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It's time for international intervention in Sudan

International military intervention in Sudan is now the chief hope of the long-suffering population to stop the fighting between the state army and…

Shawgi Abdelazim 22 September , 2024
African leaders applaud Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) after his speech at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on September 5, 2024. Greg Baker / AFP
Business & Economy

FOCAC at 25: How a China-Africa forum is moving beyond trade

The main international group bringing China and African nations together marked its 25-year anniversary this month in a display of its unique…

Shirley Ze Yu 22 September , 2024
The pager attack on Hezbollah was most likely the result of the distribution of booby-trapped communication devices ahead of time through a front company that was controlled (or compromised) by the Israeli Mossad. Nash Weerasekera
Politics

By paging Hezbollah, Israel took aim at a chip in Iran’s armour

Supply chains, front companies, and pagers rarely make for a good spy story. Even when used in real life, as they likely were as part of the recent…

Michael Horowitz 22 September , 2024
The longest-living American president is best remembered in the Arab world for the Camp David Accords and for not rescuing the Shah from being toppled by Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. Péter Csuth
Profiles

Turning 100: A look at the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

As former US President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday approaches on 1 October, Al Majalla's Sami Moubayed reviews the life and legacy of the longest…

Sami Moubayed 22 September , 2024
Technological and scientific advances have opened the door to military opportunities and threats beyond our atmosphere. Andy Potts
Science & Technology

Stellar competition: Will the next world war be over space?

In the early days of space exploration, there was a prevailing notion that space belonged to everyone. A world far above our own with no borders,…

Marco Mossad 21 September , 2024
The cultural landscape of Al Faw Archaeological Area © Elise Garcia/UNESCO
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Faw: A beacon of tolerance on the edge of the Saudi desert

Around 700km southwest of Riyadh, Al Faw has become Saudi Arabia’s latest site to be added to the World Heritage List kept by the United Nations…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 21 September , 2024
Thick smoke rises above the southern suburbs of Beirut after an Israeli strike on September 20, 2024. Israel says Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and around 10 other commanders were killed. Hezbollah has not confirmed Aqil’s death. AFP
Politics

Israel has bloodied Hezbollah but is stuck in a war of attrition

First, it was pagers; then, it was walkie-talkies. On 18 September, another wave of explosions rocked Lebanon: two-way radios detonated in homes,…

The Economist 21 September , 2024
Sudanese refugees who fled violence in the Darfur region arrived on the backs of their donkeys in search of a place for temporary settlement, near the border between Sudan and Chad. AFP
Politics

Why traditional approaches to protecting civilians in Sudan aren't working

The visit of two senior directors from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Sudan on 8 September has highlighted what seasoned observers have known…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 20 September , 2024
The discovery that Hezbollah’s communication devices are compromised will have a ripple effect, limiting the ability of Iran’s proxies to act and coordinate Barbara Gibson
Politics

Pager attack transforms 'axis of resistance' into 'axis of paranoia'

The pager attacks against Hezbollah personnel in Lebanon have been extraordinary in scope and impact. Never in the history of Hezbollah has the group…

Lina Khatib 20 September , 2024
The decision to cut interest rates not by 0.25% but by 0.5% lets industry and money markets breathe a sigh of relief after two years of stress and turmoil. Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

What do US interest rate cuts mean for the economy and election?

Finally, the US Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, have reached the moment that the business and financial worlds have been waiting for…

Khaled Kassar 19 September , 2024
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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