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Bessent defends escalation strategy in Iran conflict
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington may need to escalate military action against Iran in order...
Trump threatens strikes on Iran power plants over Hormuz
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants within 48 hours unless Tehran...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
US investigations into drug trafficking touch Petro’s campaign
BOGOTÁ (Realist English). Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been named in two separate criminal investigations led by US prosecutors, according...
US-Japan talks focus on Iran war and energy security
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm Tokyo’s alliance with US President Donald Trump during talks...
Bolton criticises EU inaction on Iran war amid Ukraine risks
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Former US national security advisor John Bolton criticised European leaders for what he described as inaction on...
Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s South Pars gas field
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump threatened to “blow up the entirety” of Iran’s South Pars gas field if...
US sees Chinese projects in Latin America as potential military assets
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. military is closely monitoring dozens of Chinese-backed infrastructure projects across Latin America, viewing them as...
Trump warns NATO over Hormuz as Iran war enters day 18
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump warned that NATO could face a “very bad future” if allies fail to...
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...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
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...
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