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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House AFP
Politics

Trump wants “wins" that Netanyahu refuses to deliver

US President Donald Trump has Israel on edge these past two weeks. The Israeli government has been blindsided several times. Behind closed doors,…

Michael Horowitz 20 May , 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen react after hosting a joint press conference during the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House in London on May 19, 2025. Carl Court / AFP
Business & Economy

Eyeing cheaper goods, the UK goes on a trade deal spree

Announcing a new UK/EU trade deal this week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted it would provide cheaper food and energy for British people…

Con Coughlin 20 May , 2025
Palestinian children receive malnourishment treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP
Politics

Israel under mounting international pressure to let aid into Gaza

UN's humanitarian aid chief, Tom Fletcher, said on 20 May that 14,000 Palestinian babies could die within 48 hours if aid does not reach them. His…

Salem Al Rayyes 20 May , 2025
The world’s top 10  financial centres in 2025 Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

The world’s top 10 financial centres in 2025

Financial centres are a core pillar of the modern economy, channelling capital, facilitating trade, and driving innovation across the world.The 37th…

Al Majalla - London 20 May , 2025
Italian writer and translator Vincenzo Latronico, during the Chora Volume 1 festival at the Milan Conservatory. Milan (Italy), on February 17, 2024. Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

Vincenzo Latronico on chronicling the Instagram generation

Making the shortlist for the International Booker Prize with his novel Perfection has boosted the profile of Italian novelist Vincenzo Latronico, 40,…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 20 May , 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

Why Trump decided to lift sanctions on Syria

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump reversed nearly half a century of American policy towards Syria within a span of two to three hours. Somewhere…

Caroline Rose 20 May , 2025
Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi prior to the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2025. Mikhail METZEL / AFP
Politics

As Trump visited the Gulf, Egypt was busy meeting with its new friends

Despite the overt business focus of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East this month, he likely chose this as his first official…

Amr Emam 20 May , 2025
Opinion

The road from Damascus to Washington runs through Riyadh

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh marked a historic turning point—one destined to be etched into the annals of diplomacy as a moment of…

Ibrahim Hamidi 19 May , 2025
In this photo taken on October 13, 2021, an employee connects solar cells at the Vikram Solar manufacturing plant in Oragadam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. AFP
Business & Economy

India rising: charting success in global trade

In March, India’s external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, addressed the UK’s business community at an event in Manchester. He delivered a clear…

Nazareth Seferian 19 May , 2025
Marco Rubio: from Florida senator to top Trump official Dominic Bodden
Profiles

Marco Rubio: from Florida senator to top Trump official

The emergence of Marco Rubio, once a fierce critic of US President Donald Trump, as arguably the most influential figure in the new US administration…

Con Coughlin 19 May , 2025
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Eduardo Ramon
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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