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Trump walks back timeline for ending the war in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump may have missed his self-proclaimed deadline to end the Ukraine conflict within 24 hours of taking office, but he has lost…

Con Coughlin 02 February , 2025
China's DeepSeek AI crushes the competition
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China's DeepSeek AI crushes the competition

Fares Garabet 30 January , 2025
From jihadists to Syria's new rulers, HTS's evolution explained Axel Rangel Garcia_Al Majalla
Politics

From jihadists to Syria's new rulers, HTS's evolution explained

When Idlib-based fighters launched a major push for Aleppo in late November, it caught everyone by surprise—not least the Syrian army of Bashar al…

Abbas Sharifa 30 January , 2025
A rare glimpse into Umm Kulthum's life as told in her memoirs Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

A rare glimpse into Umm Kulthum's life as told in her memoirs

On the occasion of the 50-year anniversary of Umm Kulthum's passing, Al Majalla revisits her memoirs as per the account of late Egyptian writer Ali…

Al Majalla - London 30 January , 2025
Opinion

Simply, Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum was known to be taciturn despite being a famous singer whose craft centred on words. She seldom gave interviews and rarely spoke to her…

Samer Abou Hawwach 30 January , 2025
Victory Party (ZP) supporters demonstrate on January 21 against the arrest of their Chairman, Umit Ozdag, a day earlier in Ankara on charges of insulting the Presidency. Yasin AKGUL / AFP
Politics

Turkish authorities’ recent detentions all have a theme

It has been a busy few weeks for news in Türkiye, with a plethora of high-profile arrests and one tragedy—the fire in a ski resort that killed 78…

Omer Onhon 29 January , 2025
The battle after the war: Healing Gaza's traumatised children Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

The battle after the war: Healing Gaza's traumatised children

For the last 17 months, the figures emerging out of Gaza have been mind-numbing: 10,000 dead, 20,000 dead, 30,000, the grim milestones notching ever…

Joudy El-Asmar 16 February , 2025
Opinion

Syrians beware of Assadists lurking in the wings

Day by day, the picture becomes clearer. Syria, once a captive, has now returned. Liberated from over five decades of captivity, it has reclaimed its…

Alia Mansour 29 January , 2025

Gaza's 'Great Return' and more from around the world

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This aerial photo shows displaced Gazans walking toward Gaza City on January 27, 2025, after crossing the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip.

Eyad Baba / AFP
Eyad Baba / AFP

Displaced Palestinian children play near tents along a beach in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 22, 2025, on the fourth day of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

AFP
AFP

Mourners surround the flag-draped body of two-year-old Laila al-Khatib on January 26, 2025, a day after she succumbed to her wounds after being shot during an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

Samir Jordamovic / Getty
Samir Jordamovic / Getty

People vent their anger in the "rage room" to escape the stress of daily life by breaking things in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on January 25, 2025.

Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

This aerial picture shows a worker arranging dried incense sticks to dry in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet.

Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP
Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP

Dancers, known as Kukeri, wearing costumes perform during the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, western Bulgaria, on January 25, 2025.

Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

Indian soldiers march during the country’s 76th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2025.

AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi army soldiers rappel from a military helicopter flying near the golden domes of the shrine of the 8th-century Shiite Muslim Imam Musa al-Kadhim during the annual commemoration of his death on January 26, 2024, near Baghdad.

AP / Ethan Swope
AP / Ethan Swope

Members of the Mexican National Guard patrol next to the US-Mexico border wall Saturday, January 25, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Muhammed Abdullah Kurtar / Getty
Muhammed Abdullah Kurtar / Getty

Dancers of The Imperial Russian Ballet Company get ready before performing Tchaikovsky's classic work "Swan Lake" at ATO Congresium in Ankara, Türkiye on January 25, 2025.

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Business & Economy

Oman's youth investment drive set to pay dividends

Amid a broader move toward economic diversification in the Gulf region, Oman has launched several initiatives to invigorate its local labour force,…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 29 January , 2025
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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
Al Majalla
Politics

Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
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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