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China weighs steps to protect maritime interests amid tougher US ship seizures
BEIJING (Realist English). China is assessing options to safeguard its maritime and commercial interests as the United States steps up...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
IRGC says it foiled foreign-backed plot to destabilise Iran
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has dismantled what it described...
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...
US, Russia and Ukraine report progress after trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI (Realist English). Trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi were “productive” and resulted...
US threatens Iraq with sanctions over Iran-backed groups’ role in next government
BAGHDAD (Realist English). The United States has warned senior Iraqi politicians that it could impose sanctions on the Iraqi state...
Trump launches ‘Peace Council’ at Davos, urges global participation
DAVOS (Realist English). US President Donald Trump on Thursday formally announced the creation of a new international body dubbed the...
US Treasury chief says sanctions helped trigger Iran unrest
DAVOS (Realist English). US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly acknowledged that American sanctions played a role in destabilising Iran’s...
Iran warns Trump against action targeting Supreme Leader as US carrier moves west
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran on Tuesday issued a sharp warning to US President Donald Trump, cautioning against any action targeting...
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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