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Netanyahu orders “powerful strikes” in Gaza after Hamas attack, testing fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to launch “powerful strikes”...
JD Vance visits Israel, says Gaza ceasefire “going better than expected”
KIRYAT GAT (Realist English). U.S. Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism on Tuesday that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would...
Hamas frees 20 Israeli hostages as Israel releases nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under Gaza truce deal
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Hamas released 20 Israeli hostages on Monday as part of a wide-ranging prisoner swap agreement designed...
U.S. to deploy 200 troops to Israel to support Gaza ceasefire mission
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States will send about 200 military personnel to Israel to assist in implementing and monitoring...
Israel ratifies ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas under Trump peace plan
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s cabinet has approved a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas, paving the way for the suspension...
Israel, Hamas signal readiness to begin Trump’s Gaza peace plan
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s government and military announced early Saturday that they are preparing to implement the first stage of...
Hamas and Turkey condemn Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Hamas on Wednesday night denounced Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, calling it a “crime of piracy...
Israel’s cabinet confirms David Zini as new Shin Bet chief amid controversy
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s cabinet on Tuesday evening unanimously approved the appointment of retired Major General David Zini as the...
Speculation grows over Gaza war deal as Netanyahu heads to White House
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The decision to add a press conference to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Putin convenes Security Council over Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear testing
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss Washington’s...
Putin appoints Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of Tver region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region, according to...
OPEC+ halts planned output hikes amid fears of oil glut in early 2026
VIENNA (Realist English). The OPEC+ alliance has decided to pause its oil production increases in the first quarter of 2026,...
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...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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