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Why Egypt is well-placed to mediate over the Mediterranean

Egypt hopes to strengthen its regional and international relevance by offering to mediate in maritime disputes over hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean…

Amr Emam 05 July , 2025
Putin talks Islamists, gold, and nuclear power with Mali’s leader Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Putin talks Islamists, gold, and nuclear power with Mali’s leader

Just days after Russian mercenaries left Mali after three years fighting armed anti-government groups in the African nation, Mali’s president flew…

Sergey Eledinov 05 July , 2025
Diplomatic deceit: US faces trust deficiency after tricking Iran Ewan White
Documents & Memoirs

Diplomatic deceit: US faces trust deficiency after tricking Iran

Instead of a flag, US President Donald Trump ran up a flagpole. The erection of two new flag poles at the White House on 18 June provided Trump with…

Steve Hewitt 04 July , 2025
How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

On 24 June, the world woke up to a transformed Middle East. US President Donald Trump declared a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, with the latter…

James Jeffrey 04 July , 2025
Why some Germans want to repatriate their gold from the US Ewan White
Business & Economy

Why some Germans want to repatriate their gold from the US

Based on statistics from 2024, Germany is now the United States’ largest trading partner, with goods worth more than $300bn flowing back and forth…

Toufic Chanbour 04 July , 2025
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Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia’s refining strategy reflects a deliberate economic recalibration

Saudi Arabia is expanding its crude oil refining capacity to better adapt to the changing global energy market. The Kingdom is not merely responding…

Neil Quilliam 03 July , 2025
Opinion

Will Netanyahu return Trump's favour and agree to Gaza truce?

After the staunch support US President Donald Trump gave to Israel in its military confrontation with Iran, the American leader will be expecting…

Con Coughlin 03 July , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah arms are not the only thing holding Lebanon back

Portraying Hezbollah’s disarmament and the handover of its weapons to the Lebanese state as the sole obstacle to peace and prosperity is a gross…

Houssam Itani 03 July , 2025
Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

More than 580 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since a new Israeli-backed aid distribution system began operating in the Gaza Strip on…

Hala Al-Naji 03 July , 2025
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

Lebanon’s first experiment with statehood began in 1943 with its independence from France. That arrangement lasted about 25 years before the state…

Paul Salem 03 July , 2025
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Politics

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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