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Trump: ‘Highly unlikely’ Iran ceasefire will be extended if no deal reached by April 22
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has said it is "highly unlikely" he would extend a ceasefire with Iran if...
Kirill Dmitriev: Europe is ‘too blind’ to grasp the scale of the crisis, and ‘war instigators’ will throw a tantrum
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries,...
Iran vows retaliation over ship seizure as talks cast in doubt, Tehran denies meeting plans
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has threatened retaliation after the US Navy fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship in the...
Diplomacy fails: Iran boycotts talks with US, IRGC blocks strait, Pentagon seizes ship
TEHRAN (Realist English). A day before the critical ceasefire is due to expire, the world again finds itself on the brink...
Tehran ties nuclear deal to cessation of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Realist English). Over the past 24 hours, diplomatic efforts between the United States and Iran have reached a critical point...
‘Maybe I won’t extend it’: Trump on Iran ceasefire three days before expiration
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Just 24 hours ago, one might have been forgiven for thinking more ships might start squeezing through the...
Iran refuses to set date for new talks with US and closes Strait of Hormuz again
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said on April 18 that no date has been set for the next round...
US delays weapons deliveries to European allies due to Iran war, sources say
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. officials have informed some European counterparts that previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed as...
Lebanon Ceasefire: Israel Keeps Finger on the Trigger
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The phone call that US President Donald Trump predicted never happened, but he left little doubt about...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
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...
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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