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People celebrate in Damascus' Umayyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria, on May 13, 2025. Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP
Business & Economy

What next for Syria after US sanctions lifted?

After President Donald Trump’s landmark pledge in Riyadh to lift US sanctions on Syria, Washington has taken the first technical steps to fulfil his…

Karam Shaar 31 May , 2025
Omar El Akkad strips away the West’s moral failure over Gaza
Culture & Social Affairs

Omar El Akkad strips away the West’s moral failure over Gaza

Anyone living in America these days will have noticed the rift between the White House and the US public over Israel’s war on Gaza, exacerbated by…

Antoine Jockey 31 May , 2025
A protester holds a placard picturing Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an anti-genocide march in central London, on March 15, 2025, calling for an end to Israel’s war and siege on Gaza. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Politics

Israel’s ties with its Western allies hit a new low

Israel’s relations with its Western allies hit a new low in late May when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the leaders of France, Britain…

Christopher Phillips 31 May , 2025
Lebanese artist Fatima Jumaa's photos, titled "Between One Soul and Another," depict smokers during wartime in Lebanon. Ibrahim Tutunji
Culture & Social Affairs

Immersive photography exhibitions in Cairo’s artistic quarter

Tucked away in an alley off Hussein Pasha El-Maamari Street in downtown Cairo, a modest café bears the name El-Khann. The term refers to ‘a cramped…

Ibrahim Tutunji 30 May , 2025
New Syria sanctions relief (and risks) explained Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

New Syria sanctions relief (and risks) explained

The United States drastically reshaped its policy toward Syria late last week. On 23 May, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control …

Matt Zweig and Max Meizlish 30 May , 2025
King Charles and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during a meeting at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada, in Ottawa, on May 26, 2025. AFP
Politics

King Charles's Canada visit sends political message to Trump

Fresh from elections that saw the former governor of the Bank of England win the Canadian premiership, King Charles III opened Canada’s Parliament by…

Abdulfattah Khattab 29 May , 2025
Opinion

Trump's patience with Putin appears to be wearing thin

Donald Trump has given his clearest signal yet that he is determined to end the war in Ukraine, even if it means imposing fresh sanctions on Russian…

Con Coughlin 29 May , 2025
An Israeli soldier uses an unmanned surveillance drone to monitor Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. HAZEM BADER / AFP
Science & Technology

Israel’s use of AI in its war on Gaza is part of a global trend

The prevalence and effect of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have been felt in every aspect of life in recent years, and their application…

Mohammed Mansour 29 May , 2025
US pauses new sanctions on Russia to keep peace talks alive
Cartoons

US pauses new sanctions on Russia to keep peace talks alive

Fares Garabet 29 May , 2025
The history of tariffs is still being written Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

The history of tariffs is still being written

Tariffs are the talk of the town, with US President Donald Trump having begun his second term by increasing them on both allies and economic rivals…

Toufic Chanbour 29 May , 2025
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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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