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Philippine police arrest 49 after violent clashes near presidential palace amid mass anti-corruption protests
MANILA (Realist English). Philippine police said Sunday they arrested 49 people after violent clashes outside the presidential palace, where demonstrators...
Musk calls for dissolution of UK parliament at far-right London rally
LONDON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has urged the United Kingdom to dissolve its parliament and hold new elections,...
‘Gen Z uprising’: Youth-led protests in Nepal morph into anti-elite revolt
KATHMANDU (Realist English). Protests in Nepal against a now-lifted social media ban escalated dramatically on Tuesday, with demonstrators torching government...
Nepal lifts social media ban after deadly protests leave 19 dead
KATHMANDU (Realist English). Nepal’s government lifted its ban on social media platforms Tuesday, one day after police opened fire on...
Fuel price protests in Angola leave 22 dead and over 1,200 arrested, government says
LUANDA (Realist English). At least 22 people were killed and more than 1,200 arrested in Angola following violent protests sparked...
Los Angeles imposes downtown curfew as immigration protests intensify and Trump expands troop deployment
LOS ANGELES (Realist English). City officials in Los Angeles imposed a curfew across a section of downtown Tuesday evening, following...
Frank Kitson: the man who taught states how to suppress protest
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the mid-20th century, the British Empire was rapidly losing its status as a global hegemon. After...
The pension reform in France puts an end to the social state project in Europe
PARIS (Realist English). In France, we are now witnessing a new broad social movement after the "yellow vests" of 2018-2019....
IRGC increases presence in West Azerbaijan province
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it is bolstering its forces in Iran’s northwestern region to...
Japan’s diplomatic rift with China threatens tourism and deepens economic risks
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s fragile economy faces fresh turbulence after China urged its citizens to avoid travelling to the country,...
Trump shields Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing as White House unveils major arms and nuclear deals
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered full-throated support to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, insisting...
Turkey prepares major troop deployment for planned Gaza peacekeeping mission
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is assembling a large peacekeeping contingent for potential deployment to Gaza as part of a US-brokered...
EU softens public tone on China as Brussels pushes for rare-earth deal and seeks to unblock Nexperia chip supplies
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Under mounting pressure from China’s tight controls on rare earths and the escalating dispute over chipmaker Nexperia,...
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....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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