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Trump tariffs hit Canada and Mexico hard, but China not so much Diana Estefanía Rubio
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Trump tariffs hit Canada and Mexico hard, but China not so much

Last week, President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on China after reaching last-minute agreements with Canada and Mexico to delay tariffs by 30…

Al Majalla - London 11 February , 2025
Tributes are placed beneath the covered seal of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) at their headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Mandel NGAN / AFP
Politics

The chaos at USAID, explained

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been immobilised in recent days as part of the Trump administration’s tumultuous effort to…

John Haltiwanger and Christina Lu 11 February , 2025
Morgan Ortagus AFP_Al Majalla
Profiles

Morgan Ortagus: Trump’s blunt new Middle East envoy

As the new Deputy United States Special Envoy for the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus might be expected to continue her predecessors’ habit of diplomatic…

Aqeel Abbas 11 February , 2025
A sheep herder near the Rumaylan military site in northeastern Syria, January 8, 2025 AFP
Business & Economy

Resource-rich yet underdeveloped, Syria’s northeast could pay dividends

Located in the east, bounded by the Euphrates River to the west and the Tigris River to the east, the Syrian region of Al-Jazira accounts for around…

Attiya Khalaf Al-Attiya 11 February , 2025
Opinion

Lebanon-Syria border clashes dim hopes for regional stability

Lebanon has finally formed a government after electing a president and appointing a prime minister a few weeks back. And the toppling of the Assad…

Ibrahim Hamidi 11 February , 2025
Opinion

Sadly, some Syrians still see Lebanon as an enclave

In 2006, around 274 intellectuals, politicians, and activists from Syria and Lebanon signed a joint declaration advocating for a fundamental reform…

Akram Al-Bunni 10 February , 2025
Saudi film 'Rouge' shows the pressure women face to look young
Culture & Social Affairs

Saudi film 'Rouge' shows the pressure women face to look young

The debut work of Saudi film director Samaher Mously uses dark comedy to highlight how modern women are expected to conform physically in Rouge, a…

Asmahan Al-Sha’abouni 10 February , 2025
Stacks of Syrian pound banknotes are piled on a currency trader's stall at a market in the city of Manbij, currently controlled by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, in the Aleppo province on January 4, 2025. Aaref WATAD / AFP
Business & Economy

Sanctions relief alone won’t kickstart Syria's economy

The suspension of certain sanctions on Syria is a step toward economic stabilisation, but it is far from sufficient to drive the country’s recovery…

Léa Eid 10 February , 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) hugs Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 5, 2025. WU HAO / AFP
Politics

Beijing visit sees Pakistan recommit to its China alliance

Partly in response to warming US-India relations, Pakistan has chosen to look east to China, where it wants to deepen an alliance. Pakistani…

Kaswar Klasra 10 February , 2025
Trump's controversial 'Gaza Riviera' plan
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Trump's controversial 'Gaza Riviera' plan

Fares Garabet 10 February , 2025
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Pep Boatella
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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