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Turkey seeks full use of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in new energy pact with Iraq
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is pressing for full-scale utilisation of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline as a key condition in a...
Experts dismiss EU’s $750bn energy pledge to US as unrealistic and politically driven
WASHINGTON / BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union’s commitment to purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over the next...
Turkey deepens ties with Libya’s east as maritime deal edges closer to full ratification
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Saddam Hifter, commander of Libya’s eastern ground forces and son of Khalifa Hifter, made his second visit...
Shell and others abandon global climate standard group over oil and gas restrictions
LONDON (Realist English). Shell, Aker BP, and Enbridge have exited a high-level climate advisory group after the Science Based Targets...
Canadian oil sands emerge as lowest-cost producers in North America amid global downturn
CALGARY (Realist English). Canada’s oil sands producers — including Imperial Oil, Suncor, and Cenovus — have become some of the...
Africa prepares for major oil and gas investment push with new licensing rounds
CAPE TOWN (Realist English). Africa is poised for a wave of new oil and gas exploration as countries across the...
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...
China continues to buy Iranian oil despite US sanctions as shadow supply chain thrives
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s imports of Iranian oil have nearly doubled in the past two years, defying stringent US sanctions...
Kuwait extends bidding deadline for major oil infrastructure tender in strategic southern fields
KUWAIT CITY (Realist English). Kuwait’s Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) has extended the bidding deadline for a key Kuwait...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
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