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A portrait of a soldier in Beirut, Lebanon. 
Alamy
Politics

The Lebanese army can confront Hezbollah. Here's how.

In his inaugural speech in January, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated that the Lebanese state should regain its monopoly over the use of force,…

Bilal Saab 03 September , 2025
Opinion

Can the Lebanese army disarm Hezbollah?

The United States has given the Lebanese government a tall order: the disarmament of Hezbollah and Palestinian factions, bringing the monopoly of…

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 September , 2025

Protests for Palestine, water shows and more from the world

REUTERS/Eva Manez
REUTERS/Eva Manez

Revellers covered in tomato pulp carry a Palestinian flag during the annual 'La Tomatina' food fight festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, on August 27, 2025.

REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

A man watches another man on a flyboard during a water show in Musandam, Oman, on August 27, 2025.

REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Demonstrators take part in a vigil honouring the lives of Palestinian journalists and medics killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza, outside Union Station in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2025.

REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Demonstrators clash with riot police outside Jakarta Mobile Brigade headquarters, after a motorcycle taxi driver died after being struck and run over by a police vehicle in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 29, 2025.

REUTERS/Stringer
REUTERS/Stringer

A resident holds his cat as he stands near his apartment building hit during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 30, 2025.

REUTERS/Jack Taylor
REUTERS/Jack Taylor

A motorcyclist rides past The Bell Hotel, after the British government won a court ruling resulting in asylum seekers not being evicted from the hotel in Epping, Britain, August 31, 2025.

Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Juni KRISWANTO / AFP

A bride and groom wait for their marriage approval hearing during a mass officiating event in Indonesia for dozens of couples who were previously wedded under local traditions, which are not legally recognised, on August 27, 2025.

WANG Zhao / AFP
WANG Zhao / AFP

A child looks at a mural of the Great Wall of China as she visits an exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II at a museum in Beijing on August 27, 2025.

Mohd RASFAN / AFP
Mohd RASFAN / AFP

Malaysian schoolchildren wave national flags during the 68th National Day celebrations in Putrajaya on August 31, 2025.

Magdalena Chodownik/Getty
Magdalena Chodownik/Getty

A military parade marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's independence takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 2, 2025.

Bitcoin reserves: a blessing or a curse? Al Majalla
Infographics

Bitcoin reserves: a blessing or a curse?

As of 31 July 2025, some of the world’s largest national reserves include hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, valued in the billions of dollars.The…

Al Majalla - London 02 September , 2025
Opinion

From inflation’s flames to the prospect of mass unemployment

Scanning the international headlines these days offers little hope to those seeking work, careers, and opportunities. Across much of the world,…

Khaled Kassar 02 September , 2025
A model of a solar farm at the Masdar City pavilion at the World Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, January 18, 2012.
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Business & Economy

Masdar's profitability shows momentum in the Gulf energy transition

Masdar’s pivot to profitability in 2024 marks a notable development in the Arabian Gulf’s energy transition. The UAE’s leading renewable energy…

Neil Quilliam 02 September , 2025
Displaced Sudanese children gather at a camp near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 11, 2025, amid the ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces. AFP
Politics

The tragedy of Sudan’s forgotten war

Two-and-a-half years after a failed coup sparked a devastating war, Sudan has moved beyond the confines of an internal conflict. It has become a…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 02 September , 2025
A counterweight to American hegemony emerges in Tianjin
Cartoons

A counterweight to American hegemony emerges in Tianjin

Fares Garabet 01 September , 2025
A photo taken on June 24, 2019, shows a huge statue of the late Egyptian writer Taha Hussein inside the Bibliotheca Alexandrina building. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Preserved or forgotten? homes of Egypt’s literary giants

The homes of Egypt’s literary and intellectual giants are far more than mere residences. They are sanctuaries of cultural enlightenment—spaces where…

El-Sayed Hussein 01 September , 2025
Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary
Business & Economy

Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary

After more than a decade of war, Syria’s energy sector lies in ruins—but the scramble to rebuild it is already underway. With former Syrian President…

Jesse Marks 01 September , 2025
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Barbara Gibson
Politics

China’s Victory Day Parade: symbolic or seismic?

05 September 2025

Beijing would like the week to mark a historic turning point in which a unipolar world finally gave way to multipolarity. To others, it was just tub-thumping bravura. In reality, it was a bit of both.

Shirley Ze Yu
Business & Economy

Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary

01 September 2025

The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?

Jesse Marks
Pep Boatella
Politics

Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity?

02 September 2025

After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?

Frederic C. Hof
Al-Ma'arri in his residence as depicted in a 1965 book Wikipedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Al-Ma’arri’s satirical poetry reimagined for today's readers

02 September 2025

Recent books from Yemen, Egypt, and Syria take a new look at the 10th-century philosopher's famed letter 'The Epistle of Forgiveness', which is said to have inspired Dante's 'Divine Comedy'

Ali Almuqri
Local residents walk past a house destroyed by an earthquake that killed nearly 1,000 people and devastated villages in eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. AFP
Politics

For Afghan quake victims, sympathy came faster than help

04 September 2025

An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground

Kaswar Klasra

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