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Roving Periscope: Trump informs Congress, as US asks staff to leave some Arab nations

March 3, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: On the fourth day of the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran, America on ‌Tuesday ordered its non-emergency government personnel ​and their family ⁠members to leave Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan and closed several diplomatic ‌missions across the volatile region as tensions with ‌Iran escalated. Also, a day after stating […]

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Iran war: As UK refrains, Trump accuses PM Starmer of “Muslim appeasement”

March 3, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to initially keep the UK away from the ongoing war in Iran may be an attempt at “Muslim appeasement,” the media reported on Tuesday. In a telephonic interview with the British newspaper The Sun on Monday, Trump expressed his disappointment […]

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Crude oil: India has 45-days’ stock even if Mideastern war closes the Strait of Hormuz

March 3, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With its reserve stock of 100 million barrels of crude, India can sustain normal economic activities for 40 to 45 days even if the supplies through the Strait of Hormuz get disrupted due to the ongoing multinational war in the Middle East, the media reported on Tuesday. India imports about […]

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Roving Periscope: As Iran vows a fight-to-finish, Trump says the war could go on for a month

March 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The ongoing war between a dozen countries against Iran may have claimed lives of hundreds of people and soldiers, and wounded many more across the volatile Middle East, and showed no signs of an early ceasefire as US President Donald Trump declared the conflict may go on for three or […]

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Markets: Mideast war drags Sensex, Nifty down over 1.2% as crude prices rise

March 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the ongoing war in the Middle East involving a dozen countries escalating by the hour—US President Donald Trump said it could go on for three to four weeks!—and crude oil prices going up due to potential supply crises, India’s equity markets tumbled over 1.2 percent on Monday. While benchmark […]

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N-energy: Cameco signs $1.9bn uranium deal; India, Canada trade deal this year

March 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India and Canada are planning to conclude a trade deal by the end of 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark ‌Carney said on Monday during his first visit ​to New Delhi, as the two countries ⁠sought to move past two years of diplomatic friction to get economic ties back on track, […]

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Retaliation: Iran attacks multiple Arab countries, US bases in the Middle East; 26 killed

February 28, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Panditt   New Delhi: Quickly spreading the ongoing war within hours in the Middle East, Iran, responding to a joint US-Israel aerial attack on Saturday, launched retaliatory strikes against six US-friendly Arab neighbours and an American base in the volatile region, killing at least 26 people, the media reported on Saturday. Israel claimed it […]

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War on Iran: “Final victory is near,” exiled Crown Prince Pahlavi tells Iranians

February 28, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After the US and Israel launched joint aerial attacks on multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, in a bid to change its theocratic regime, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urged the Iranians to prepare for a “decisive phase,” the media reported. In a message to the Iranian people, he said, […]

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Roving Periscope: Targeting regime-change, the US-Israel duo launch attacks on Iran

February 28, 2026 revoi editor

  Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After three rounds of nuclear talks in Geneva collapsed, President Donald Trump on Saturday called on the Iranian people to “take over” their government, and Israel, with US assistance, launched a fierce, daylight attack on Iran, threatening global energy supplies and economies, the media reported. Authorities offered no casualty […]

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Roving Periscope: Pak’s ‘open war’ against Afghanistan claims dozens of lives

February 27, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In renewed border clashes, Pakistan launched an ‘open war’ early on Friday after Afghanistan crossed the 2,600 km-long disputed Durand Line with multiple attacks, and claimed to have killed more than 130 Taliban fighters, the media reported on Friday. As with previous rounds of hostilities between Pakistani and Afghan forces, […]

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