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Munich Security Conference opens amid warnings of a weakening global order
MUNICH (Realist English). World leaders gathering this week at the Munich Security Conference are being met with a stark warning:...
Read moreEpstein files allege intelligence links involving Israel, former FBI source claims
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A document included in the recently released Epstein files alleges that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was...
Read moreHamas rejects foreign control of Gaza and rules out disarmament, Meshaal says
DOHA (Realist English). Senior Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal said the Palestinian movement would reject any form of foreign domination...
Read moreIran’s top general warns attacks would trigger regional war and ‘strategic defeat’
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s top military commander warned on Saturday that any “adventurist” action against the Islamic Republic would result...
Read moreReport alleges covert Turkish intelligence unit operated from embassy in Moscow
MOSCOW (Realist English). A covert intelligence unit operated on a permanent basis inside the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, collecting sensitive...
Read moreIran warns EU states of retaliation after IRGC blacklisting
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani has warned that the armed forces of European Union member states...
Read moreTrump 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...
Read moreRutte sparks backlash after dismissing EU defence independence from the US
BRUSSELS (Realist English). NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has come under heavy criticism after publicly dismissing the idea that Europe...
Read moreIRGC says it foiled foreign-backed plot to destabilise Iran
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has dismantled what it described...
Read moreXi Jinping tightens grip on China’s military as probes target top commanders
BEIJING (Realist English). China has opened investigations into the last two senior leaders of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who...
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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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