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A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran is hardly surprising. It follows decades of animosity, proxy battles and covert intelligence operations. But…

Houssam Itani 19 June , 2025
What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz? Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

Former Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has said that tankers and LNG cargoes should only transit the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 June , 2025
How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

In the early hours of 13 June, Israel launched one of the most ambitious and meticulously planned operations in its modern history—an unprecedented…

Michael Horowitz 18 June , 2025
Israel-Iran missile fire drowns out calls for diplomacy
Cartoons

Israel-Iran missile fire drowns out calls for diplomacy

Fares Garabet 18 June , 2025
Activists from a local youth organisation wave Iranian flags and chant anti-Israel slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 15, 2025.
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Politics

Pakistan sides with Iran, but may only be able to offer words

In a region already teetering on the edge of madness, where every drone strike sounds like the whisper of apocalypse and every televised funeral…

Kaswar Klasra 18 June , 2025
Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst Barbara Gibson
Business & Economy

Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst

The regional economic fallout from the Israel-Iran war has shaken trajectories, transformed expectations, and caused headaches in Arab capitals, not…

Marcelle Nasr 18 June , 2025
Opinion

The contours of Israel's imperial project are taking shape

On 9 April 2003, as US forces entered Baghdad’s Firdos Square, a group of young men emerged from a nearby alley and made their way toward the…

Houssam Itani 18 June , 2025
Philip K. Dick: the novelist whose ideas inspired a sci-fi generation
Culture & Social Affairs

Philip K. Dick: the novelist whose ideas inspired a sci-fi generation

Philosophising through cinema can be done in one of two ways. Philosophical thought can either be reinterpreted through film, or else filmmakers can…

Khalid al-Ghannami 18 June , 2025

Israel launches war on Iran and more from the world

Majid Asgaripour / REUTERS
Majid Asgaripour / REUTERS

Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on the Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2025

AP/Mark Schiefelbein
AP/Mark Schiefelbein

Fireworks burst over the Ellipse during an event to honour the Army's 250th anniversary, coinciding with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington.

Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP
Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP

Alter-Ego, a humanoid robot developed by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), stands in front of dolphins during a test event at the Aquarium of Genoa, northern Italy, on June 10, 2025.

REUTERS / Thomas Mukoya
REUTERS / Thomas Mukoya

An assortment of 7000 illicit firearms and small weapons, recovered during various security operations, are burnt, near Nairobi, Kenya June 13, 2025.

AP / Ebrahim Noroozi
AP / Ebrahim Noroozi

The Taliban pray on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Thomas COEX / AFP
Thomas COEX / AFP

People visiting the Cathedral's cloister in Segovia, in the northern Spanish region of Castile and Leon, on June 15, 2025.

REUTERS / Adrees Latif
REUTERS / Adrees Latif

Pervez, 5, swims among buffaloes cooling off in the Upper Chenab Canal during a heatwave in Gujranwala, Pakistan, June 15, 2025.

Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP
Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP

A relative mourns during a special prayer ceremony organised for victims killed in the Air India Flight 171 crash, before their funeral ceremony in Ahmedabad on June 15, 2025.

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

Migrants walk in the water to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on June 16, 2025.

REUTERS/David Swanson
REUTERS/David Swanson

A protester rides an electric hoverboard while holding a Mexican flag during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, at City Hall in Los Angeles, California, US, on June 15, 2025.

Can diplomacy stop the Israel-Iran war before it's too late? Axel Rangel García
Politics

Can diplomacy stop the Israel-Iran war before it's too late?

Israel’s unprecedented attacks on Iran on 13 June have essentially morphed into an effective war, with Israel and Iran now both hitting each other’s…

Arash Azizi 17 June , 2025
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Politics

Government drones redraw the rules of war in Yemen

09 September 2026

A military expert writes about new weaponry on the battlefield that could tip the balance of power away from the Houthis, while also highlighting the challenges

Robert Tollast
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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