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Tunisia's President Kais Saied (R) shows Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the US president for Africa, pictures of starving children in Gaza during their meeting at the presidential palace in Carthage on July 22, 2025. Tunisian Presidency / AFP
Business & Economy

The US returns to North Africa with an eye on Beijing and Moscow

In July, US President Donald Trump dispatched his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law, Lebanese-born businessman Massad Boulos, on a diplomatic mission…

Mohamed Sharki 29 August , 2025
Opinion

What the Taliban can learn from Ahmed al-Sharaa

Four years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban’s grip on power remains stronger than it has ever been. It controls virtually all the territory…

Kamal Alam 28 August , 2025
A view taken on March 5, 2009, in Paris shows skeletons, part of the Department of Anthropology at the Musée de l'Homme (The Museum of Man) in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'The Bread of the French': a poetic indictment of French racism

In the basement of the Musée de l’Homme (The Museum of Man) rest more than 18,000 skulls, collected from across France’s colonial empire—many of them…

Samir Qasimi 28 August , 2025
Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world? Sara Padovan
Politics

Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

In the latest round of talks over Ukraine, Donald Trump appeared to make a significant concession. The Guardian reported that, after meeting with…

Christopher Phillips 28 August , 2025
Sudan stuck between war and famine
Cartoons

Sudan stuck between war and famine

Fares Garabet 28 August , 2025
Opinion

Development: Syria's new buzzword

"Development" is the buzzword being repeated by Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. He has made it a top priority of his administration,…

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 September , 2025
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, his Japanese counterpart Kazuo Ueda, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, at Jackson Hole in Moran on August 22, 2025. AFP
Business & Economy

Jackson Hole gave hints of the future, but not of certainty

When Jerome Powell took the stage at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Wyoming this August, investors were already on edge. A year of…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 27 August , 2025

African wildlife, tea in the sky and more from the world

August, 2025
REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

January Gweshe, a senior animal caregiver, feeds an orphaned elephant named Kadiki (The Little One) at Wild is Life, in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 14, 2025.

REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Saudi men have their afternoon tea amid cooler temperatures in the mountains of Rijal Almaa, Saudi Arabia, on August 20, 2025.

REUTERS/Umit Bektas
REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A drone view shows pro-Palestinian demonstrators on boats unfurling a banner on the water during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and to protest against Israel, in Istanbul, Türkiye, on August 23, 2025.

REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

A Libyan man wearing a traditional costume rides a horse dressed in traditional trappings during an Al-Miz performance in Suluq, near Benghazi, Libya, on August 17, 2025.

REUTERS/Toby Melville
REUTERS/Toby Melville

Performers take part in the Children's Day Parade during the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain, on August 24, 2025.

REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

Ghulam Qadir, 75, fixes the pulley at his workshop, where he, along with other artisans, weaves Kashmiri hand-knotted carpets in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, on August 26, 2025.

OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

The Milky Way’s galactic centre is seen above the ancient ruins of Palmyra in central Syria on August 23, 2025.

GUY PETERSON / AFP
GUY PETERSON / AFP

Volunteer porters carry bags of sorghum during an aid distribution exercise in exchange for food, as most no longer qualify for aid themselves, in Maban, South Sudan, on August 20, 2025.

AP Photo/Hau Dinh
AP Photo/Hau Dinh

A man hangs strings of flags to prepare for Vietnam's national day celebration under a cloudy sky caused by Typhoon Kajiki in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday, August 25, 2025.

AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda
AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda

Aviation enthusiasts gather near the Heroes' Cross on Caraiman Peak, atop the Bucegi Mountains, to observe a display of military and acrobatic aviation in Busteni, Romania, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024.
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Politics

Ahmed Sharaa on Syria's 'zero-problems' strategy

In response to a question from Al Majalla, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa affirmed that his strategy centres on “zero-problems and resolving…

Ibrahim Hamidi 26 August , 2025
Will more sanctions on Russia help end the Ukraine war? Al Majalla
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Will more sanctions on Russia help end the Ukraine war?

Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western countries imposed a vast array of sanctions aimed at crippling Russia…

Al Majalla - London 26 August , 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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