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Strait of Hormuz at risk as Middle East tensions mount over potential Israeli strike on Iran
DUBAI (Realist English). Global maritime operators are on high alert amid growing fears that a military confrontation between Israel and...
US oil output to decline in 2026, raising doubts over Trump’s energy agenda
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States will see its oil production fall next year for the first time since the...
Norway’s $1.9tn oil fund urges deep reform of EU capital markets to reverse competitiveness decline
OSLO (Realist English). Norway’s $1.9tn sovereign wealth fund is calling for sweeping reforms to European capital markets, warning that without...
Carney pledges support for oil sector and emissions cuts as Canada repositions for Trump-era trade
SASKATOON (Realist English). Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to work closely with Canada’s oil industry to increase production and...
Saudi Aramco cuts dividend by $10bn as oil revenues drop and fiscal pressure mounts
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Aramco has cut its dividend payout by $10bn after reporting a decline in first-quarter profits, reducing...
China hits record oil output with 210 million tons
BEIJING (Realist English). China produced a record 210 million tons of crude oil in the first quarter of 2025 —...
BP’s strategic shift fuels merger talk with Shell, Exxon, Chevron
LONDON (Realist English). British oil major BP is emerging as a potential takeover target, with industry insiders and analysts pointing...
Oil market on edge as U.S.–China trade war deepens
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Oil prices have begun to recover after their sharpest drop since 2021. According to Bloomberg, Brent crude...
Saudi Aramco’s profit in the first quarter fell by 19%
RIYADH (Realist English). Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported a 19% drop in first-quarter profit, recorded a net profit of $31.9...
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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