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Putin outlines Russia’s terms ahead of possible Ukraine peace talks with Trump administration
BISHKEK (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin has for the first time provided a detailed public assessment of the emerging groundwork...
Read moreWashington signals openness to ending decades-long US hold over NATO’s top military post
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The United States is openly signalling that it may, in the future, give up its historic control...
Read moreTrump orders security surge in Washington after Afghan national arrested for shooting two National Guard troops
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump ordered a security reinforcement in the U.S. capital and called for a sweeping review...
Read moreEU warns Russia still seeks to redraw Europe’s borders amid pressure over US-led peace talks
STRASBOURG (Realist English). European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned on Wednesday that Europe must sustain pressure on Moscow,...
Read moreSarkozy loses final appeal in Bygmalion financing case
PARIS (Realist English). France’s Court of Cassation has rejected former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s last remaining appeal in the Bygmalion case,...
Read moreMaduro vows to resist U.S. pressure as tensions escalate over maritime strikes
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged on Tuesday to oppose any U.S. attempt to remove him from power,...
Read morePutin and Japarov reaffirm strategic partnership at Kyrgyz–Russian talks
BISHKEK (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held bilateral talks at the “Yntymak Ordo” state...
Read moreMerz urges patience as Berlin fights to revive sluggish German economy
BERLIN (Realist English). Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday called on German business leaders to give his government more time to...
Read moreNigeria rescues all 24 schoolgirls abducted in Kebbi state
ABUJA (Realist English). All 24 schoolgirls abducted last week from a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, President...
Read moreTaiwan to seek $40bn defence boost amid rising pressure from China, President Lai says
TAIPEI (Realist English). President Lai Ching-te announced that Taiwan will introduce a supplementary $40bn defence budget, signaling what he called...
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Easter unites millions as Armenian, Catholic and Protestant churches celebrate together
ETCHMIADZIN (Realist English). Millions of Christians around the world are celebrating Easter — the central feast of the Christian calendar...
US aircraft losses mount as Iran claims downing of F-15E
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. forces are searching for a missing crew member after an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet went...
Iran says it can sustain Hormuz disruption for years amid standoff with US
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran could maintain the current disruption in the Strait of Hormuz for years, a senior Iranian security...
Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, appoints Todd Blanche as interim chief
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi and appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
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...
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