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Erdoğan hails ‘new page in history’ as Kurdish militants begin disarmament
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared the beginning of a new era as militants from the outlawed...
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...
Iran’s president accuses Israel of assassination attempt in interview with Tucker Carlson
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel of attempting to assassinate him during a meeting, in a...
UK resumes diplomatic ties with Syria as post-war reset accelerates
DAMASCUS (Realist English). The United Kingdom has formally restored diplomatic relations with Syria, marking a major shift in policy more...
Gulf oil giants rein in dealmaking as falling prices force rethink
ABU DHABI (Realist English). Two of the Middle East’s most powerful oil companies — Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National...
Iran says it used less than 5% of defensive power in strikes on Israel
TEHRAN (Realist English). A senior Iranian commander has said that Iran activated less than five percent of its defensive power...
Israel faces $12–20 billion in war-related losses following conflict with Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Israel has sustained an estimated $12 billion in direct economic losses following its 12-day military campaign...
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...
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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