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US asks Yemen’s Aden-based government about joining Gaza stabilisation force
ADEN (Realist English). The Trump administration has approached Yemen’s internationally recognised government (IRG) in Aden about potentially contributing troops to...
Read moreBangladesh restores caretaker election system, but not for upcoming 2025 vote
DHAKA (Realist English). Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the nonpartisan caretaker government system for overseeing national elections, but ruled...
Read moreWashington’s delayed Global Posture Review fuels concern over potential U.S. drawdown in Europe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Months after it was expected, the Biden administration’s Global Posture Review — the strategic assessment that determines...
Read moreJapan’s diplomatic rift with China threatens tourism and deepens economic risks
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s fragile economy faces fresh turbulence after China urged its citizens to avoid travelling to the country,...
Read moreGold leasing surges as wealthy investors seek yield from record-high bullion
LONDON (Realist English). With gold prices breaking record after record this year, a growing number of wealthy investors and family...
Read moreTrump shields Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing as White House unveils major arms and nuclear deals
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered full-throated support to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, insisting...
Read moreAmazon returns to US bond markets with $12bn offering to fuel massive AI infrastructure build-out
NEW YORK (Realist English). Amazon is raising $12bn in its first US bond sale in three years, joining a wave...
Read moreIraq’s prime minister wins largest bloc in parliament, but government formation likely to drag on
BAGHDAD (Realist English). Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s political bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s parliamentary election, final results...
Read moreTrump confirms plan to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite Israeli and US security concerns
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia,...
Read moreLeningrad region governor announces new senior appointments in regional government
ST. PETERSBURG (Realist English). Governor Alexander Drozdenko has announced a series of senior appointments in the government of Russia’s Leningrad...
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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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