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Bolsonaro asks Brazil’s top court to let him serve 27-year sentence under house arrest
BRASÍLIA (Realist English). Lawyers for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro have petitioned Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to allow...
Read moreChina escalates pressure on Japan after Taiwan remarks, but holds back its rare-earths weapon
TOKYO (Realist English). China has rolled out a familiar set of economic countermeasures against Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s...
Read moreBangladesh restores caretaker election system, but not for upcoming 2025 vote
DHAKA (Realist English). Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the nonpartisan caretaker government system for overseeing national elections, but ruled...
Read moreJapan’s diplomatic rift with China threatens tourism and deepens economic risks
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s fragile economy faces fresh turbulence after China urged its citizens to avoid travelling to the country,...
Read moreTrump shields Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing as White House unveils major arms and nuclear deals
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered full-throated support to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, insisting...
Read moreIraq’s prime minister wins largest bloc in parliament, but government formation likely to drag on
BAGHDAD (Realist English). Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s political bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s parliamentary election, final results...
Read moreBangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity
DHAKA (Realist English). Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was removed from power during last year’s mass unrest, has...
Read moreChile’s presidential race heads to December runoff between Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast
SANTIAGO (Realist English). Chile’s presidential election will go to a December 14 runoff after left-wing former labour minister Jeannette Jara...
Read moreChile heads to the polls amid crime fears and political polarisation
SANTIAGO (Realist English). Chile votes on Sunday in a presidential and parliamentary election widely expected to tilt to the right,...
Read moreUS weighs historical parallels as calls grow for action against Maduro
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A debate in Washington over how to confront Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is reviving comparisons with the 1989...
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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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