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Iranian Shahed drones reshape battlefield as Gulf states face mass attacks
DUBAI (Realist English). The ongoing confrontation involving Iran, the United States and Israel has brought a weapon long familiar to...
Read moreLebanon bans Hezbollah’s military activities after rocket fire triggers deadly Israeli strikes
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Lebanese government on Monday announced an immediate and comprehensive ban on Hezbollah’s military and security operations,...
Read moreSaudi Arabia urges Gulf restraint after US-Israeli strikes on Iran
RIYADH (Realist English). Senior Saudi officials have expressed frustration over the scale and timing of US and Israeli strikes on...
Read moreIsraeli officials assess IRGC chief likely killed in latest Iran strikes
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli officials assess that the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, was...
Read morePakistan-Taliban clashes enter third day as global powers urge restraint
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban forces entered a third consecutive day on Saturday, following overnight exchanges...
Read moreIran and Russia stage mock anti-piracy rescue during joint naval drills
BANDAR ABBAS (Realist English). Iranian and Russian naval forces carried out a simulated operation to free a hijacked commercial vessel...
Read moreZaluzhnyi breaks silence on rift with Zelenskyy as political speculation grows
LONDON (Realist English). Since his removal as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces in 2024 and subsequent appointment as ambassador to...
Read moreChina urged to strengthen counter-reconnaissance as U.S. expands MQ-9 drone operations
BEIJING (Realist English). The expanding use of U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones in the Indo-Pacific is heightening pressure on China’s military...
Read moreGerman intelligence chief urges tougher response to Russian hybrid warfare
MUNICH (Realist English). The head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service called on Western governments to impose clearer and more direct...
Read moreUS to deploy troops to Nigeria for counter-extremism training
ABUJA (Realist English). The United States will deploy military personnel to Nigeria to train local forces in counter-extremism operations, Nigerian...
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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,...
Hormuz 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...
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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