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Indian rice exports climb 5% in first half of 2026 as non-basmati shipments rise, sources say

A shopkeeper speaks on the phone as he sells rice and grains inside a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, January 13, 2026.

Kremlin says Ukrainian attack on Iranian vessel should be seen as an assault on Iran itself

Navy ships of Iran and Azerbaijan move during an exercise between Iran and Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, Iran, in this picture obtained on November 4, 2024

White phosphorus leak reported inside US airbase in South Korea, safety ministry says

The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detonates an unexploded ordnance, as it was impossible to be transported, in Sahlabad village on November 4, 2020 near Tartar, Azerbaijan. ANAMA representatives alleged the ordnance was a type of artillery shell containing white phosphorus.