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Is Israel biting off more than it can chew? Michelle Thompson
Politics

Is Israel biting off more than it can chew?

Warring states have long applied military pressure to force a better deal in negotiations. The government of Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu,…

Futoshi Matsumoto 26 September , 2025
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump attend a bilateral meeting during the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters on September 23, 2025, in New York City. CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty
Politics

Unpacking Trump's dramatic U-turn on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump’s dramatic U-turn on the Ukraine conflict—where he has now stated explicitly that Kyiv can achieve victory—may be good news…

Con Coughlin 25 September , 2025
Opinion

Jordan's new narco war: smugglers take to the skies

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Jordanian officials have hailed a significant reduction in cross-border narcotics trafficking…

Haid Haid 25 September , 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (unseen) following their meeting at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on September 18, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
Politics

Has Keir Starmer passed his sell-by date?

Just over a week ago, a strange thing happened. As a matter of course, I receive an email from the New Statesman, a long-established organ of the…

Bryn Haworth 25 September , 2025
National Cultural Awards Media Centre of the Minister of Culture
Culture & Social Affairs

The National Cultural Awards: investing in Saudi creativity

The recently held fifth edition of Saudi Arabia’s National Cultural Awards demonstrated the centrality of culture and creation in the Kingdom’s 21st…

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 25 September , 2025
Sharaa first Syrian president to address UN in 58 years
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Sharaa first Syrian president to address UN in 58 years

Fares Garabet 24 September , 2025
Michael Ratney: Gulf states seek clearer US security assurances Al Majalla
Politics

Michael Ratney: Gulf states seek clearer US security assurances

Gulf countries will continue security cooperation with the US, even as they seek clearer security assurances amid significant regional threats,…

Ahmed Maher 24 September , 2025

Italy strike for Palestine, Charlie Kirk memorial and more

September, 2025
JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP

Protesters stand in front of the July Column at Place de la Bastille in central Paris, on September 18, 2025, during a demonstration part of a day of nationwide strikes and protests called by unions over France's national budget.

REUTERS/Matteo Minnella
REUTERS/Matteo Minnella

Dockworkers take part in a strike near the port of Genoa as part of a nationwide "Let's Block Everything" protest, with activists calling for a halt to arms shipments to Israel, in Genoa, Italy, on September 22, 2025.

Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP

A boy sits amid signs on chairs ahead of the public memorial service of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at the State Farm stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21, 2025.

REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

A displaced Palestinian girl after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City out on September 21, 2025.

Joseph EID / AFP
Joseph EID / AFP

Hezbollah supporters take part in a gathering in Beirut on September 17, 2025, to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel's pager attack, which killed dozens and maimed thousands in the country.

Aditya AJI / AFP
Aditya AJI / AFP

Garut sheep, locally known as Domba Garut, charge toward each other during the annual sheep show of the President Cup 2025 at Pakansari Stadium in Bogor, West Java, on September 21, 2025.

Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP
Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP

Migrants try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on September 19, 2025.

ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

A riot police officer is hit by a Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Lima on September 21, 2025.

Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP
Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP

Kashmiri dancers in traditional attire perform during the High-Altitude CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) Bike Expedition 2025 in Srinagar on September 23, 2025.

CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

Cargo ships and shipping containers are seen at the Port Jersey Container Terminal, with the Manhattan skyline and the One World Trade Centre (also known as the Freedom Tower) in the distance, in Jersey City, on September 22, 2025.

Umm Walid sits near her grandchildren in a room of an unfinished building where she lives with her five children and their families in the Daf al-Sakhr neighbourhood of Jaramana on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria’s new draft tax law: capital over social equity?

In September 2025, Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad Yusr Barniyeh announced the completion of the draft income tax law due to take effect in 2026…

Joseph Daher 23 September , 2025
Palestine recognition is great. Now it's time for action. Al Majalla
Politics

Palestine recognition is great. Now it's time for action.

This week is a landmark moment in the decades-old fight for a sovereign Palestinian state, as several of the world’s most powerful nations line up to…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 23 September , 2025
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Pep Boatella
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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