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Iran’s security chief calls Pakistan a ‘pillar of regional stability’
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that expanded cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad is...
Read moreChinese PLA presence at UAE base raised alarms inside US intelligence — former officials
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States concluded that Chinese military personnel were deployed at a UAE military facility after American...
Read moreRussia says its resource wealth can guarantee Eurasian energy security — Sechin
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia possesses a “unique resource base” that allows it to guarantee the energy security of the entire...
Read moreTrump plunges into 2026 midterms early as GOP scrambles over economy and slipping polls
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump is moving aggressively to shape next year’s midterm elections, taking an unusually hands-on role...
Read moreSaudi Arabia to open two new alcohol stores as kingdom cautiously expands access
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Saudi Arabia is preparing to open two additional alcohol stores — including one inside an Aramco compound...
Read moreMicrosoft’s Copilot faces pushback from enterprise customers despite rapid AI expansion
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). Microsoft’s push to make its Copilot AI assistant a core tool for global enterprises is encountering...
Read morePeace talks in Geneva show progress, but no deal yet — Rubio urges patience
GENEVA (Realist English). US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that negotiations in Switzerland produced “significant progress,” though...
Read moreChina and U.S. hold 2025 maritime safety talks in Hawaii amid efforts to manage military risks
HONOLULU (Realist English). China and the United States convened the second working-group meeting and the 2025 annual session under the...
Read moreAsia’s looming demographic shift set to reshape consumption by 2050 — IMF study
SINGAPORE (Realist English). Asia is entering a demographic transition that will fundamentally alter both the scale and structure of consumer...
Read moreU.S. prepares new phase of operations against Maduro government
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States is preparing to launch a new phase of operations targeting Venezuela in the coming...
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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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