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Will artificial intelligence soon run central banks? Nicola Ferrarese
Science & Technology

Will artificial intelligence soon run central banks?

In June, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)—known as the “Bank of Central Banks”—urged countries to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to…

Toufic Chanbour 18 November , 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24, 2024. Valery SHARIFULIN/AFP
Politics

Why Russia is reasserting itself in Syria

After a period of relative disengagement, Russia is reasserting its influence in Syria, strategically positioning itself amid rising regional…

Haid Haid 18 November , 2024
Pete Hegseth: Trump's bombshell SecDef pick Al Majalla-Alamy-Getty Images
Profiles

Pete Hegseth: Trump's bombshell SecDef pick

If US President-elect Donald Trump’s ultimate goal is to shake up Washington’s military establishment, then his nomination of war veteran and Fox…

Con Coughlin 18 November , 2024
Opinion

For the first time, the elimination of a cancer is within our reach

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 660,000 are diagnosed. As a consequence, children are orphaned, families are…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 17 November , 2024
Al Majalla’s Book Watch Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. At Al Majalla, we highlight some of our favourite picks—from philosophy and history to science,…

Khodr Al Agha 17 November , 2024
Businessman Walter London reveals a T-shirt with US President-elect Donald Trump on it, at the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange after he was announced the winner of the election on November 6, 2024. AFP
Business & Economy

The world braces for Trump's America First economic promises

US President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign slogan ‘America First’ can mean a lot of things. Having secured the White House for 2025-29 and with…

Abdulfattah Khattab 17 November , 2024
Senator Marco Rubio speaks next to President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, October 29, 2024. AFP
Politics

Trump cabinet picks signal harder line on Iran

Donald Trump's stunning election win is set to usher in a seismic change in US policy towards Iran. After four years of Joe Biden, whose…

Lina Khatib 17 November , 2024
Opinion

What Biden must do to help Gaza now

On 13 October, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sent an extraordinary letter to their Israeli counterparts…

Stacy Gilbert 16 November , 2024
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune riding a military vehicle during the parade on the 70th anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1 in Algeria. AP
Business & Economy

Algeria’s ‘optimistic’ budget is the largest since independence

Algeria has approved its largest budget since gaining independence from France in 1962, with expectations of more revenue from tax and non-carbon…

Rabia Abdul Salam 16 November , 2024
US Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Republican US Representative from New York, Lee Zeldin, at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center on October 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/AFP
Science & Technology

Climate change and the next administration

“It is clear the next administration will try to do a U-turn and reverse much of this progress,” declared John Podesta, America’s climate tsar, at a…

The Economist 16 November , 2024
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Grace Russell
Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
Ewan White
Politics

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

31 March 2026

New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

Rustum Mahmud
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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