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Iran strikes U.S. air base in Qatar in retaliatory missile attack
DOHA (Realist English). Iran confirmed on Monday it launched a missile strike against the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base...
Trump strikes Iran’s nuclear sites, sparking fears of full-scale war
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump has ordered a large-scale US airstrike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, dramatically escalating tensions in...
Israel–Iran conflict threatens China’s oil security and regional influence
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s energy security and Middle East ambitions are under growing pressure as Israel’s attacks on Iran threaten...
Putin and Xi condemn Israeli actions, reaffirm partnership in Middle East call
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone call on Wednesday, focusing primarily...
Tanker charter rates surge amid rising tensions in Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI (Realist English). The cost of chartering large oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz — a vital chokepoint for...
Putin rejects Iran’s capitulation, proposes compromise solution to end hostilities
SAINT PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out the possibility of an Iranian capitulation and called for a...
Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli strikes on Iran, call for de-escalation and nuclear disarmament
CAIRO (Realist English). Twenty-one Arab and Muslim countries issued a joint statement on June 16 condemning Israel’s recent airstrikes on...
Israeli ambassador says country is at war with Iran’s regime, warns of more missile attacks
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, declared that Israel is now “in a state of...
Iran confirms 150 Israeli targets hit in large-scale retaliation, warns more strikes may follow
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out a broad retaliatory operation against Israel, hitting at least...
Israel prepares strike on Iran: leak of uranium capture plan causes scandal in Knesset
TEHRAN (Realist English). The diplomatic process between the United States and Iran has entered its final stage, but military rhetoric on...
China and Kazakhstan launch grain hub
BEIJING (Realist English). China and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint grain trading platform aimed at strengthening food security...
Putin and Xi Shape a New Architecture of Cooperation
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia and China have agreed to further strengthen their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, expand economic ties,...
“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
Turkey and Israel on the verge of direct confrontation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS and Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov analyzes the causes and consequences...
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
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