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Government data is being made accessible, which in turn is helping companies and state agencies design new products and services, improving efficiency and reducing costs. Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Commercialising government data: a new investment opportunity

Government data is no longer just a vehicle for transparency—it is currency. Companies that can transform this raw data into actionable insights will…

Hatem Faried 12 December , 2025
Maher al-Assad with his wife Manal al-Jadaan on the beach.
Documents & Memoirs

Revealed: new photos of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious brother Maher

Al Majalla is releasing exclusive photographs of Maher al-Assad, who commanded Syria’s Republican Guard and its elite Fourth Armoured Division before…

Al Majalla - London 12 December , 2025
A visitor takes a picture of the painting La Chambre de Van Gogh a Arles, 1888 (Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles) at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Culture & Social Affairs

Three artists whose names became entwined with places

Graced by the presence of remarkable strangers, some cities have subsequently found their names inextricably linked to these fleeting visitors…

Ismail Ghazaly 12 December , 2025
'No, I said I wanted your piece - not your peace' Fares Garabet
Cartoons

'No, I said I wanted your piece - not your peace'

Fares Garabet 11 December , 2025
Opening a new door: Trump, the Gulf, and ‘America First’
Politics

Opening a new door: Trump, the Gulf, and ‘America First’

US President Donald Trump's first presidential term (2017-21) was not simply a shift in the trajectory of American foreign policy; it marked a…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 11 December , 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow on 2 December 2025. Ambassador Sylvie Bermann thinks Donald Trump will not drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. AFP
Politics

French diplomat Sylvie Bermann: Trump won’t divide Russia and China

French diplomat Sylvie Bermann first encountered China as a young student at the twilight of the Cultural Revolution in 1976-77. Two decades later,…

Elie Kossaifi 11 December , 2025
Opinion

Culture takes over from the law after Muslim Brotherhood ban

When the White House proscribed chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood last month, it triggered debates within the movement about how best to respond in…

Abdullah Al-Judaya 11 December , 2025

Diving Chess Competition, celebrating in Damascus, and more from the world

REUTERS/Gaby Oraa 
REUTERS/Gaby Oraa 

A man extends his arms in front of a screen showing a picture of the sun in the La Carlota convention center during the inauguration of a space-themed children's exhibition on the solar system, in Caracas, Venezuela December 5, 2025

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

A drone view shows traffic in the curves of the Julierpass road, in Surses, near Saint-Moritz, Switzerland, December 8, 2025.

JOHN WESSELS / AFP
JOHN WESSELS / AFP

A youth carries a bag of flatbread as he walks along a street in the old city of Jerusalem on December 5, 2025.

REUTERS/Manami Yamada
REUTERS/Manami Yamada

Unitree G1 humanoid robot spars with a human at the TechShare booth in the International Robot Exhibition 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2025.

REUTERS/Esa Alexander
REUTERS/Esa Alexander

Chess - Grand Masters compete in Diving Chess Competition - Silo Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa - December 4, 2025 Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov in action against Hans Niemann of the U.S.

AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan
AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan

Newly graduated soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) Regiment attend a passing out parade at a training center on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

An aerial view of the Colosseum, in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

 LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

People holding Syrian flags watch paragliders as they celebrate a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2025.

EYAD BABA / AFP
EYAD BABA / AFP

A youth sits on the rubble of a destroyed building as the Cold Moon, the last supermoon of the year, rises over the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 4, 2025.

LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS
LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS

A giant panda plays in a tree during a visit by Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Chengdu research base for giant panda breeding, on the day French President Emmanuel Macron visits in China December 5

The processors are core to Saudi Arabia's AI strategy, as are the giant data centres being built. Among the Saudi aims is to develop an Arabic large language model. Phil Wheeler
Science & Technology

Buying a brain: US approves Saudi purchase of advanced chips

After Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington last month, negotiations between the US and Saudi Arabia over the supply of…

Marco Mossad 10 December , 2025
Haiku poet Banya Natsuishi Hiroyuki Izutsu
Culture & Social Affairs

Banya Natsuishi: a haiku poet detached from all things

Banya Natsuishi is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished poets of contemporary Japan—a leading figure in the practice and global…

Osama Esber 10 December , 2025
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Politics

Iran’s strategy for war with the US

25 February 2026

Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.

Bilal Saab
Opinion

Deal or no deal? Iran's fate hangs in the balance amid US military buildup

26 February 2026

Iran says it is willing to make some concessions on its nuclear programme, but zero uranium enrichment is off the table

Con Coughlin
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Ukraine: the war that shook the world

23 February 2026

The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.

Christopher Phillips
AFP / Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Renewables on track to redefine global energy

23 February 2026

Natural resources like solar, wind, and water are set to provide 36% of global electricity production this year. Even for sceptics like Donald Trump, the trends are unmistakable.

Mohammed Mansour
Gregori Saavedra
Politics

Was Jeffrey Epstein a spy?

24 February 2026

Some point to his possible links to Mossad through his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father was a known Israeli spy, and assert that he blackmailed powerful figures to exert influence

Al Majalla - London

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