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Trump confirms U.S. seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro government
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has seized a large crude-oil tanker off...
Europe weighs future of transatlantic ties after blistering week of criticism from Trump administration
BRUSSELS (Realist English). After a week in which Washington publicly rebuked the European Union on issues ranging from migration to...
Hegseth says Monroe Doctrine “stronger than ever” as U.S. pivots national security strategy to Western Hemisphere
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to “restore U.S. military dominance” across the Western Hemisphere, declaring...
Trump administration unveils national security strategy urging “resistance” in Europe and downgrading Russia, China as threats
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House on Friday released a new US National Security Strategy (NSS) that calls for “cultivating...
Maduro confirms phone call with Trump amid rising military tensions between Venezuela and the US
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that he spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump late...
Rubio says progress made in Ukraine peace talks, but key issues remain unresolved
HALLANDALE BEACH (Realist English). US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiations with a Ukrainian delegation on a potential deal...
Washington signals openness to ending decades-long US hold over NATO’s top military post
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The United States is openly signalling that it may, in the future, give up its historic control...
Maduro vows to resist U.S. pressure as tensions escalate over maritime strikes
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged on Tuesday to oppose any U.S. attempt to remove him from power,...
Chinese PLA presence at UAE base raised alarms inside US intelligence — former officials
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States concluded that Chinese military personnel were deployed at a UAE military facility after American...
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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