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Iran confirms 150 Israeli targets hit in large-scale retaliation, warns more strikes may follow
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out a broad retaliatory operation against Israel, hitting at least...
Read moreIRGC vows retaliation after top commander Salami killed in Israeli strike on Tehran
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has condemned what it called a “brutal act of aggression” after...
Read moreIsraeli strikes on Iran enabled by year-long intelligence buildup, IDF official says
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Recent Israeli strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and high-ranking personnel were made possible by...
Read moreJapan protests after Chinese fighter jet narrowly misses MSDF patrol plane
TOKYO (Realist English). A Chinese J-15 fighter jet flew within just 45 meters of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)...
Read moreChina’s military-civil fusion opens defence sector to private firms — but at a cost
BEIJING (Realist English). For years, China’s promises to allow private firms into the defence sector remained largely symbolic. But since...
Read moreRussia targets Dubno airbase in massive overnight strike
KYIV (Realist English). Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukrainian territory, with the main target appearing to be a...
Read moreFrance’s soaring debt threatens Macron’s €100bn defence ambitions
PARIS (Realist English). France’s ambitions to dramatically scale up defence spending — and cement its role as a leading European...
Read moreWagner Group declares mission in Mali complete, announces withdrawal after 3.5 years of operations
BAMAKO (Realist English). Russia’s Wagner Group has officially announced its withdrawal from Mali after more than three years of combat...
Read morePentagon’s new drone program aims to match battlefield speed with real-time innovation
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Department of Defense has launched an ambitious new program designed to dramatically speed up the...
Read moreU.S. Army develops virtual drone training to keep pace with battlefield demands
WIESBADEN (Realist English). As unmanned systems take center stage in modern warfare, U.S. Army units are racing to create effective...
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Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
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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