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Yemen’s UAE-backed separatists announce plan for independence referendum
ADEN (Realist English). The Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is backed by the United Arab Emirates, announced on Friday that...
Exclusive: UAE-linked flights through Somalia’s Bosaso airport tied to Sudan war logistics, sources say
BOSASO (Realist English). The sound of heavy transport planes landing at Bosaso Airport on Somalia’s northern coast has become routine....
Dubai Police issue warning over dangerous ‘burning evil dolls’ social media challenge
DUBAI (Realist English). Dubai Police have issued a public warning about a disturbing new social media trend known as 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...
UAE deepens energy and infrastructure ties across Africa ahead of AEW 2025
CAPE TOWN (Realist English). The United Arab Emirates is expanding its footprint in Africa’s energy and infrastructure sectors, with growing...
U.S. tech giants back UAE Stargate AI megaproject with Nvidia, Oracle, and OpenAI onboard
ABU DHABI (Realist English). Major American tech firms including Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle, and OpenAI are backing the “UAE Stargate” artificial...
Special services of the UAE and Egypt recruit young people in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Realist English). In the very heart of the Somali capital, the UAE and Egyptian intelligence services are carrying out...
The UAE deployed the Israeli missile defense system “Barak-8”
DUBAI (Realist English). The Israeli Barak-8 missile defense system has been deployed in the United Arab Emirates. This was announced...
Saudi Arabia and the UAE might compensate for the drop in oil production in Russia
VIENNA (Realist English). OPEC+ is working to compensate for the drop in oil production in Russia, which has fallen by...
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...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
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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