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US-Iran war and the regional repercussions

A bold road: Saudi Arabia bets on driverless trucks

Two tech companies are partnering to use AI to develop a nationwide autonomous transportation network, in an initiative that will be costly but could pay off long-term

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Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki'

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Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar

Eduardo Ramon

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China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

Politics

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat

Will US sanctions on Iran bite? It may depend on China

China trade proves resilient in the face of US tariffs

Iran war deepens cracks in America’s alliances

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game

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Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

Business & Economy

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

Shirley Ze Yu

Politics

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

03 September 2026

In Bishkek, a loose Eurasian gathering of illiberal nations inched closer to a functioning post-dollar regional economic bloc

Shirley Ze Yu

Sara Padovan

Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

Al Majalla

Science & Technology

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

02 September 2026

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour

Al Majalla

Business & Economy

Hope sells: inroads in cancer treatment excite markets

03 September 2026

For every positive clinical result, pharmaceutical (pharma) companies stand to secure billions of dollars in revenue

Rana Freifer

Lina Jaradat

Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

28 August 2026

In his new book, the British-Israeli academic shows the methodical tactics Israel has used to uproot Palestinians from their homeland since 1948

Hala Al-Naji

It is the end of Iran's Islamic Republic as we know it

Alia Mansour

Iran sanctions: the wrong lesson

Ibrahim Hamidi

Trump in search of Iran war win ahead of US elections

Con Coughlin

Syria is fighting yesterday’s corruption, not today’s

Haid Haid

Infographics

Is NATO falling into Russia's crosshairs?

Diana Estefanía Rubio

Politics

China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

Photos of the new head of the Israeli intelligence agency (Mossad), Roman Gofman (right); Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani; and the US Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack.

Assertive US intervention needed to prevent Israeli-Turkish miscalculation

The potential for escalation between Tel Aviv and Ankara grows as Israeli election approaches

Michael Harari

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives at the State Strategic Command headquarters—known as "The Octagon"—in the New Administrative Capital on 4 July 2026.

Egypt hardens stance as Ethiopia plans more Nile dams

Cairo has sharpened its rhetoric, believing Addis Ababa is more interested in using the Nile as a weapon than for electricity generation

Amr Emam

Profile

Rupert Lowe: Britain's far right has a new rising star

After breaking with Farage's Reform, he formed his own party: Restore Britain. Will it split the right-wing vote?

Bryn Haworth

Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at the conference's opening session in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on 4 March 2026.

Wang Huning: key advisor to three Chinese presidents

The chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has shaped the country's trajectory since the 1980s. Al Majalla takes a look at his career and impact.

Charbel Barakat

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on 3 June 2024.

Anthony Fauci and the politics of expertise

America's foremost authority on infectious diseases has been held in contempt for refusing to answer Congressional questions in a session led by one of his fiercest critics. What are the implications?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024.

Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam

Documents & Memoirs

From Corleone to Assad: the rise and fall of a dynasty

17 Aug 2026

Syria's hereditary republic grew into a mafia-style family regime. The similarities between their 54-year rule and the fictional Corleone family in 'The Godfather' movies are more than skin-deep

Ibrahim Hamidi

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Thousands of Yemenis hold posters and portraits of Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh during a rally in support of the former president on 24 August 2017.

AFP

Documents & Memoirs

The last days of Ali Abdullah Saleh

27 July 2026

Based on years of reporting and interviews, this account reconstructs how Yemen's former president forged an alliance with the Houthis, why it collapsed, and the events that led to his death

Anwar Al-Ansi

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani hold a document on the formation of a joint Syrian-Lebanese committee as they meet in Beirut, Lebanon, July 2, 2026.

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Documents & Memoirs

Syria and Lebanon relations as seen in two agreements

21 July 2026

An accord from 1991 reinforced Syrian tutelage in Lebanon, but the days of the Assad regime and the occupation of its smaller neighbour are long gone. Will the 2026 accord usher in a new era?

Fayza Diab

culture & social affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar

Lina Jaradat

Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

In his new book, the British-Israeli academic shows the methodical tactics Israel has used to uproot Palestinians from their homeland since 1948

Hala Al-Naji

Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Book Watch

We review the latest releases from Arab publishing houses

Khodr Al Agha

Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine

Tim Oehler

Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany

Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine has been one of…

Mohammed Magdy

CARTOON

VIDEOS

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Interview with Tim Howkins - CENTCOM Spokesman

Science & Technology

A new weapon against cancer

Our cover story this week tracks recent developments in cancer treatment and how inroads in immunity could be a game-changer

Al Majalla - London

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour

Al Majalla

Smart drugs can now spot the chinks in cancer’s armour

This killer disease evolves to hide and avoid detection from the cells that would destroy it, but as recent trials show, scientists are wising up to cancer's defences

Mohammed Mansour

Ada Z Shen

Nepal pays the price for climate change

Melting glaciers and devastating floods are hitting the Himalayas

Bibek Bhandari

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods in Devighat, Bidur Municipality, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on 27 August 2026.

PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP

Business & Economy

A bold road: Saudi Arabia bets on driverless trucks

Two tech companies are partnering to use AI to develop a nationwide autonomous transportation network, in an initiative that will be costly but could pay off long-term

Al Majalla

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

In Bishkek, a loose Eurasian gathering of illiberal nations inched closer to a functioning post-dollar regional economic bloc

Shirley Ze Yu

Sputnik/Reuters

Hope sells: inroads in cancer treatment excite markets

For every positive clinical result, pharmaceutical (pharma) companies stand to secure billions of dollars in revenue

Rana Freifer

Al Majalla

As the world grows hotter, a 'cooling economy' emerges

It is not just a fancy name for the air-conditioning industry, but an intricate system that begins with power stations and extends to the design of buildings and cities

Abdel-Rahman Ayas

A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual street music festival 'Fete de la Musique' while taking part in a heatwave in Bordeaux, southwestern France on 21 June 2026.

ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP

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Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic team of the Italian Air Force, performs on the first day of the BIAS International Air Show, in Bucharest, Romania, on 28 August 2026.

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