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Kurdish “card” fails to materialise in Iran conflict
MOSCOW (Realist English). Kurdish forces across Iran, Iraq and Syria have largely refrained from entering the conflict involving Iran, despite...
Read morePro-AI group plans $100mn push in US midterms
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A new pro-artificial intelligence political group backed by allies of U.S. President Donald Trump plans to spend...
Read morePakistan hosts talks to de-escalate Iran conflict
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Regional powers have launched a coordinated diplomatic effort to push the United States and Iran toward direct...
Read moreU.S. seeks Iran talks as war timeline extends beyond plans
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States is seeking to hold talks with Iran as early as this or next week,...
Read moreIran rejects US ceasefire plan, outlines five conditions
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has rejected a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the ongoing conflict, insisting that any ceasefire will...
Read moreTurkey and Pakistan soften anti-Iran language in Riyadh talks
RIYADH (Realist English). Turkey and Pakistan resisted strong language condemning Iran during a meeting of Arab and Muslim foreign ministers...
Read moreEU-Australia pact targets tariffs, secures raw materials access
BRUSSELS (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday signed a...
Read moreBessent defends escalation strategy in Iran conflict
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington may need to escalate military action against Iran in order...
Read moreRiyadh and Cairo coordinate response to rising regional threats
JEDDAH (Realist English). Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Jeddah on Saturday to...
Read moreUS investigations into drug trafficking touch Petro’s campaign
BOGOTÁ (Realist English). Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been named in two separate criminal investigations led by US prosecutors, according...
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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....
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...
China No Longer Seeks U.S. Approval
BEIJING (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China on May 14–15 passed with surprising calm and almost none...
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