International

Iran Opens its Airspace for India to Evacuate Indian Citizens

June 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 20: In a special gesture Iran has agreed to open for India its otherwise closed airspace to facilitate its chartered flights carrying Indian nationals in Iran to be flown back to Delhi amidst escalating conflict and continuing airstrikes by Israel. The chartered flights carrying about 1,000 Indian nationals are expected to land […]

Pakistani Media Raise Questions over Asim Munir White House Meeting with Donald Trump

June 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 20: Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir’s high-level meeting with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday has raised eyebrows in Pakistan media with several major outlets and political commentators describing the optics as questionable. The unusual setting — a closed-door luncheon in the White House’s Cabinet Room without the presence of any […]

Pakistan Admit of having Begged for Ceasefire after its Airbases Pounded by India

June 20, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 20: In a delayed but candid admission, Pakistan has now accepted that it had reached a position of helplessness after India’s pounding of its airbases when it was forced to reach out to some of the countries to pressure India to accept ceasefire during the “Operation Sindoor” launched in response […]

Business

“Tactical romance”: Munir invites Trump; he may ‘elevate’‘Field Marshal’ as Ayub Khan II!

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Can US President Donald Trump’s “tactical romance” –as Al Jazeera put it—with Pakistan’s de facto dictator, ‘Field Marshal’ Asim Munir, lead to a regime change in Islamabad, maybe even before in Tehran! “In a gesture reflecting the warmth of bilateral ties, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir extended an invitation to […]

Business

Markets: Amid global chaos, resilient Indian stocks rebound by 1.29%

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Despite multiple global uncertainties, the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, and fears of a wider war in the Middle East, Indian stocks showed their resilience on Friday and markets snapped a three-day losing run. Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by over 1 percent after sliding for […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Dreaming of a Nobel Peace Prize, Trump delays his Iran attack!

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Donald Trump, who has long lamented that his predecessor Barack Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize immediately after he became the US President in 2009— “And he had no idea why he got it!”—can now wait for 15 days to convince Iran to scrap its nuclear program and to persuade […]

English

Israel-Iran air war enters second week as Europe pushes diplomacy

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

Israel and Iran’s air war entered a second week on Friday, and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any decision on potential U.S. involvement would be made within two weeks. Israel began attacking Iran last Friday, saying it aimed to prevent its long-time enemy from […]

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US top diplomat Rubio discussed Israel-Iran war with key partners

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met British Foreign Minister David Lammy on Thursday and held separate calls with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to discuss the war between U.S. ally Israel and its regional rival Iran. KEY QUOTES The U.S. State Department said […]

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US court lets Trump retain control of California National Guard for now

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

A U.S. appeals court let Donald Trump on Thursday retain control over California’s National Guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests and unrest in Los Angeles. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

June 20, 2025 revoi editor

SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time while Starship was on a test stand at its Brownsville, Texas, Starbase while preparing for the tenth […]