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US Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus speaks to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, 8 April 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Politics

David Petraeus talks Trump, Gaza 'gated' areas and challenges 'privatisation' of war

Step into the mind of one of America’s most influential military and intelligence figures as retired General and former CIA Director David Petraeus…

Ahmed Maher 28 October , 2025
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Central banks turn back to gold as uncertainty mounts

For the first time in nearly three decades, central banks’ combined gold reserves now exceed their US Treasury holdings—a symbolic shift reflecting…

Al Majalla - London 28 October , 2025
Opinion

If Lebanon doesn't move on Hezbollah arms, it will be left behind

The fall of the Assad regime wasn't just a cataclysmic event for Syria—it shook the entire region, fundamentally changing its landscape for the…

Alia Mansour 28 October , 2025
Algeria’s nuclear energy ambitions still stalled despite potential Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Algeria’s nuclear energy ambitions still stalled despite potential

With enough uranium to power two huge nuclear power plants for 60 years, two small reactors already in operation, and a research centre generating…

Rabia Abdul Salam 28 October , 2025
People walk amid the destruction in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025, a day after a ceasefire took effect. AFP
Politics

Gaza's partition: Palestinian peril dressed up as pragmatism

When the guns fell silent in Gaza on 10 October, the world breathed a sigh of relief. After two years of relentless warfare, the Trump administration…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 28 October , 2025
Japan quietly prepares itself amid China's rise Al Majalla
Politics

Japan quietly prepares itself amid China's rise

This was not my first visit to Japan. Every time I've been here over the past two decades, the country seems different. I feel as if I am stepping…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 October , 2025
A new look at literary icon Jorge Luis Borges' life Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

A new look at literary icon Jorge Luis Borges' life

Writing the biography of the late Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges is a demanding and perilous undertaking. One of the greatest authors of the 20th…

Najeeb Mubarak 27 October , 2025
Opinion

Assad’s legacy of dispossession still felt in post-war Syria

Unresolved housing, land, and property (HLP) violations are fuelling a wave of local conflicts across Syria, threatening to derail an already fragile…

Haid Haid 27 October , 2025
Trump's Asia tour
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Trump's Asia tour

Fares Garabet 27 October , 2025
Is the US going to war with Venezuela? Al Majalla
Politics

Is the US going to war with Venezuela?

All signs are pointing toward a major potential military escalation between the US and Venezuela. Not only has the US military carried out multiple…

Tarek Rashed 26 October , 2025
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Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
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Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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