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Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Trump’s move against Maduro unlikely to shake oil markets, analysts say
NEW YORK (Realist English). The removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the administration of US President Donald Trump is...
China condemns US seizure of Venezuelan president, calls for immediate release
BEIJING (Realist English). China has expressed strong concern over the United States’ reported seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and...
Russia condemns US seizure of Venezuela’s president as “armed aggression”
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia has accused the United States of committing an “act of armed aggression against Venezuela” following reports...
Abduction of Venezuela’s president marks sharp escalation in US power projection
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Few demonstrations of state power are more stark than the nighttime seizure of a sitting president from...
Trump says Maduro captured after US strike on Caracas
WASHINGTON / CARACAS (Realist English). Donald Trump said the United States has captured Nicolás Maduro following what he described as...
CIA carried out drone strike on Venezuelan port facility, sources say
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Central Intelligence Agency was behind a drone strike last week on a docking facility believed to...
Trump urges Maduro to step aside as Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela
FLORIDA (Realist English). US President Donald Trump said it would be “smart” for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to step down,...
Maduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
US and China strike cautious tone at Munich Security Conference
MUNICH (Realist English). The United States and China signaled a willingness to manage their strategic rivalry during back-to-back speeches at...
Russia’s external public debt rises above $60bn for first time since 2006
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s external public debt stood at $61.97 billion as of February 1, 2026, according to data from...
Stephen Miller’s growing influence reshapes Trump’s second-term agenda
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser long associated with hardline immigration policies, has become one of...
Trump favors renewed Iran diplomacy after talks with Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said he wants to continue pursuing a diplomatic agreement with Iran following a three-hour...
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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