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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. File
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The U.S. Treasury Department is issuing a “ temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil”, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

In a statement on X on Friday (March 6, 2026), Mr. Bessent said the move aims to enable oil to keep flowing into the global market amid the war in West Asia that has disrupted oil supply.

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“This deliberately short-term measure will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government as it only authorises transactions involving oil already stranded at sea,” said Mr. Bessent.

“This stop-gap measure will alleviate pressure caused by Iran’s attempt to take global energy hostage.”

He went on to say that the U.S. expects India to ramp up purchases of U.S. oil as India is an “essential partner”.

India has been continuously reducing Russian oil imports and had instead sourced more from the Gulf countries and the U.S. in January 2026, the latest official data shows, with Russia’s share in India’s oil imports falling to less than 20% for the first time since May 2022.

However, a potential trade deal with the U.S. — allegedly the main reason for India reducing cheap Russian oil imports — is currently in limbo following the U.S. Supreme Court’s February 20 decision striking down that country’s reciprocal tariffs. 

Published – March 06, 2026 06:42 am IST





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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, on March 5, 2026.
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An air strike hit the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut on early Thursday (March 5, 2026), AFPTV images showed, shortly after Israel issued a warning ahead of an attack. Israel’s military earlier told residents to leave a Beirut suburb, warning it was about to strike targets it said were linked to Hezbollah.

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Israel’s military said air defences were responding to missiles launched from Iran on Thursday (March 5, 2026), triggering alerts in several areas including Tel Aviv. The military said in a statement it had “identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat”.

Earlier, a U.S. submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday (March 4, 2026), the Pentagon said, as the war launched by the United States and Israel spread to another region.

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Iran postponed the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Prayer Hall starting at 10 p.m. (1830 GMT) on Wednesday (March 4, 2026), but was “postponed”, state media said, without elaborating further, as per France 24.

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