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UN Security Council renews Lebanon peacekeeping mission ‘for a final time’

August 29, 2025 revoi editor

The United Nations Security Council unanimously extended “for a final time” a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal.” The decision was taken on Thursday. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established in 1978, patrols Lebanon’s southern […]

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BSF Flags “Delay and Denial” By Bangladesh in Taking Back its Nationals Caught in India

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 28: The Border Security Force (BSF) has flagged “denial and delay” by Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in accepting apprehended “illegal Bangladeshi entrants” along the eastern border at the three-day Director General-level conference in Dhaka. At the meeting, the BSF stressed upon the need for early construction of a single row fence, without […]

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Tariff War: “If India Does Not Budge, Trump will Not Soften up”

August 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 28: Even as some top US officials have warned that unless India was prepared to curb its purchase of Russian crude, President Donald Trump was unlikely to soften his stand on the 50% highest tariff on Indian exports, the government sources continue to express the confidence that the discord between […]

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SCO Summit: After 7 years, PM Modi to meet President Xi for bilateral meetings

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping on August 31 and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 1, in Tianjin on the sidelines of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, the media reported on Thursday. Their engagements will be closely watched by the […]

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Latest Trump buddy: Finland’s President Stubb calls PM Modi on Ukraine, India-EU FTA!

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Facing brickbats at home and abroad, is US President Donald Trump now using a backchannel via his latest European Union friend, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, to ‘reconnect’ with New Delhi? For, a week after attending an EU-NATO meeting with President Trump at the White House on the Ukraine issue, […]

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US reaffirms Greenland’s right to self-determination amid political sway allegations

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

The United States’ top diplomat in Denmark has reaffirmed Greenland’s right to determine its own future, following Danish intelligence reports alleging that private U.S. citizens attempted to sway political sentiment in the Arctic territory. Chargé d’Affaires Mark Stroh met with Danish and Greenlandic officials in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Denmark summoned him in response to a […]

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Trump administration moves to tighten duration of visas for students and media

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

The Trump administration aims to tighten the duration of visas for students, cultural exchange visitors and members of the media, according to a proposed government regulation issued on Wednesday, part of a broader crackdown on legal immigration. President Donald Trump, a Republican, kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown after taking office in January. The latest […]

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Europeans to initiate UN sanctions process on Iran, diplomats say

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Britain, France and Germany will begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, two European diplomats said. The trio, known as the E3, met Iran on Tuesday to try to revive diplomacy over the nuclear programme before they lose the ability in mid-October to restore sanctions on […]

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The ‘land swap’ that wasn’t: Inside Trump’s frantic dash for Ukraine peace

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Shortly after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow on August 6, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered major news to Donald Trump: The Russian president was prepared to offer significant territorial concessions to end his war in Ukraine. Following Witkoff’s readout to the U.S. president, described by two people briefed on the matter, Trump hailed his […]

Business

Roving Periscope: America’s conscience keepers, India Inc. against Trump’s tariffs

August 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Crises test one’s resilience. Braving a piqued US President Donald Trump’s unilateral and discriminatory tariffs, a resurgent India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is showing its mettle, with strong support from India Inc., and even the sectors most affected. Worried at the adverse outcome of his erratic decisions, several […]