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Pentagon tightens control over communications with Congress
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Pentagon has imposed new restrictions on how military officials communicate with Congress, following two internal memos...
Read moreNorth Korea conducts first missile tests in five months ahead of Trump’s Asia visit
SEOUL (Realist English). North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday — its first such tests in five months...
Read moreUS Army courts Wall Street giants for $150bn infrastructure overhaul
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US Army has invited leading Wall Street private equity firms — including Apollo, Carlyle, KKR, and...
Read moreXi Jinping removes top general and eight senior PLA commanders in sweeping military purge
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese President Xi Jinping has dismissed General He Weidong, the second-highest-ranking officer in the People’s Liberation Army...
Read moreUS Southern Command chief to retire amid tensions over legality of Caribbean strikes
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The head of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Admiral Alvin Holsey, will retire at the end of 2025...
Read moreTrump confirms CIA covert operations in Venezuela, escalating U.S. campaign against Maduro
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he had authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct...
Read moreEurope urged to overhaul arms procurement as drone warfare accelerates, says new Stark CEO
BERLIN (Realist English). Europe must radically rethink its defense procurement systems to keep pace with the rapid evolution of drone...
Read moreGerman coalition collapses over dispute on new military service plan
BERLIN (Realist English). Efforts by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to introduce a new model of military service have suffered a...
Read moreU.S. Army merges Futures Command and TRADOC to form new Transformation and Training Command
AUSTIN (Realist English). The U.S. Army has officially merged two of its major four-star commands — the Army Futures Command...
Read morePhilippines accuses China of ramming vessel, using water cannon near Thitu Island
MANILA (Realist English). The Philippines accused Chinese maritime forces on Sunday of using water cannons and ramming a Filipino vessel...
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Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran 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,...
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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