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Cameroon 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...
Read moreMacron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister to steer France through political crisis
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation,...
Read morePeru’s ruling bloc turns on President Boluarte amid surge in violent crime
LIMA (Realist English). Peru’s largest congressional bloc has thrown its weight behind a new bid to impeach President Dina Boluarte,...
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Israel planned assassination of Iran’s supreme leader months before strike, defense minister says
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as early as...
Iranian Shahed drones reshape battlefield as Gulf states face mass attacks
DUBAI (Realist English). The ongoing confrontation involving Iran, the United States and Israel has brought a weapon long familiar to...
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...
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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