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Lebanon plunges into crisis as cabinet approves US-backed Hezbollah disarmament plan
BEIRUT (Realist English). Lebanon’s fragile political balance was shaken after the government of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam approved a U.S.-backed...
IRGC vows Iran is ready to crush any enemy front
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that the Iranian nation remains fully prepared to confront and...
China opposes ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran, urges diplomatic solution to nuclear issue
BEIJING (Realist English). China reaffirmed on Friday its commitment to a peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear issue, rejecting the possibility...
BlackRock seals $11bn leaseback deal for Saudi Aramco gas facilities
RIYADH (Realist English). BlackRock has agreed an $11bn deal to lease and lease back natural gas processing facilities in Saudi...
Saudi wealth fund cuts $8bn from value of domestic gigaprojects as costs rise and oil prices fall
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reduced the book value of its domestic gigaproject holdings by...
Trump signals ‘great progress’ in talks with Russia ahead of ceasefire ultimatum
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump announced “great progress” in negotiations with Russia following a high-level meeting between his Special...
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...
France to recognize Palestinian state in September
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine in...
Iran says E3 have ‘no authority’ to trigger snapback sanctions under nuclear deal
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected what he called any legal, political, or moral right for...
Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
From voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Khamenei says Iran will not retreat in face of foreign-backed unrest
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Islamic Republic would stand firm...
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...
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....
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