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Zelensky accused of authoritarian drift as Kyiv regime targets anti-corruption voices
KYIV (Realist English). The head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, is facing mounting accusations of authoritarianism after security forces...
UK government secretly relocated thousands of Afghans after major data leak
LONDON (Realist English). The UK government ran a secret multibillion-pound relocation programme for Afghans after a catastrophic data breach exposed...
Orban under pressure: Hungary’s ‘illiberal democracy’ faces a centre-right challenger
BUDAPEST (Realist English). Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, long hailed by right-wing leaders from Donald Trump to JD Vance, is...
Trump’s 30% tariffs ignite EU backlash and threaten trade war escalation
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 30% tariff on European Union products Saturday, triggering political...
Macron urges UK and France to rebuild ties: ‘Let’s not allow the Channel to grow wider’
LONDON (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the United Kingdom and France to leave behind the divisions...
Starmer and Macron show unity — but behind the smiles, tensions over Trump and trade simmer
LONDON (Realist English). UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are projecting a renewed era of Anglo-French...
Speer Group launches Germany’s first defence-focused venture fund to bridge critical investment gap
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany’s newly launched Speer Group has entered the defence investment arena with a mission to close a...
Five political battles that will define the EU’s next €1.2 trillion budget
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union is entering a critical phase in designing its next long-term budget — a €1.2...
EU’s AI law won’t prevent catastrophe, warns top expert Stuart Russell
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s flagship AI Act falls far short of what is needed to avert existential risks posed...
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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