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Factbox: The economics of India’s seasonal debt bondage trap 10 Nov 2016 - 05:38 pm
Here are key facts about the economics of seasonal debt bondage in India, where around 18 million people are trapped in some kind of slavery, according to the latest Global Slavery Index by Walk Free Foundation:
Agents of India’s “migration express” sell one-way ticket to debt bondage 10 Nov 2016 - 05:04 pm
File photo of rescued bonded labourer Srikrushna Rajhansiya recalling his days in bondage outside his home in Sargul village in Odisha. (REUTERS)
EU lawmakers back Uzbekistan trade deal opposed by anti-slavery activists 10 Nov 2016 - 04:47 pm
An Uzbek farmer tills a cotton field outside Tashkent, May 20, 2005 (AFP Photo/Denis Sinyakov)
What will be the impact of the Trump presidency on women’s rights? Experts tell 10 Nov 2016 - 04:39 pm
Karena Virginia had said she was groped by Donald Trump at a US Open event in 1998. Reuters.
Alwaleed bin Talal puts aside Twitter feud, congratulates Trump 10 Nov 2016 - 04:08 pm
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal attends the traditional Saudi dance known as 'Arda', which was performed during Janadriya culture festival at Der'iya in Riyadh February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Fayez Nureldine/Pool/File Photo
Indonesia verifying death of chief Islamic State member in Iraq 10 Nov 2016 - 04:00 pm
Salim Mubarok Attamimi (Abu Jandal al Yemeni al Indonesi)
UN says rations run out in east Aleppo, hopes for aid deal 10 Nov 2016 - 03:42 pm
Syrian pro-government forces drive past heavily damaged buildings in Aleppo's 1070 district on November 8, 2016, after troops seized it from rebel fighters.  AFP / GEORGES OURFALIAN
Indians mob banks to deposit, exchange spiked currency 10 Nov 2016 - 03:24 pm
A worker fills diesel in a car as he holds 500 Indian rupee banknotes at a fuel station in Kolkata, India, November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Death toll of London tram crash rises to 7 10 Nov 2016 - 03:10 pm
Crash investigators work on the tracks near the site of an accident where a tram overturned killing 7 people and injuring 50 passengers in Croydon, south London, Britain November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Deported from Pakistan, Kabul embraces Afghan Mona Lisa 10 Nov 2016 - 03:00 pm
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani welcomes Sharbat Gula and her children at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 9, 2016. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu Agency
Indian banks call in police as people rush to ditch old banknotes 10 Nov 2016 - 02:59 pm
People stand in a queue to deposit 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in the northern city of Kanpur, India, November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Philippines, Malaysia agree to cooperate on tackling Abu Sayyaf kidnappings 10 Nov 2016 - 02:51 pm
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak shake hands after a welcome ceremony in Putrajaya, Malaysia November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Flash Floods kill four in South Africa 10 Nov 2016 - 02:47 pm
Peninsula
Peshmerga forces to stay put in Bashiqa 10 Nov 2016 - 02:16 pm
An Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces member is seen as clashes against IS continues at Bashiqa center during the operation to clear Bashiqa Town from IS, in Mosul, Iraq on November 8, 2016. Yunus Kele? - Anadolu Agency
Two police officers shot in southwest Pennsylvania 10 Nov 2016 - 02:10 pm
Peninsula
US vote marks end of “liberal non-democracy”: Hungary PM 10 Nov 2016 - 01:39 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) economic conference in Budapest, Hungary, November 10, 2016. (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh)
Blast rocks district governor's offices in southeast Turkey- TV 10 Nov 2016 - 12:53 pm
Peninsula
Indian PM heads to Japan to seal nuclear deal amid uncertainty over US policy 10 Nov 2016 - 11:26 am
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi reads a joint statement with his British counterpart Theresa May (unseen) at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi