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Could China gatecrash the US-Gulf AI wedding? Jason Lyon
Science & Technology

Could China gatecrash the US-Gulf AI wedding?

US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf in May and the vast, trillion-dollar deals agreed there marked a defining moment in the global AI …

Shirley Ze Yu 09 August , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah's arms and the rejection of the Lebanese state

The increasingly pressing question of Hezbollah’s armed status is now formally on the agenda of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers, after US and Israeli…

Houssam Itani 09 August , 2025
The foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States attend a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on April 3, 2025. Pavel Bednyakov / AFP
Politics

Why Russia is doubling down on diplomacy in the Sahel

Russia has held high-level talks with officials in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso as it seeks to protect its influence in the Sahel from renewed…

Sergey Eledinov 09 August , 2025
"King Lear" brings Yehia El Fakharany back to the stage
Culture & Social Affairs

'King Lear' brings Yehia El-Fakharani back to the stage

Three years ago, during a symposium titled The Director and the Theatrical Text at Egypt’s National Theatre Festival, director Shadi Sorour spoke…

Wael Said 09 August , 2025
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. Turkish Presidency Press Office / AFP
Politics

Israel and Türkiye must clarify their red lines on Syria

The collapse of the Assad regime has reshaped the regional landscape. But while there is a broad international consensus in support of Syria's new…

Michael Harari 08 August , 2025
Trump's new tariff wave: winners and losers Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Trump's new tariff wave: winners and losers

After months of threats and negotiations, US President Donald Trump’s revised tariff regime has officially come into effect. With rates ranging from…

Mohamed Sharki 08 August , 2025
Opinion

Trump-Putin meeting gives Ukraine truce talks new lease of life

The announcement that US President Donald Trump is planning to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, next week is the clearest indication yet…

Con Coughlin 07 August , 2025
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

The culmination of policy: Israel’s use of starvation in Gaza

In 1922, a year before his death, author Franz Kafka published his now-famous story A Hunger Artist. It tells of a man who makes a spectacle of his…

Hala Al-Naji 07 August , 2025
An Iraqi man and children hold Iranian flags as people march during celebrations to mark the ceasefire between Israel and Iran in the southern city of Basra on June 24, 2025. HUSSEIN FALEH / AFP
Politics

Iraq's US-Iran balancing act faces crunch time

During the 12-day war in June between Israel and the United States against Iran, banners appeared in Baghdad proclaiming: “This is the battle of…

Ayad Al-Anbar 07 August , 2025
Solar-powered lights on a mountain road in Lebanon.
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Business & Economy

Powering the periphery: how renewables are reshaping rural development in the Arab world

The energy sector across the Arab world is often associated with mega projects led by Gulf countries, such as the world’s largest green hydrogen…

Jessica Obeid 07 August , 2025
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Politics

A Houthi takeover of Bab al-Mandab cannot be tolerated

12 September 2026

The Iran-backed group's effective takeover of Yemen's western coast comes with serious regional and global implications. The world needs to act.

Alice Gower
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Al Majalla/Reuters
Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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