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China protests Japan over ruling party official’s visit to Taiwan
BEIJING (Realist English). China has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint with Japan over a visit by a senior official from...
India–US trade talks stall as tariffs eclipse early optimism
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Relations between India and the United States, which appeared set for a breakthrough at the start of...
Japan sets $19bn investment target for Central Asia in push to counter China’s influence
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan has announced a five-year target of $19 billion in business projects across Central Asia, signalling a...
China completes first flight of CH-7 stealth drone
BEIJING (Realist English). China has successfully carried out the maiden flight of its latest long-endurance stealth unmanned aerial vehicle, the...
China’s slowdown deepens as retail sales and investment weaken in November
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s economic slowdown became more entrenched in November, with retail sales posting their weakest year-on-year growth since...
U.S. pressure on Pacific allies fuels South Korean concerns over Taiwan conflict
SEOUL (Realist English). South Korea could face growing pressure to play a role in a potential conflict over Taiwan as...
Japan’s green tea exports reach highest level in over 70 years
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s green tea exports hit a more than 70-year high in the first 10 months of this...
Former Pakistan spy chief Faiz Hameed sentenced to 14 years in landmark military court ruling
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, who headed Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the premiership of Imran Khan,...
Thailand dissolves parliament amid border clashes with Cambodia and looming no-confidence vote
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand has dissolved its parliament and will hold a general election within 45 to 60 days, after...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
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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