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Trump confirms U.S. seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro government
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has seized a large crude-oil tanker off...
Read moreMusk says Trump-era cost-cutting unit DOGE was only “somewhat successful,” rules out ever doing it again
AUSTIN (Realist English). Elon Musk said the Trump administration’s cost-cutting task force known as DOGE — the Department of Government...
Read moreEurope weighs future of transatlantic ties after blistering week of criticism from Trump administration
BRUSSELS (Realist English). After a week in which Washington publicly rebuked the European Union on issues ranging from migration to...
Read moreHamas signals willingness to halt attacks for up to a decade if Israel fully withdraws from Gaza, Palestinian official says
GAZA (Realist English). Hamas has told mediators it is prepared to suspend all offensive operations against Israel for seven to...
Read moreMacron warns China that Europe may impose U.S.-style punitive tariffs if trade imbalance persists into 2026
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has issued his strongest warning yet to Beijing, saying the European Union will...
Read moreNigeria confirms troop deployment to Benin to help foil coup attempt
ABUJA (Realist English). Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has confirmed that his country deployed fighter jets and ground forces to neighbouring...
Read moreQatar and Egypt urge Israeli withdrawal and rapid deployment of international force to secure Gaza ceasefire
DOHA (Realist English). Qatar and Egypt, acting as guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for Israel to withdraw...
Read moreEU’s Kallas downplays harsh US security report, urges unity with Washington
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for maintaining transatlantic unity after the Trump administration’s...
Read moreTrump administration unveils national security strategy urging “resistance” in Europe and downgrading Russia, China as threats
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House on Friday released a new US National Security Strategy (NSS) that calls for “cultivating...
Read moreColombian politicians turn toward China as relations with Trump-led Washington deteriorate
BOGOTÁ (Realist English). China is rapidly expanding its political and economic footprint in Colombia as relations between Bogotá and Washington...
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Lavrov warns of global consequences from Middle East escalation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that the escalating conflict in the Middle East could have serious...
Venezuela signs gold export deal with Trafigura for U.S. market
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuela’s state-owned mining company has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to sell up to 1,000 kilograms of gold...
Putin increases size of Russia’s armed forces
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing the authorized number of servicemen in the country’s...
Trump says US-Israeli strikes have crippled Iran’s military
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said Tuesday that joint US-Israeli strikes had severely weakened Iran’s military capabilities, claiming the...
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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