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Trump threatens 10% tariffs on nations aligning with BRICS
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday evening that an additional 10% tariff will be imposed on countries...
Cairo urges U.S. to block Turkey-Libya maritime deal amid rising Eastern Mediterranean tensions
CAIRO (Realist English). Egypt has asked the United States to intervene and prevent Libya’s eastern parliament from ratifying a controversial...
Trump announces reduced tariffs on Vietnam, averts trade clash ahead of broader import hikes
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new trade arrangement with Vietnam on Wednesday, confirming that most Vietnamese...
Obama and Bush condemn USAID closure as study warns of 14 million preventable deaths
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush issued rare public criticism of the Trump administration...
‘Goodbye Trump’: Europe seeks new trade allies in Asia-Pacific
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Frustrated by escalating trade tensions with Donald Trump, the European Union is turning its gaze eastward, pursuing...
The 12-Day War ends — but tension simmers beneath fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire
JERUSALEM/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Realist English). After nearly two weeks of escalating hostilities, what President Donald Trump called the “12-Day War” between Israel...
The true cost of America’s wars: $8 trillion and 4.7 million lives
WASHINGTON (Realist English). More than two decades of U.S.-led military interventions have left an immense human and financial toll —...
NATO chief hails Trump’s defence spending push: ‘Europe will pay in a BIG way’
THE HAGUE (Realist English). NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has privately applauded President Donald Trump for his role in pushing European...
Iran signals end to retaliatory strikes as foreign minister thanks armed forces
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested early Tuesday that Tehran’s military campaign in response to Israeli airstrikes...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei calls for unity and vows continued resistance
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s newly appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei delivered his first public address...
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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