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Vietnam holds parliamentary elections as Communist Party maintains dominant role
HANOI (Realist English). Voters across Vietnam headed to polling stations on Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly, the...
Read moreIran warns Ukraine over drone support as countries seek Kyiv’s expertise
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine has received requests from 11 countries seeking assistance in countering Shahed-type drones amid the ongoing Iran...
Read moreIran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Read moreSouth Africa deploys troops to support police in crime crackdown
PRETORIA (Realist English). South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the deployment of 2,200 members of the national defence force...
Read moreRights groups condemn Pentagon chief’s “no quarter” remarks on Iran war
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Human rights organizations have criticized US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he declared that “no quarter” would...
Read moreRepublic of Congo heads to presidential election with Sassou Nguesso expected to retain power
BRAZZAVILLE (Realist English). Voters in the Republic of Congo are set to go to the polls this weekend to elect...
Read moreRussian regions named leaders of digital transformation ranking for 2025
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia has released its annual ranking of regional digital transformation for 2025, with Belgorod Region, Sakhalin Region,...
Read moreRussian Orthodox Church Synod approves leadership changes and structural reforms
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved a series of leadership appointments, administrative reforms and...
Read moreDesalination plants hit as Iran war raises fears over Gulf water security
LONDON (Realist English). Iran and Bahrain have both reported damage to desalination facilities amid the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran,...
Read moreHormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
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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...
Trump frames Iran war as support for regional partners
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States entered the war with Iran primarily to support its...
Putin and Pashinyan discuss trade, energy and South Caucasus ties
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held talks in the Kremlin on April...
“Turn to the East” cannot replace Europe for Russia — expert
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s strategic “pivot to the East” has helped address immediate economic and logistical challenges but cannot fully...
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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