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Lavrov warns of global consequences from Middle East escalation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that the escalating conflict in the Middle East could have serious...
Baku threatens retaliation after drone strike in Nakhchivan
BAKU (Realist English). Authorities in Azerbaijan threatened retaliation after two drones struck the Nakhchivan exclave on March 5, injuring two...
Iran’s security chief accuses Trump of dragging U.S. into war
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s top security official accused US President Donald Trump of leading the United States into an unjust...
Vance says Iran nuclear talks collapsed before launch of Operation Epic Fury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Vice President JD Vance said Monday that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program broke down after...
Ayatollah Alireza Arafi appointed to Iran’s interim leadership council
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has appointed Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to its interim leadership council, the body now responsible for governing...
Iran to be temporarily governed by leadership council after Khamenei’s death
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran will be temporarily governed by a leadership council composed of the president, the head of the...
Iranian state media confirm death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli strike
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday as part of a...
US-Israeli strikes on Iran rattle global markets as oil risks dominate outlook
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting senior leadership and military...
Israeli media report assessment that Khamenei may have been killed in strike
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli television channel Channel 12 reported that Israeli officials assess Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was likely...
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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