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Malagasy Colonel Michael Randrianirina, head of the CAPSAT military unit, reads out a statement in front of the presidential palace, where he announces the army is taking power in Antananarivo on October 14, 2025. Luis TATO / AFP
Politics

Madagascar's military coup is part of a wider African trend

Madagascar is experiencing its most serious political crisis in recent years. What began as a series of peaceful youth-led protests in late September…

Sergey Eledinov 14 October , 2025
What happens when the US government shuts down? Al Majalla
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What happens when the US government shuts down?

The US federal government has been shut down since 1 October 2025, after Congress failed to pass a funding bill before the end of the fiscal year,…

Al Majalla - London 14 October , 2025
US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Evan Vucci / AFP
Politics

Can Palestinians trust Donald Trump?

The breakthrough ceasefire reached in Egypt this week follows two years of unprecedented bloodshed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—marked by…

Omar H. Rahman 14 October , 2025
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard at a gate of a hospital inside the Bagram US air base after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Km north of Kabul on July 5, 2021. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
Politics

Why Trump wants the Bagram Air Base "back"

A huge two-runway airbase in the Afghan mountains that was first built with Soviet help and later extended by the Americans, Bagram has once again…

Kamal Alam 14 October , 2025
Fake economic news hits states where it hurts Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Fake economic news hits states where it hurts

Have you heard that the International Monetary Fund has cancelled all loans to Egypt and that the Egyptian government now plans to sell the Suez…

Marcelle Nasr 14 October , 2025
Opinion

Shaibani enters Lebanon through the front door

In the Middle East, every action carries great weight and symbolism. And this was very much on display when Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani…

Alia Mansour 14 October , 2025
Remembering Norwegian poet Gunvor Höfmo Supplied
Culture & Social Affairs

Remembering Norwegian poet Gunvor Höfmo

Apart from a single line on Wikipedia, there is no information available in Arabic about the Norwegian poet Gunvor Höfmo (1921-1995), despite her…

Antoine Jockey 13 October , 2025
Egypt's post-October 7 balancing act Al Majalla
Politics

Egypt's post-October 7 balancing act

Egypt saw the October 7 2023, attack against Israel as a symptom of occupation, rather than one of unprovoked terror. Notably, Cairo never explicitly…

Amr Emam 13 October , 2025
Opinion

Why Trump can't quit the Middle East

Donald Trump has repeatedly announced that he is retiring from the Middle East. He said that the wars in this region are endless and that Washington…

Ibrahim Hamidi 12 October , 2025
Europe swarms with drone activity
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Europe swarms with drone activity

Fares Garabet 12 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
Eduardo Ramon
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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