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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...
Macron warns China that Europe may impose U.S.-style punitive tariffs if trade imbalance persists into 2026
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has issued his strongest warning yet to Beijing, saying the European Union will...
China stages urban warfare drill amid Taiwan’s push to expand asymmetric defences
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s People’s Liberation Army has conducted a major urban combat drill simulating the seizure of a war-damaged...
Putin’s New Delhi visit signals resilience of India-Russia partnership amid global turbulence
NEW DELHI (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India for the 23rd Annual Summit was far more than a...
Putin and Simonyan launch RT India broadcasting in New Delhi
NEW DELHI (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan took part in a ceremony on Thursday...
China’s J-35 fighter draws Middle East interest despite unanswered capability questions
BEIJING (Realist English). The J-35, China’s second fifth-generation fighter jet, is attracting attention from prospective buyers in the Middle East...
Lukashenko’s rare visit signals Belarusian backing for Myanmar’s junta ahead of disputed elections
NAYPYIDAW (Realist English). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Myanmar on a state visit seen as a clear show of...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
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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