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Roving Periscope: Iran defies US demands, continues attacks on Arabs, and says ‘sorry’ to them!

March 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: On the eighth day of the ongoing fierce conflict in West Asia, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected US President Donald Trump’s demand for surrender and apologized for Iran’s continuing attacks on regional countries, the media reported on Saturday. Rejecting the US demand for an unconditional surrender as a “dream that […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump to ‘select’ new Iran leader; offers ‘immunity’ or ‘death’ to IRGC

March 6, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the escalating war in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump has urged Iran’s all-powerful Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) to surrender and get immunity, while asserting that he must be “personally involved” in picking Tehran’s next leader, the media reported on Friday. His remarks suggested a direct role […]

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Mideast war: With oil prices up, India vulnerable; US’ 30-day reprieve for India

March 6, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Moody’s Ratings on Friday warned that India’s structural exposure to global oil price shock due to the ongoing war in the Middle East (West Asia) is “very high,” the media reported. India, the third largest oil importer worldwide, is among the key Asian economies that rely on crude and LNG […]

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Uncertain times: China lowers GDP target to 4.5% for 2026

March 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: China on Thursday lowered its GDP target from 5 percent to 4.5 percent for 2026 in the face of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariff war, the worsening global crisis following the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, and headwinds in the domestic economy because of a property market slump and unemployment […]

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Raging conflicts: PM Modi says no issues can be resolved through war

March 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a “swift end” to the conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine, saying no issue can be resolved through military confrontation. He made these remarks after holding wide-ranging talks with the visiting Finnish President Alexander Stubb, the media reported. “India and Finland, both, […]

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Roving Periscope: Huge cost of raging Mideast war starts biting one and all

March 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  As the raging war between Iran, on one side, and the US-Israel duo plus their Arab allies, on the other, continued for the sixth day on Thursday, its aftereffects are beginning to bite not only the combatants but also other countries having little to do with regional or global politics. […]

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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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