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Israeli protesters set fires near Netanyahu’s residence amid demands for captive exchange with Hamas
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli protesters on Wednesday set fire to several cars, tires, and recycling bins near the residence of...
Norway’s Stoltenberg defends $2tn oil fund after criticism over Israel investments
OSLO (Realist English). Norway’s finance minister Jens Stoltenberg has defended the country’s $2tn sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, following...
Israel advances E1 settlement plan in defiance of international law
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved forward with the controversial E1 settlement...
Netanyahu signals possible escalation in Gaza as Israeli ex-security chiefs call for war’s end
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted at a possible intensification of military operations in Gaza,...
Israel pledges safe passage for UN aid convoys into Gaza amid rising famine warnings
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Israel has pledged to ensure secure passage for United Nations humanitarian convoys delivering food and medicine...
U.S. announces Israel-Syria ceasefire after over 300 killed in Sweida clashes
DAMASCUS (Realist English). The United States announced on Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, following several...
Israel: Iran’s enriched uranium may still be retrievable after U.S. airstrikes
TEL AVIV (Realist English). A senior Israeli official has said that Iran may still be able to recover enriched uranium...
The 12-Day War ends — but tension simmers beneath fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire
JERUSALEM/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Realist English). After nearly two weeks of escalating hostilities, what President Donald Trump called the “12-Day War” between Israel...
Israel declares victory in ‘People as a Lion’ operation, agrees to U.S.-brokered ceasefire
JERUSALEM (Realist English). The Israeli government announced early Tuesday that it has not only achieved, but surpassed all objectives of...
Venezuela signs gold export deal with Trafigura for U.S. market
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuela’s state-owned mining company has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to sell up to 1,000 kilograms of gold...
Putin increases size of Russia’s armed forces
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing the authorized number of servicemen in the country’s...
Trump says US-Israeli strikes have crippled Iran’s military
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said Tuesday that joint US-Israeli strikes had severely weakened Iran’s military capabilities, claiming the...
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...
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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