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Science & Technology

Can technology save a world hurtling toward disorder?

A little over a year ago, during a war game conducted to test artificial intelligence against human reasoning in an imagined conflict between the…

Michael Hirsh 11 January , 2025
Will Trump withdraw US troops from Iraq and Syria? Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Will Trump withdraw US troops from Iraq and Syria?

Donald Trump's return to the presidency has prompted speculation over what his foreign policy will look like. Observers are wondering if he has any…

Caroline Rose 11 January , 2025
Justin Trudeau: Canada's long-serving Liberal PM bids adieu Al Majalla
Profiles

Justin Trudeau: Canada's long-serving Liberal PM bids adieu

The recent resignation of Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister is a landmark moment not just for his country but for world liberalism, of which…

Abdulfattah Khattab 11 January , 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Devlet Bahçeli, the chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). AFP
Politics

An emboldened Erdoğan tries once more to resolve the 'Kurdish issue'

When Turkish ultranationalist Devlet Bahçeli shook hands with the co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) on 1…

Omer Onhon 10 January , 2025
Film on taboo-breaking theatre troupe lands Egypt first Cannes win Semaine de la Critique Cannes
Culture & Social Affairs

Film on taboo-breaking theatre troupe lands Egypt first Cannes win

Egyptian cinema had a big moment in 2024 when the documentary The Brink of Dreams became the first film from the country to win a major prize at the…

Areej Jamal 10 January , 2025
Opinion

Why Egypt is taking its time to normalise relations with Syria

The first contact between Egypt and Syria’s new rulers came in a phone call between their foreign ministers on 31 December 2024. In diplomatic…

Amr Emam 09 January , 2025
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun (L) stands next to the parliament speaker Nabih Berri as he delivers a speech during a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 9, 2025. AFP
Politics

As Lebanon gets new president, Hezbollah clamours for relevance

Hezbollah’s leadership, weapons, finances, and communications all took a major hit in the latter half of 2024, targeted by Israel’s intelligence…

Elie Kossaifi 09 January , 2025
Lebanon's long wait for a president could soon be over
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Lebanon's long wait for a president could soon be over

Fares Garabet 09 January , 2025
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4, 2024. RYAN M. KELLY/ATTA KENARE/AFP
Politics

This Trump administration is shaping up to be Latin America-First

One of former US President Ronald Reagan’s most lasting slogans of governance is that “personnel is policy.” Judged using Reagan’s mantra, it appears…

Ryan C. Berg 09 January , 2025
Hezbollah’s financial promises go up in smoke Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Hezbollah’s financial promises go up in smoke

Israel’s recent war against Hezbollah in Lebanon remains a big test of the party’s support base, which bore the brunt and burden of the assault that…

Fayza Diab 09 January , 2025
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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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