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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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Turkey elevates Africa as strategic priority amid intensifying global competition
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is placing Africa at the center of its strategic outlook as geopolitical competition on the continent...
Iran faces mounting internal unrest as U.S. pressure intensifies after Venezuela operation
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is confronting a widening convergence of internal unrest and external pressure as protests linked to a...
U.S. to receive up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that interim authorities in Venezuela will transfer between 30 million and 50...
Putin congratulates Orthodox Christians on Christmas, highlights role of faith and tradition
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians and all citizens celebrating Christmas, in a message published overnight...
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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