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Troy Meink confirmed as Air Force secretary amid scrutiny over SpaceX ties
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Troy Meink as the new Secretary of the Air Force in...
Read morePentagon to cut top generals by 20% under Hegseth’s reform directive
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star generals...
Read moreU.S. Army halts Gray Eagle drone purchases in shift toward next-generation warfare
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Army will end procurement of its MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed drones as part of a...
Read moreGerasimov confirms DPRK participation in the liberation of Kursk region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov officially confirmed the participation of...
Read moreTrump administration to offer $100 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia in exchange for Israel ties
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The administration of President Donald Trump is preparing a landmark arms and defense technology package for Saudi...
Read moreShin Bet chief accuses Netanyahu of seeking personal loyalty from security service
JERUSALEM (Realist English). For the first time in Israel’s history, the head of the domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet has...
Read moreUS deploys MADIS drone defense system in the Philippines amid tensions with China
MANILA (Realist News Agency). The United States Marine Corps has deployed the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) in the...
Read moreUS accuses Chinese satellite firm of aiding Houthi attacks on American warships
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A Chinese commercial satellite company with deep ties to the People's Liberation Army is supplying imagery to...
Read moreNaryshkin in Minsk: Russia and Belarus coordinate response to Western intelligence activity
MINSK (Realist English). On April 15, Sergey Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), visited Belarus for high-level talks...
Read moreIran unveils long-range Arash-2 drone capable of targeting Israel, says army commander
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has officially unveiled its latest long-range kamikaze drone, the Arash-2, which senior military officials say is...
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Iran slams Netanyahu over missile remarks, calls Israel’s war aims a failure
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has sharply rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring that Tel Aviv...
Gen X poised for major inheritance boom amid record baby boomer wealth transfers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Members of Generation X — those currently aged 45 to 60 — are expected to benefit from...
Erdoğan hails ‘new page in history’ as Kurdish militants begin disarmament
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared the beginning of a new era as militants from the outlawed...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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