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Cairo urges U.S. to block Turkey-Libya maritime deal amid rising Eastern Mediterranean tensions
CAIRO (Realist English). Egypt has asked the United States to intervene and prevent Libya’s eastern parliament from ratifying a controversial...
UAE deepens energy and infrastructure ties across Africa ahead of AEW 2025
CAPE TOWN (Realist English). The United Arab Emirates is expanding its footprint in Africa’s energy and infrastructure sectors, with growing...
The governance paradox of southern Algeria: Natural wealth, systemic neglect, and emerging instability
ALGIERS (Realist English). Southern Algeria—home to the country’s most strategic oil and gas fields—represents a paradox at the heart of...
UN confirms discovery of mass graves and torture sites in Libya, urges immediate accountability
TRIPOLI (Realist English). The United Nations has confirmed the discovery of more than 80 bodies at official and clandestine detention...
Wagner Group declares mission in Mali complete, announces withdrawal after 3.5 years of operations
BAMAKO (Realist English). Russia’s Wagner Group has officially announced its withdrawal from Mali after more than three years of combat...
Algeria reclaims leverage: France faces shrinking influence in gas, trade, and security
ALGIERS (Realist English). France is no longer in a position to dictate the terms of its relationship with Algeria, according...
Algeria’s diplomatic isolation deepens amid rising regional tensions and domestic pressure
ALGIERS (Realist English). Algeria is entering one of the most turbulent phases of its recent diplomatic history, with escalating confrontations...
Nigeria needs urgent constitutional overhaul, says former Bar Association chief Olisa Agbakoba
LAGOS (Realist English). Prominent Nigerian lawyer and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, has called for an...
Kinshasa targets ex-president’s party amid M23 conflict
KINSHASA (Realist English). Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have suspended the activities of the People's Party for...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Putin calls for deeper BRICS cooperation and new financial infrastructure at Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin called for stronger integration among BRICS nations and greater independence from...
Elon Musk announces launch of third party after fallout with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Saturday the formation of a new political force — the America...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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