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Ukraine appoints Oleh Ivashchenko as new military intelligence chief
KYIV (Realist English). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Oleh Ivashchenko has been appointed head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate...
Read moreEurope’s corruption problem extends beyond the East–West divide, researchers warn
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Corruption in Europe is often portrayed as a problem concentrated in Eastern member states, while Western Europe...
Read moreNew York’s new mayor sworn in on historic Quran, marking multiple firsts
Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim, South Asian and African-born mayor NEW YORK (Realist English). Zohran Mamdani took his...
Read moreRussia hands US data on downed Ukrainian drone near Novgorod
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov has met with a representative of the US military attaché’s office...
Read morePutin briefed on deadly drone attack in Kherson village
MOSCOW (Realist English). Vladimir Putin received a phone briefing from Vladimir Saldo on a drone attack that hit the village...
Read moreTaiwan president vows to defend sovereignty after Chinese military drills
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged to defend the island’s sovereignty against what he described as China’s...
Read morePutin stresses unity and responsibility in New Year address to Russians
MOSCOW (Realist English). Vladimir Putin delivered his traditional New Year address to the nation, telling citizens that Russia’s future largely...
Read moreChina tightens silver export controls, raising alarm over supply chains
BEIJING (Realist English). China is set to tighten controls on silver exports from Thursday, expanding restrictions on a metal increasingly...
Read moreCIA carried out drone strike on Venezuelan port facility, sources say
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Central Intelligence Agency was behind a drone strike last week on a docking facility believed to...
Read moreArmenian court places billionaire Samvel Karapetyan under house arrest
YEREVAN (Realist English). An Armenian court has partially granted a defence motion for Samvel Karapetyan, head of the Tashir Group,...
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More than 200,000 European banking jobs at risk as AI drives restructuring
LONDON (Realist English). More than 200,000 jobs in Europe’s banking sector could be eliminated over the next five years as...
Russia hands US data on downed Ukrainian drone near Novgorod
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov has met with a representative of the US military attaché’s office...
China tightens silver export controls, raising alarm over supply chains
BEIJING (Realist English). China is set to tighten controls on silver exports from Thursday, expanding restrictions on a metal increasingly...
CIA carried out drone strike on Venezuelan port facility, sources say
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Central Intelligence Agency was behind a drone strike last week on a docking facility believed to...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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