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Von der Leyen skips Starmer meeting amid row over €6.5bn EU payment demand
LONDON (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declined to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at...
Read moreUkraine’s EU bid dominates Euronews Enlargement Summit amid rising frustration from other candidates
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The Euronews Enlargement Summit in Brussels reignited tensions over the European Union’s stalled enlargement process, as leaders...
Read moreGuinea’s junta leader Doumbouya cleared to run for president
CONAKRY (Realist English). Guinea’s Supreme Court has approved General Mamadi Doumbouya, the head of the ruling military junta, to run...
Read moreUkraine receives $52 billion in foreign aid over the past year, half financed through frozen Russian assets
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine received $52 billion in external financial assistance between November 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025, excluding...
Read moreNancy Pelosi to retire from Congress after nearly 40 years in office
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing California Democrat who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the...
Read morePaul Biya sworn in for another term as Cameroon’s opposition denounces ‘constitutional coup’
YAOUNDE (Realist English). Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest sitting head of state, has been sworn in for a...
Read moreIran calls for stronger coordination with China and Russia to counter U.S. unilateralism
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has emphasized the importance of strategic cooperation between Iran, China, and Russia...
Read moreZohran Mamdani becomes New York City’s first Muslim mayor
NEW YORK (Realist English). Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, making history as the...
Read moreConstruction of Rasht–Astara railway in northern Iran to begin in early 2026
TEHRAN (Realist English). Construction of the Rasht–Astara railway line — a critical segment of the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC)...
Read moreNetanyahu rejects safe passage for Hamas militants despite Trump’s ceasefire plan
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out any “safe exit” for around 200 Hamas fighters reportedly...
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Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
From voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Khamenei says Iran will not retreat in face of foreign-backed unrest
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Islamic Republic would stand firm...
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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