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Pentagon says US will continue Iran war until “decisive defeat”
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s leadership is “desperate and scrambling” as the conflict between the...
Read moreAustralia to deploy surveillance aircraft and missiles to Gulf amid Iran tensions
CANBERRA (Realist English). Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Tuesday that Australia will deploy a long-range surveillance aircraft and supply...
Read moreIsrael mocks British defence secretary after remarks on Iranian strikes
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s Foreign Ministry has publicly criticized British Defence Secretary John Healey after he described Iran’s missile strikes...
Read moreTrump attends dignified transfer for six US soldiers killed in Middle East war
DOVER (Realist English). US President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer ceremony on Saturday at Dover Air Force Base for...
Read moreIranian 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...
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Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Lula and Trump Find “Chemistry” as China Is Pushed Out of Latin America
BRASILIA (Realist English). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s popular left‑wing president, recently visited the United States. Contrary to sceptical forecasts,...
Can Trump Get a New Nuclear Deal With Iran?
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in late February 2026, President Donald Trump has struggled...
Oil Shock Worsens the Plight of the Poor in Asia and Africa
MOSCOW (Realist English). The conflict in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, has led to...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
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