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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dies in India at 80
NEW DELHI (Realist English). Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga, one of Africa’s most influential political figures,...
Read moreFrench prime minister freezes Macron’s pension reform to save 2026 budget and avert political collapse
PARIS (Realist English). French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced a suspension of President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform, in...
Read moreCameroon opposition leader claims victory as Biya remains silent after contentious vote
YAOUNDÉ (Realist English). Cameroon’s opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary declared victory on Tuesday in the October 12 presidential election, calling...
Read moreTrump declares Gaza war ‘over’ as Netanyahu hesitates to endorse full ceasefire
JERUSALEM (Realist English). As President Donald Trump departed the Middle East on Monday, he left behind a region that has...
Read moreHamas frees 20 Israeli hostages as Israel releases nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under Gaza truce deal
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Hamas released 20 Israeli hostages on Monday as part of a wide-ranging prisoner swap agreement designed...
Read moreOne month after Nepal’s Gen Z uprising, wounded protester laments slow pace of change
KATHMANDU (Realist English). A month after Nepal’s youth-led uprising shook the country’s political establishment, 29-year-old Bohora remains in a hospital...
Read moreTrump declares Gaza war ‘over’ as he flies to Israel to celebrate ceasefire and hostage release
TEL AVIV (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that the war in Gaza was “over,” expressing confidence...
Read moreMadagascar president says coup attempt underway after elite troops join youth-led protests
ANTANANARIVO (Realist English). Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina announced Sunday that an attempted coup was underway, following weeks of anti-government protests...
Read moreFrance’s reappointed PM Sébastien Lecornu calls for calm and unity amid deep political rifts
PARIS (Realist English). Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed as France’s prime minister on Friday night after a week of political chaos, urged...
Read moreAt 92, Paul Biya seeks an eighth term as Cameroon’s ‘president for life’
YAOUNDÉ (Realist English). Paul Biya, the 92-year-old president of Cameroon and the world’s oldest head of state, will seek a...
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Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
From voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Khamenei says Iran will not retreat in face of foreign-backed unrest
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Islamic Republic would stand firm...
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...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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