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Ukraine’s mineral wealth, not peace, is the prize Trump seeks

The Trump administration’s primary aim in Ukraine is not a desire for peace or the protection of Kyiv but the country’s valuable mineral wealth,…

Tarek Rashed 12 March , 2025

Colourful wall art, festive water sports and Big Ben activism

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

"Inflammatory Essays" by Jenny Holzer is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, which closed its doors for five years of renovation work, at the Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum in Paris on March 10, 2025.

William WEST / AFP
William WEST / AFP

Participants pilot water jet packs on the Yarra River during the annual Moomba Festival in Melbourne on March 10, 2025.

Jeff Moore/ AP
Jeff Moore/ AP

A man holds a Palestinian flag after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in London, Saturday, March 8, 2025.

AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Palestinians pray or read the Koran inside the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem ahead of the iftar fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 8, 2025.

Ismail Kaplan/Getty
Ismail Kaplan/Getty

A dance team display performance on the completely frozen Lake Cildir in Kars, Türkiye on March 9, 2025.

Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

A Buddhist monk takes part in the "Hi-watari", or fire walking festival at the Takaosan Yakuoin temple in Hachioji city, in the western suburbs of Tokyo, on March 9, 2025.

Abdullah DOMA / AFP
Abdullah DOMA / AFP

A youth jumps while practicing parkour off a beach in the Sabri district of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on March 9, 2025.

David GRAY / AFP
David GRAY / AFP

Young men play in sea foam created by record-breaking waves as the outer fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred started whipping eastern Australia, in Coolangatta on March 6, 2025.

Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Juni KRISWANTO / AFP

A Muslim woman offers prayers before breaking her fast during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque in Surabaya on March 6, 2025.

Armend NIMANI / AFP
Armend NIMANI / AFP

Kosovo police officers stand amid red smoke from flares in front of a police station at a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women to mark the International Women's Day in Pristina, on March 8, 2025.

How might Trump's presidency shape regional dynamics? Sara Padovan
Politics

How might Trump's presidency shape regional dynamics?

The punishing Israeli response to the Hamas and Hezbollah attacks of October 7 and 8 has devastated Gaza and Lebanon, decimated Hamas and Hezbollah,…

Paul Salem 11 March , 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during an official welcoming ceremony for delegations' heads at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / AFP
Business & Economy

Can Moldova and Armenia escape Russia’s orbit?

“Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe,” Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded his questioner in December 2023, during his annual sit…

Nazareth Seferian 12 March , 2025
Mazloum Abdi agrees to merge the SDF into Syria's state army Yusra Na'im
Politics

Mazloum Abdi agrees to merge the SDF into Syria's state army

The commander-in-chief of one of the major military groups in Syria—General Mazloum Abdi of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—has confirmed he…

Ibrahim Hamidi 11 March , 2025
A woman wearing a jilbab with a bouquet of flowers in her hand walks down a street in the Barbes district in Paris on June 25, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

A walk through Barbès, the migrants’ hub in the heart of Paris

Just north of the French capital’s main train station, Gare du Nord, and a few streets from Montmartre, home of its artists, is the less-loved but…

Sohaib Ayoub 11 March , 2025
Protesters hold up banners reading "Yes to Peace - No to NATO" (R) and "Wages up - armament down" as they attend an anti-war demonstration in Munich on February 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference. Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP
Politics

Western liberalism is in retreat

Is Western liberalism in retreat? From a high point after the Cold War, when it appeared liberalism would spread across the globe, today it is under…

Christopher Phillips 11 March , 2025
Aramco outperforms global oil and gas giants in 2024 Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

Aramco outperforms global oil and gas giants in 2024

Despite Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco reporting a 12% decrease of its net profits in 2024 due to lower energy prices, the company…

Al Majalla - London 11 March , 2025
AI models are dreaming up the materials of the future shutterstock
Science & Technology

AI models are dreaming up the materials of the future

Scientists looking to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air cleanly and cheaply have long been interested in metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs:…

The Economist 10 March , 2025
Trump wants to restart Iran nuclear talks
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Trump wants to restart Iran nuclear talks

Fares Garabet 10 March , 2025
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A collage of Israel's policy of destruction and starvation in Gaza. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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