India ships around 4 million metric tons of basmati rice to countries like UAE, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the US India has imposed a $1,200 per ton minimum export price (MEP) on basmati rice shipments, the government said on Sunday, as the world’s biggest exporter tries to calm local prices ahead of key…
ATHENS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky flew to Greece on Monday for talks with the country’s leadership and to attend an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials.Zelensky met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and also was scheduled to meet the country’s figurehead president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. In the evening, Mitsotakis’ office said,…
KYIV: Ukraine downed three waves of Russian missiles and drones targeting Odesa, its army said early on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks in the southern region on the Black Sea coast. “The enemy attacked Odesa region three times during the night, using two waves of attack drones, a total of 15, and…
In a statement posted to Instagram, Indonesia franchise director Capella denied involvement in any body checks The Miss Universe Organization has cut ties with its Indonesia franchise, it announced days after allegations of sexual harassment, and will be cancelling an upcoming Malaysia edition. In the complaint, more than a half dozen women said all 30 finalists…
Paris: A security alert Saturday prompted the evacuation of three floors of the Eiffel Tower in central Paris, France’s most emblematic symbol which drew 6.2 million visitors last year.SETE, the body which runs the site, said bomb disposal experts as well as police were scouring the area, including a restaurant located on one of the…
LONDON: Ukrainian forces targeted the Crimean Bridge and a number of other unspecified targets on the Crimean peninsula on Saturday in a flurry of rocket and drone attacks, but there were no casualties or damage, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.Russia’s Foreign Ministry vowed retaliation for what it called a “terrorist attack” on the bridge in Crimea,…
WARSAW, Poland: Over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland, the Polish prime minister said Saturday.Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference that the mercenaries had moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic stretch of Polish territory situated between Belarus and Kaliningrad, a…
BRISBANE, Australia: Australia paused a major military exercise with the United States on Saturday, after a defense helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the Pacific leaving four aircrew missing.Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles said the MRH-90 Taipan went down late Friday night in sub-tropical waters near Hamilton Island, Queensland.It had been taking part…
LONDON: High-profile British radical preacher Anjem Choudary appeared in a London court on Monday, charged with leading a terrorist organization.Choudary, 56, was charged Sunday with three counts under the Terrorism Act: directing a terrorist organization, membership in a banned organization and addressing meetings to encourage support for the organization between June 2022 and this month.Prosecutors…
DUBAI: Iraq condemned the burning of a copy of the Qur’an in front of its embassy in Denmark on Monday and said Danish staff at the embassy in Baghdad had left Iraq after protests there.Demonstrations have raged across Iran and Iraq after Denmark and Sweden allowed the burning of the Qur’an under rules protecting free…
