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NEW DELHI: File photo shows an Indian bonded child laborer crying during a raid and rescue operation conducted by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) in New Delhi. — AFP

Debt bondage, exploitation spoil India's mango harvest

NEW DELHI: File photo shows an Indian bonded child laborer crying during a raid and rescue operation conducted by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) in New Delhi. — AFPKRISHNAGIRI: It is noon and Dilbar Ali is racing against time. The first truckloads of mangoes from the orchards of Krishnagiri-Dharmapuri region in southern India's Tamil Nadu state have arrived. The fruit needs to be unloaded, sorted, graded and packed -...

KUNDUZ: Afghan relatives stand over the body of the victim of a Taleban attack, in a hospital at the Aliabad district of Kunduz province yesterday. — AFP

Taleban kills 16 bus passengers - '1.2 million' Afghans internally displaced

KUNDUZ: Afghan relatives stand over the body of the victim of a Taleban attack, in a hospital at the Aliabad district of Kunduz province yesterday. — AFPKUNDUZ: The Taleban killed at least 16 people and kidnapped dozens of others yesterday after pulling them from buses in northern Afghanistan, officials said, in the latest assault since the insurgents named a new leader last week. The Taleban have so far not commented on the incident in...

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Japan erupts in anger over a boy abandoned in forest - Punishment for being naughty?

TOKYO: Searchers combed a forest in Japan yesterday for a missing seven-year-old boy with no clues about his fate as social media erupted in anger towards his parents who said they abandoned him by a road as punishment for being naughty. Police on horseback were among 130 rescuers scouring a mountainous area of the northernmost island of Hokkaido from dawn for Yamato Tanooka, who went missing on Saturday.His parents first said he had disappeared...

KOLKATA: Indian police arrest activists from the Social Unity Centre of India (SUCI) organization as they block a road during a protest against a gang rape in Kolkata yesterday. — AFP

Pressure grows on India over marital rape

KOLKATA: Indian police arrest activists from the Social Unity Centre of India (SUCI) organization as they block a road during a protest against a gang rape in Kolkata yesterday. — AFPNEW DELHI: Almost immediately after Deepti's wedding at a traditional ceremony in the Indian capital, the horrific abuse began-behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband. "He was brutal. He forcefully had sex with me even when I was admitted sick to...

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Bangladesh sentences six to death for bank robbery - Surge of Islamist violence has killed scores

DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh yesterday sentenced six Islamist militants to hang for a bank robbery in April that killed eight people, lawyers said, but the defense vowed to appeal against the verdict. Militants in the majority-Muslim nation have targeted liberal bloggers, academics and members of religious minorities in a surge of Islamist violence, killing at least 27 people since early last year.Police blamed the bank robbery on members of...

Agnieszka Radwanska

Angry Radwanska, Halep irked by soggy Paris exits

Agnieszka RadwanskaPARIS: Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska lashed out at French Open officials while former finalist Simona Halep questioned the decision to play in more wet conditions after both crashed out in the last 16 yesterday. Radwanska appeared to be cruising into the quarter-finals as she led world number 102 Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 3-0 before play was suspended on Sunday, with the tournament then suffering its first washout in 16 years...

Alan Pulido

Footballer Pulido freed after fighting kidnapper

Alan PulidoMEXICO CITY: Mexican football player Alan Pulido was rescued after he untied himself, punched one of his kidnappers and took away his phone to call police hours after his abduction, authorities said Monday. Pulido, 25, cut his right wrist when he punched a glass pane on a door as he tried to flee before police found him at a home in his northeastern hometown of Ciudad Victoria late Sunday, Tamaulipas state prosecutor Ismael...

GAVA: File photo shows Barcelona football star Lionel Messi arriving to the courthouse in the coastal town of Gava near Barcelona to face judges on tax evasion charges. — AFP

Messi absent as tax fraud trial opens in Spain

GAVA: File photo shows Barcelona football star Lionel Messi arriving to the courthouse in the coastal town of Gava near Barcelona to face judges on tax evasion charges. — AFPBARCELONA: The trial of Argentina star Lionel Messi on tax fraud charges opened yesterday in Spain in his absence just days before Argentina's first match in the Copa America against Chile. Messi, 28, and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of using a chain of...

Bethany Hamilton

One-armed wildcard stuns women’s best

Bethany HamiltonSUVA: One-armed American surfer Bethany Hamilton sealed third place in the Fiji Women’s Pro yesterday after beating some of the world’s best to make the semi-finals. Hamilton, whose left arm was bitten off in a shark attack in 2003, entered the event at Tavarua as a wildcard rated little chance of making an impact. But the 26-year-old from Hawaii reached the final four with an incredible giant-killing run.She defeated...

SHENZHEN: Eaman Al-Roudhan and Joy Tan with a delegation of Zain Kuwait executives, Kuwaiti press and analysts during ‘2016 Zain-Huawei Cooperation Ceremony’ in Shenzhen

Zain and Huawei celebrate 10 years of historic partnership

SHENZHEN: Eaman Al-Roudhan and Joy Tan with a delegation of Zain Kuwait executives, Kuwaiti press and analysts during ‘2016 Zain-Huawei Cooperation Ceremony’ in ShenzhenSHENZHEN: A period of 10 years passed on the establishment of one of the most successful strategic partnerships between the Middle East telecom innovator, Zain Kuwait, and the Chinese technology giant, Huawei. This relatively short period of time was enough to witness the...

Mostafa Swify, Legrand, Area Manager — Kuwait, Qatar & Iraq.

Legrand highlights its innovative solutions - Wiring devices and cable management in Kuwait

Mostafa Swify, Legrand, Area Manager — Kuwait, Qatar & Iraq.KUWAIT: Legrand Group, the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, in cooperation with its longstanding partner in Kuwait, Al Mulla Group hosted an event last 30th May 2016 that brought together the country's construction community. Attendees had the opportunity to discover its latest innovation and dynamic offers in wiring devices and cable...

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Bahrah Trading Company wins TMHI president award - Recognition of excellent performance during 2015

KUWAIT: Toyota Material Handling International (TMHI) has bestowed Bahrah Trading Company (BTC) with the coveted President's award 4th consecutive year, in recognition of the excellent performance in 2015 that resulted in enhanced market share of Toyota forklift trucks.Mubarak Naser Al-Sayer, CEO Al-Sayer Group Holding along with Hamza Melakandy General Manager BTC received the award from the President of TMHI during the Distributor Conference,...

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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP

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