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.


Spanish king strips sister of duchess title


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The dismembered bodies of a Russian immigrant woman and her 12-year-old daughter were discovered inside a home in the northwestern Mexican city of Tijuana, the Baja California state Attorney General's Office said.


Mother and daughter killed, dismembered in Mexico


King Felipe VI of Spain has revoked Princess Cristiana's right to use her title as the Duchess of Palma Mallorca, the Spanish Royal Household has confirmed.


Spanish king revokes title of younger sister


Barely 100 days after meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a farm widow from Pipmpributi village here ended her life on Friday, a watchdog NGO said.


Farm widow ends life, 100 days after meeting Maharashtra CM


The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the city government to immediately release funds to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation so it can pay salaries to its employees.


Release funds to EDMC for employees' salaries: HC to Delhi government


A French court on Friday acquitted former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of pimping.


Former IMF chief acquitted of pimping


An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been jailed for 10 months for stabbing his wife, media reported.


Indian man jailed for stabbing wife in Singapore


The Bombay High Court on Friday declined any interim relief to Swiss multinational Nestle, which has sought a judicial review of the Indian food safety regulator's order banning its top-selling nine variants of Maggi instant noodles on health issues. It will hear the plea June 30.


Bombay High Court to hear plea against Maggi ban on June 30


Washington, June 12 (IANS/EFE) Doctors, psychologists and lawyers played a key role in rationalising torture methods practised in clandestine CIA detention centres, according to an article published in the US-based New England Journal of Medicine.


Role of doctors, lawyers in CIA tortures condemned


The Pakistan government has rejected the European Union's (EU) concerns over the death penalty and the foreign office said on Friday Islamabad is not violating international laws.


Pakistan rejects EU concerns over executions


The Interpol office in Colombia has apprehended a Venezuelan man wanted for killing a journalist during anti-government protests here in early 2014, Venezuela's justice minister said on Thursday.


Venezuelan wanted for journalist's murder nabbed in Colombia


The Saudi Arabian foreign ministry rejected on Thursday criticism made by some countries and international organisations on the arrest of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, the Saudi Press Agency reported.


Saudi Arabia rejects interference in blogger case


African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday urged African leaders to do everything they can to stop the migrant crisis as a new wave of African migration to Europe has made international headlines.


African leaders urged to stop migrant crisis


China is stepping up efforts to guarantee food quality with zero tolerance of food safety crime in a national conference on food safety presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday.


China vows 'zero tolerance' of food safety crime


The Bombay High Court will hear on Friday a plea by the Indian arm of Swiss multinational Nestle seeking a judicial review of the food safety regulator's order calling for the withdrawal of its top-selling nine variants of Maggi instant noodles on health issues.


Nestle moves Bombay High Court against Maggi ban, hearing on Friday


Zhou Yongkang, a former senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday, deprived of his political rights for life and his personal assets confiscated for accepting bribes, abusing his power and deliberately disclosing state secrets.


Chinese ex-official jailed for life for graft, power abuse


The NHRC on Thursday reiterated that the Delhi government should pay Rs.1 lakh as compensation to a minor sexually assaulted by an employee of a government hospital in 2013.


AAP government to compensate sexual assault victim


A court here on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, accused of having a fake law degree, and deferred the hearing on his bail plea till June 16.


No relief for Tomar, court defers bail hearing


Five people have been arrested for negligence for a fire at a warehouse in February, which left 17 people dead in south China's Guangdong province, the Huizhou city government said on Thursday.


Five arrested for China fire that killed 17


The Bombay High Court will hear on Friday a plea by the Indian arm of Swiss multinational Nestle's seeking a judicial review of the food safety regulator's order calling for the withdrawal of its top-selling Maggi instant noodles on health issues.


Nestle moves Bombay High Court on Maggi ban, hearing on Friday


The verdict on an Indian woman on trial for killing her husband in Bahrain has been delayed by three months, media reported on Thursday.

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