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France to build next-generation nuclear aircraft carrier by 2038
ABU DHABI (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that France will proceed with the construction of a new...
Read moreTurkey asks Russia to take back S-400 system as F-35 talks with US advance
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey has asked Russia to take back the S-400 air defence system, marking a significant shift in...
Read moreMI6 chief warns of ‘grey-zone war’ as technology reshapes global conflict
LONDON (Realist English). The head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, Blaise Metreweli, has warned that the world has entered a...
Read moreChina completes first flight of CH-7 stealth drone
BEIJING (Realist English). China has successfully carried out the maiden flight of its latest long-endurance stealth unmanned aerial vehicle, the...
Read moreU.S. pressure on Pacific allies fuels South Korean concerns over Taiwan conflict
SEOUL (Realist English). South Korea could face growing pressure to play a role in a potential conflict over Taiwan as...
Read moreFormer Pakistan spy chief Faiz Hameed sentenced to 14 years in landmark military court ruling
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, who headed Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the premiership of Imran Khan,...
Read moreU.S. flies nuclear-capable bombers over Sea of Japan in coordinated show of force with Tokyo
TOKYO (Realist English). The United States deployed nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday in joint flights...
Read moreU.S. House approves $901bn defense bill with Ukraine aid and new limits on Pentagon, sends measure to Senate
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping $901bn National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for...
Read moreHegseth says Monroe Doctrine “stronger than ever” as U.S. pivots national security strategy to Western Hemisphere
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to “restore U.S. military dominance” across the Western Hemisphere, declaring...
Read moreUK outlines new ‘Atlantic Bastion’ programme to counter rising Russian underwater activity
LONDON (Realist English). Britain has launched an ambitious programme to safeguard the undersea cables and pipelines that underpin the country’s...
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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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