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Thailand dissolves parliament amid border clashes with Cambodia and looming no-confidence vote
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand has dissolved its parliament and will hold a general election within 45 to 60 days, after...
Anutin Charnvirakul elected Thailand’s new prime minister after turbulent year
BANGKOK (Realist English). Veteran Thai politician Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, has been elected Thailand’s next prime minister...
Thailand set to elect ‘cannabis king’ Anutin Charnvirakul as new prime minister
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thai lawmakers will vote on Friday to choose a new prime minister, with Anutin Charnvirakul — a...
Thailand’s acting PM moves to dissolve parliament amid opposition shift
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has submitted a formal decree to dissolve parliament, after the country’s...
Thailand’s former leader Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of royal defamation charges
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted on Friday of charges of insulting the monarchy, a...
Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire talks after Trump intervention
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand and Cambodia signaled readiness on Sunday to begin ceasefire negotiations following mediation by U.S. President Donald...
Thaksin Shinawatra fights royal defamation charges amid political dynasty’s decline
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s ousted prime minister and longtime political heavyweight, appeared in a Bangkok court this week...
Thaksin Shinawatra’s fall marks the twilight of an era in Thai politics
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thaksin Shinawatra, once the defining force of Thailand’s populist politics, is watching his decades-long political empire crumble....
Political turmoil deepens in Thailand as PM Paetongtarn sidelined by court
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office, escalating a political crisis that now...
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...
Iran says armed terror cells dismantled as unrest turns deadly
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian security and judicial authorities say they have dismantled several armed terror cells and arrested dozens of...
China and African Union call for respect for sovereignty after U.S. raid on Venezuela
ADDIS ABABA (Realist English). China and the African Union issued a joint call on Thursday for strict adherence to international...
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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