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Over 60% of expected PLA attendees absent from Party plenum amid corruption crackdown
BEIJING (Realist English). President Xi Jinping’s tightening grip over China’s armed forces was on full display this autumn as an...
Read moreChina’s sweeping purge of PLA generals intensifies as Xi’s anti-corruption campaign reaches highest ranks
BEIJING (Realist English). Even by the standards of President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft drive, the scale of recent investigations into alleged...
Read moreUS Air Force seeks concepts for new $500,000 counter-air missile despite cheaper options already in service
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US Air Force is soliciting industry proposals for a new $500,000-per-unit counter-air missile, part of an...
Read moreUK halts intelligence sharing with US over suspected unlawful Caribbean strikes
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom has suspended the exchange of maritime intelligence with the United States amid concerns that...
Read moreIRGC dismantles ‘Backdoor’ cyber-espionage network linked to Mossad and Iran International
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has announced the arrest of the leader of the...
Read moreU.S. troop reduction in Romania signals shift in strategy — at the wrong time and in the wrong place
BUCHAREST (Realist English). The decision by Washington to withdraw some U.S. troops from NATO’s eastern flank, including from Romania, has...
Read moreJapan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Read moreCIA chief Ratcliffe visits Brussels to reassure EU of U.S. reliability amid tensions over Trump’s foreign policy
BRUSSELS (Realist English). CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a discreet visit to Brussels this week, holding meetings with top European...
Read moreExclusive: UAE-linked flights through Somalia’s Bosaso airport tied to Sudan war logistics, sources say
BOSASO (Realist English). The sound of heavy transport planes landing at Bosaso Airport on Somalia’s northern coast has become routine....
Read moreLebanon orders army to confront Israeli incursions after deadly attack in Blida
BEIRUT (Realist English). Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has ordered the country’s army to confront any Israeli incursions into southern Lebanon...
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Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Lula and Trump Find “Chemistry” as China Is Pushed Out of Latin America
BRASILIA (Realist English). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s popular left‑wing president, recently visited the United States. Contrary to sceptical forecasts,...
Can Trump Get a New Nuclear Deal With Iran?
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in late February 2026, President Donald Trump has struggled...
Oil Shock Worsens the Plight of the Poor in Asia and Africa
MOSCOW (Realist English). The conflict in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, has led to...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
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