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Putin and Japarov reaffirm strategic partnership at Kyrgyz–Russian talks
BISHKEK (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held bilateral talks at the “Yntymak Ordo” state...
Taiwan to seek $40bn defence boost amid rising pressure from China, President Lai says
TAIPEI (Realist English). President Lai Ching-te announced that Taiwan will introduce a supplementary $40bn defence budget, signaling what he called...
Iran’s security chief calls Pakistan a ‘pillar of regional stability’
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that expanded cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad is...
China and U.S. hold 2025 maritime safety talks in Hawaii amid efforts to manage military risks
HONOLULU (Realist English). China and the United States convened the second working-group meeting and the 2025 annual session under the...
China escalates pressure on Japan after Taiwan remarks, but holds back its rare-earths weapon
TOKYO (Realist English). China has rolled out a familiar set of economic countermeasures against Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s...
India investigates toxic cough syrup deaths as probe focuses on solvent contamination and regulatory failures
NEW DELHI (Realist English). Indian authorities are investigating whether failures in the chemical supply chain led to the contamination of...
Bangladesh restores caretaker election system, but not for upcoming 2025 vote
DHAKA (Realist English). Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the nonpartisan caretaker government system for overseeing national elections, but ruled...
Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity
DHAKA (Realist English). Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was removed from power during last year’s mass unrest, has...
EU softens public tone on China as Brussels pushes for rare-earth deal and seeks to unblock Nexperia chip supplies
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Under mounting pressure from China’s tight controls on rare earths and the escalating dispute over chipmaker Nexperia,...
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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