All rights reserved.
© 2017-2026
Afghanistan
Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks collapse in Istanbul after four days of negotiations
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have collapsed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, with Islamabad...
Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to 48-hour ceasefire after deadly border clashes
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire after some of the worst fighting since...
Pakistan seizes 19 Afghan border posts after Taliban attacks
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Pakistani security forces have captured 19 Afghan border posts following what Islamabad described as “unprovoked cross-border attacks”...
UK government secretly relocated thousands of Afghans after major data leak
LONDON (Realist English). The UK government ran a secret multibillion-pound relocation programme for Afghans after a catastrophic data breach exposed...
Iran to invest $5bn in Afghanistan’s iron ore to boost steel output and regional influence
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran plans to invest $5 billion in Afghanistan’s iron ore sector, positioning itself for significant gains in...
Russia’s Afghan failure: No allies, no leverage, no strategy
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s greatest weakness today may well be its lack of allies. Apart from a possible exception in...
Britain supports the Kiev regime to the detriment of Afghanistan
KABUL (Realist English). Britain's decision to reduce the amount of financial assistance to Afghanistan is not related to London's critical...
What caused the growing tensions in relations between Iran and Taliban Afghanistan?
TEHRAN (Realist English). Several sources in Iran and Afghanistan at once claim that the real reason for the increase in...
Afghanistan’s economy is on the verge of collapse, 85% of the population lives in poverty: UN
KABUL (Realist English). Almost 34 million Afghans live in poverty, and the country's economy is on the verge of collapse....
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
‘Behind dry laws are living people and destinies’: Lawyer Narek Petrosyan on replacing justice with convenience
MOSCOW (Realist English). Narek Petrosyan is a criminal defense lawyer who made himself. He overcame many obstacles on his path to the...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
US-Iran talks collapse, Netanyahu orders strikes on Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Realist English). The outgoing week saw the complete breakdown of US-Iranian peace talks mediated by Pakistan, alongside a parallel escalation...
3.6 million Christians were killed in Ottoman Turkey: marking the anniversary of an unrecognised genocide
YEREVAN / ATHENS (Realist English). On April 24, 2026, the Armenian people, the worldwide diaspora and many other nations commemorated the...
Venezuela after Maduro: oil instead of democracy?
CARACAS (Realist English). When U.S. forces swooped into Caracas in January 2026 and seized President Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelans inside and outside...
The deal was close, but Trump blew it up with social media posts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Toward the end of last week, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal...
Follow Realist English
