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European 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...
Read moreUkraine appoints Oleh Ivashchenko as new military intelligence chief
KYIV (Realist English). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Oleh Ivashchenko has been appointed head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate...
Read moreRussia hands US data on downed Ukrainian drone near Novgorod
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov has met with a representative of the US military attaché’s office...
Read moreCIA carried out drone strike on Venezuelan port facility, sources say
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Central Intelligence Agency was behind a drone strike last week on a docking facility believed to...
Read moreGermany and UK agree joint purchase of mobile artillery systems
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany and the United Kingdom have signed a joint procurement contract worth about $72 million (€61 million)...
Read moreChina launches large-scale military drills around Taiwan
TAIPEI (Realist English). China has launched a new round of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, deploying army, naval, air force...
Read moreNATO chief rejects calls for EU-led forces in Ukraine, stresses reliance on US alliance
BERLIN (Realist English). NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has pushed back against proposals to deploy European-led forces in Ukraine under...
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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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