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EU agrees on phased ban of Russian gas imports by 2027
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a political agreement on a...
Read moreGlobal memory-chip crunch forces tech giants into supply scramble as prices surge
TOKYO (Realist English). A severe global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence developers and consumer-electronics makers to compete...
Read moreFormer EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini detained in Belgian anti-fraud raids
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Former EU High Representative Federica Mogherini was detained on Tuesday as Belgian police carried out raids linked...
Read morePutin accuses Europe of “excluding itself” from Ukraine talks and obstructing Trump’s peace efforts
MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that European governments had “excluded themselves” from the diplomatic process on...
Read moreStarmer warns China poses “real national security threats” as he criticises Brexit and sets out UK’s foreign-policy reset
LONDON (Realist English). Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned that China represents “real national security threats to the United...
Read moreOECD reports steep decline in work-related migration as visa rules tighten and global economy slows
PARIS (Realist English). Work-related migration to advanced economies dropped by more than one-fifth last year as labour markets weakened and...
Read morePope Leo XIV prays at Beirut port blast site as families continue fight for justice
BEIRUT (Realist English). Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday visited the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion, offering a silent...
Read moreSwiss voters reject 50% inheritance tax on ultra-rich in landslide referendum
ZURICH (Realist English). Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly voted down a plan to impose a 50% tax on inherited wealth above...
Read moreRubio says progress made in Ukraine peace talks, but key issues remain unresolved
HALLANDALE BEACH (Realist English). US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiations with a Ukrainian delegation on a potential deal...
Read moreMacron launches new voluntary military service to build France’s “hybrid” army
PARIS (Realist English). President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new national voluntary military service, announcing that France will begin...
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Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
From voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Khamenei says Iran will not retreat in face of foreign-backed unrest
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Islamic Republic would stand firm...
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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