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Bulgarian president Rumen Radev announces resignation amid political turmoil
SOFIA (Realist English). Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Monday that he will resign from office, a move that has...
Read moreTalon allies secure total control of Benin parliament after opposition shut out
COTONOU (Realist English). Parties aligned with President Patrice Talon have won full control of Benin’s National Assembly following legislative elections,...
Read moreEuropean allies condemn Trump’s Greenland tariff threat as transatlantic rift deepens
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Eight European countries targeted by US President Donald Trump for a proposed 10% tariff over their opposition...
Read moreNearly 4,000 killed in Iran protests, rights group says
TEHRAN (Realist English). At least 3,919 people have been killed during the recent wave of protests in Iran and the...
Read moreTrump threatens tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland dispute
WEST PALM BEACH (Realist English). US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington will impose a 10% import tariff...
Read moreMyanmar’s military-linked party widens lead as election enters final phase
NAYPYIDAW (Realist English). Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has extended its lead after the second round of...
Read moreTrump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ signals sharper US push to control global energy flows
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States has entered the new year by unveiling what critics describe as the “Donroe Doctrine”...
Read moreJapan’s Takaichi plans snap election to strengthen fragile lower-house majority
TOKYO (Realist English). Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Japan’s parliament for a snap general...
Read moreIran’s protests revive memories of 1979 as crackdown signals deeper risk to the theocracy
TEHRAN (Realist English). Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocratic system have, within days, spiralled into a violent crackdown whose reported death...
Read moreTrump’s Greenland threats unsettle Europe’s far-right allies
PARIS (Realist English). Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric over Greenland is beginning to alienate even some of his potential allies in...
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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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