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UN chief warns of looming financial collapse amid record unpaid dues
NEW YORK (Realist English). UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the United Nations is at risk of “imminent financial...
UN to cut 25% of peacekeeping forces amid funding crisis and U.S. arrears
NEW YORK (Realist English). The United Nations will withdraw nearly a quarter of its global peacekeeping personnel in the coming...
Lavrov accuses West of undermining UN order, calls for Global South reforms
NEW YORK (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September...
Netanyahu tells UN Israel crushed Iran’s nuclear program, rejects Palestinian statehood
NEW YORK (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, declared that...
China’s Premier Li Qiang warns against ‘hegemonism’ in UN debut speech
NEW YORK (Realist English). Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the country’s second-highest official, used his first major address at the United...
Trump uses UN stage to attack allies and rivals with disputed claims
NEW YORK (Realist English). President Donald Trump delivered a confrontational address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, criticising...
United Nations proposes $500m budget cuts under ‘UN80’ reform plan
NEW YORK (Realist English). The United Nations has completed its revised budget assessment for 2026, proposing more than $500 million...
China’s delayed UN payments deepen global body’s financial strain
GENEVA (Realist English). China has been settling its annual dues to the United Nations later each year, aggravating the organization’s...
UN rights chief urges Israel to halt Gaza City assault
GENEVA (Realist English). The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday urged Israel to halt its...
Mexican army kills “El Mencho” in major blow to Jalisco cartel
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). The Mexican army has killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel...
Adolf Shayevich: Bringing Jews Back to Judaism Is Our Goal
MOSCOW (Realist English). Adolf Shayevich, the Chief Rabbi of the USSR and Russia (according to KEROOR), whose biography uniquely bridges the...
Trump unveils new 10% global tariff after Supreme Court curbs emergency powers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said he would immediately impose a new 10% global tariff and pursue alternative...
Shoigu warns Armenia against replacing Russian railway operator
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu warned that Armenia’s reported plans to replace Russia in managing the...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
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...
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