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NATO moves to strengthen Arctic security amid concerns over Russia and China
BRUSSELS (Realist English). NATO said the United States, Denmark and Greenland would enter negotiations to step up efforts aimed at...
Read moreICE claims authority to force entry into homes without judge’s warrant
MINNEAPOLIS (Realist English). Federal immigration officers are asserting broad new powers to forcibly enter private homes without a judge’s warrant,...
Read moreIsraeli forces launch large-scale operation in Hebron, imposing sweeping lockdown
HEBRON (Realist English). The Israeli military has launched what it described as a “large-scale” operation in Hebron, deploying hundreds of...
Read moreEgypt’s military rebuffed calls to ease debt crisis despite vast hidden reserves
CAIRO (Realist English). Egypt’s armed forces rejected government requests in December to help ease the country’s deepening debt crisis, despite...
Read moreChina to upgrade J-20 stealth fighter with enhanced radar, engines and AI
BEIJING (Realist English). China is preparing a new round of upgrades for its J-20 stealth fighter, focusing on improved radar,...
Read moreIran says armed terror cells dismantled as unrest turns deadly
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian security and judicial authorities say they have dismantled several armed terror cells and arrested dozens of...
Read moreEuropean stocks open lower as defense sector rallies on U.S. policy signals
LONDON (Realist English). European equity markets opened in negative territory on Thursday, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 slipping about 0.3%...
Read moreTurkey elevates Africa as strategic priority amid intensifying global competition
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is placing Africa at the center of its strategic outlook as geopolitical competition on the continent...
Read moreSyria struggles to rebuild its army a year after Assad’s fall
DAMASCUS (Realist English). One year after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government, Syria is still grappling with the complex task...
Read moreUS approves over $500m for military infrastructure projects in Poland
WARSAW (Realist English). The United States has approved more than $500 million in investments for the development of military infrastructure...
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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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