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Macron moves to shield French institutions ahead of 2027 election
PARIS (Realist English). President Emmanuel Macron is accelerating a series of high-level appointments across France’s state institutions, a move officials...
Macron pushes to fast-track social media ban for children under 15
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an accelerated legislative process to ensure a ban on social...
Trump’s Greenland threats unsettle Europe’s far-right allies
PARIS (Realist English). Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric over Greenland is beginning to alienate even some of his potential allies in...
French PM asks interior minister to explore early elections amid no-confidence threat
PARIS (Realist English). Facing two motions of no confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to...
Macron warns of erosion of global rules amid Trump’s confrontational rhetoric
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday that the United States is “breaking free from international rules”...
Algerian parliament declares French colonisation a crime, calls for apology and reparations
ALGIERS (Realist English). Algeria’s parliament has unanimously adopted legislation declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime, formally assigning legal...
France to build next-generation nuclear aircraft carrier by 2038
ABU DHABI (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that France will proceed with the construction of a new...
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...
Macron launches new voluntary military service to build France’s “hybrid” army
PARIS (Realist English). President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new national voluntary military service, announcing that France will begin...
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...
Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei calls for unity and vows continued resistance
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s newly appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei delivered his first public address...
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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