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IRGC dismantles ‘Backdoor’ cyber-espionage network linked to Mossad and Iran International
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has announced the arrest of the leader of the...
Read moreU.S. troop reduction in Romania signals shift in strategy — at the wrong time and in the wrong place
BUCHAREST (Realist English). The decision by Washington to withdraw some U.S. troops from NATO’s eastern flank, including from Romania, has...
Read moreJapan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Read moreCIA chief Ratcliffe visits Brussels to reassure EU of U.S. reliability amid tensions over Trump’s foreign policy
BRUSSELS (Realist English). CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a discreet visit to Brussels this week, holding meetings with top European...
Read moreExclusive: UAE-linked flights through Somalia’s Bosaso airport tied to Sudan war logistics, sources say
BOSASO (Realist English). The sound of heavy transport planes landing at Bosaso Airport on Somalia’s northern coast has become routine....
Read moreLebanon orders army to confront Israeli incursions after deadly attack in Blida
BEIRUT (Realist English). Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has ordered the country’s army to confront any Israeli incursions into southern Lebanon...
Read moreMyanmar rebel group reaches China-brokered truce with military government after months of fighting
KUNMING (Realist English). An ethnic armed group in Myanmar has reached a ceasefire agreement with the military-led government, ending months...
Read moreKhamenei’s top military adviser calls “corridors war” new front of global competition and Iran’s strategic opportunity
TEHRAN (Realist English). A senior military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the...
Read moreSudan’s RSF seizes final army base in Darfur, tightening control over El Fasher
EL FASHER (Realist English). Militiamen from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have captured the Sudanese army’s last remaining base in...
Read moreDrone firm backed by Donald Trump Jr wins major Pentagon contract
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A Florida-based drone manufacturer Unusual Machines, partially owned by Donald Trump Jr, has secured its largest-ever contract...
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Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
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,...
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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