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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...
Trump weighs invoking Insurrection Act as National Guard troops deploy to Chicago amid legal battles
CHICAGO (Realist English). Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered Tuesday at an Army Reserve base outside Chicago, as President...
JBS co-founder warns US beef supply can’t keep pace with rising protein demand
LONDON (Realist English). Wesley Batista, one of the billionaire brothers behind Brazilian meat giant JBS, has warned that the United...
Israel, Hamas signal readiness to begin Trump’s Gaza peace plan
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s government and military announced early Saturday that they are preparing to implement the first stage of...
Pakistan offers US role in building new Arabian Sea port near China-backed Gwadar
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Advisers to Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir have privately proposed that U.S. investors help develop...
Defense Secretary Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff amid internal power struggle
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday dismissed Jon Harrison, chief of staff to Navy Secretary John...
Pentagon awards Lockheed Martin $12.5bn contract for nearly 300 F-35 jets
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday awarded Lockheed Martin a $12.5 billion contract to produce nearly...
White House warns shutdown could cost $15bn a week and deepen job losses
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump’s economic advisers have warned that a prolonged government shutdown could inflict serious damage on...
US hours from shutdown as parties trade blame over health care and spending
WASHINGTON (Realist English). With a government shutdown set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans remained deadlocked on...
Russia boosts gas exports to China as Europe’s loss weighs on revenues
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is expected to increase its pipeline exports of natural gas to China by around 25% this...
Lula warns US action against Venezuela would trigger humanitarian disaster
FOZ DO IGUAÇU (Realist English). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that any armed intervention in Venezuela...
Putin says Russia has no plans for new military operations, blames West for tensions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow is not planning any new special military operations,...
Maduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
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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