and circulation of answer keys through electronic devices at different examination centres across 10 states.


Medical test paper leak: SC order on June 15


The decision to revoke the titles of Infanta Cristina and her husband Inaki Urdangarin, signed by King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, was first announced on Thursday, coinciding with investigations implicating the former duke and duchess in a corruption scandal, Spanish news agency Efe reported.

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