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Kast wins Chile presidency in sharp rightward shift
SANTIAGO (Realist English). Jose Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential election, riding voter anxiety over rising crime and irregular migration...
Read moreBystander disarms gunman during Bondi Beach attack, is hailed as hero
SYDNEY (Realist English). An Australian bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the attackers during a deadly shooting at Sydney’s...
Read moreLukashenko pardons 123 foreign nationals following talks with Trump
MINSK (Realist English). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 123 foreign nationals following agreements reached with U.S. President Donald Trump...
Read moreU.S. forces intercepted China–Iran cargo ship in rare maritime operation, WSJ reports
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. forces last month boarded a cargo vessel travelling from China to Iran, marking a rare interception...
Read moreGermany invites U.S. to Berlin talks on Ukraine ceasefire as Europe pushes for role in negotiations
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany has invited the United States to join a high-level meeting in Berlin early next week focused...
Read moreThailand dissolves parliament amid border clashes with Cambodia and looming no-confidence vote
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand has dissolved its parliament and will hold a general election within 45 to 60 days, after...
Read moreTrump 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...
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India resumes Iranian oil imports and prepares convoy through Hormuz
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India is preparing to send its own tankers through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time...
“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
US and Iran fail to reach Hormuz deal as Trump threatens new strikes
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Iran remain far from reaching an agreement to end the war and reopen...
Israel prepares for new war with Iran – from bombing to commando landings
TEL AVIV (Realist English). With US‑Iran talks deadlocked, the Israeli leadership has stepped up preparations for a resumption of full‑scale hostilities....
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
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