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What the emerging US–Europe divide means for the Mideast

For over 70 years, the United States’ leading role within NATO—and the alliance’s clear commitment to European security—formed the cornerstone of…

Ibrahim Hamidi 04 April , 2025
Opinion

Trump's new tariffs could further America's global isolation

US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a range of reciprocal global trade tariffs is primarily designed to revitalise the American economy…

Con Coughlin 03 April , 2025
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs as US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick holds a chart during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings even bigger tariffs than expected

US President Donald Trump unveiled his most expansive tariffs yet, and what experts say could represent the biggest tax hike in modern US history, in…

Keith Johnson 03 April , 2025
Marie Le Pen banned from running in French presidential race
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Marie Le Pen banned from running in French presidential race

Fares Garabet 03 April , 2025
A PMF member holds a picture of Iran's late and current supreme leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) and Ali Khamenei to mark annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations in Baghdad on April 5, 2024. MURTAJA LATEEF / AFP
Politics

Iraq moves to give PMF greater role in state security

Reports of pressure on Baghdad from the new White House administration over the Iran-linked Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) operating in Iraqi…

Ayad Al-Anbar 03 April , 2025
Opinion

Syria weighs US demands against the needs of its people

Leaked diplomatic communications revealing what Washington demands of the transitional government in Damascus have shed further light on the evolving…

Alia Mansour 03 April , 2025

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OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP

A member of the royal guard helps another one arrange his costume near the residency of the Emir of Dutse before the Durbar horse procession in Dutse on March 31, 2025.

Fadel SENNA / AFP
Fadel SENNA / AFP

Muslims pray on Laylat al-Qadr believed to be when the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on March 26, 2025.

Arif ALI / AFP
Arif ALI / AFP

A Muslim devotee with her hands adorned with henna paste offers prayers during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on March 31, 2025.

Ismael Adnan / Getty
Ismael Adnan / Getty

Iraqi Kurdish Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Saido mosque in the city of Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP
Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP

Rescue workers stand on the top of the rubble at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on April 1, 2025.

JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP

A mosaic called "Treasures saved from Gaza: 5000 years of history" is on display at Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on March 31, 2025.

REUTERS/Lam Yik
REUTERS/Lam Yik

Visitors walk past an artwork titled "Social Network" by Elmer Borlongan at Art Basel in Hong Kong, China, on March 28, 2025.

REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

A drone view shows Mont Saint-Michel partially covered by early morning fog in the western French region of Normandy, France, on March 31, 2025.

STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

A French Republican Guard on horseback waits in formation for the arrival of King Frederik X of Denmark prior to a meeting with France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on April 1, 2025.

Reuters
Reuters

Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gangs recently deported by the US government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison on March 31, 2025.

Cover of the book "Umm Kulthum and the Turks"
Culture & Social Affairs

New book captures Turkish adoration of Umm Kulthum

Singer Umm Kulthum (1898-1975) is regarded by many as one of Egypt’s greatest cultural gifts to the Middle East over the past century. She left an…

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 02 April , 2025
People wave flags and chant slogans as they celebrate on the streets of Port Sudan on March 21, 2025, after the army retook the presidential palace in Khartoum from paramilitaries. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP
Politics

Winning Khartoum: what tipped the scales in the army's favour?

The Sudanese people felt relief last week as the army finally announced it had regained full control of the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 02 April , 2025
BlackRock: a financial giant that controls the world Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

BlackRock: a financial giant that controls the world

Four financial giants, BlackRock, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, and State Street, have emerged as the silent powers behind many of the world's largest…

Al Majalla - London 01 April , 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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