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EU leaders abandon reparations loan plan, agree on €90bn joint debt to fund Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Realist English). European Union leaders have failed to agree on an unprecedented reparations-backed loan for Ukraine and instead decided...
EU’s Kallas downplays harsh US security report, urges unity with Washington
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for maintaining transatlantic unity after the Trump administration’s...
EU warns Russia still seeks to redraw Europe’s borders amid pressure over US-led peace talks
STRASBOURG (Realist English). European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned on Wednesday that Europe must sustain pressure on Moscow,...
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,...
Migrants return to West Africa disillusioned as EU-funded reintegration program fails to deliver
CONAKRY (Realist English). When Oumar Bella Diallo, 24, boarded a flight home to Guinea in July, he believed his exhausting...
Von der Leyen skips Starmer meeting amid row over €6.5bn EU payment demand
LONDON (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declined to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at...
Ukraine receives $52 billion in foreign aid over the past year, half financed through frozen Russian assets
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine received $52 billion in external financial assistance between November 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025, excluding...
Iran says Europe’s role in future nuclear talks will be “significantly diminished”
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that European powers had “undermined their standing” in efforts...
European leaders to join Zelenskyy at White House talks with Trump
BRUSSELS (Realist English). A number of European leaders will accompany the head of the so-called Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to Washington...
Russia’s external public debt rises above $60bn for first time since 2006
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s external public debt stood at $61.97 billion as of February 1, 2026, according to data from...
Stephen Miller’s growing influence reshapes Trump’s second-term agenda
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser long associated with hardline immigration policies, has become one of...
Trump favors renewed Iran diplomacy after talks with Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said he wants to continue pursuing a diplomatic agreement with Iran following a three-hour...
Netanyahu to press Iran strategy in Washington talks with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to discuss potential military scenarios regarding Iran during meetings with...
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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