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Starmer to meet Xi in Beijing as UK seeks reset in economic ties with China
BEIJING (Realist English). British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday,...
Read moreTurkey watches Iran protests warily, prioritising stability over regime change
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is closely monitoring the ongoing protests in Iran, wary that prolonged unrest could destabilise a key...
Read moreStarmer prepares China reset as UK ministers quietly rebuild ties with Beijing
Cabinet figures promote trade and investment revival ahead of high-stakes meeting with Xi Jinping, despite security concerns LONDON (Realist English)....
Read moreUS, Russia and Ukraine report progress after trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI (Realist English). Trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi were “productive” and resulted...
Read moreIraq’s Shia ruling bloc backs Nouri al-Maliki for prime minister
BAGHDAD (Realist English). Iraq’s main Shia political alliance, which holds a majority in parliament, has endorsed former prime minister Nouri...
Read moreVietnam enters new phase as party chief To Lam consolidates power and pushes radical economic agenda
HANOI (Realist English). Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party has confirmed To Lam for another five-year term as general secretary, marking the...
Read moreTrump launches ‘Peace Council’ at Davos, urges global participation
DAVOS (Realist English). US President Donald Trump on Thursday formally announced the creation of a new international body dubbed the...
Read moreUS Treasury chief says sanctions helped trigger Iran unrest
DAVOS (Realist English). US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly acknowledged that American sanctions played a role in destabilising Iran’s...
Read moreIran warns Trump against action targeting Supreme Leader as US carrier moves west
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran on Tuesday issued a sharp warning to US President Donald Trump, cautioning against any action targeting...
Read moreAustralia passes anti-hate and gun laws after deadly Sydney attack
CANBERRA (Realist English). Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday welcomed Parliament’s approval of new anti-hate speech and gun control...
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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...
Vance says Iran nuclear talks collapsed before launch of Operation Epic Fury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Vice President JD Vance said Monday that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program broke down after...
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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