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Remnants of war, such as a Soviet fighter jet, tanks and a military vehicle, are displayed at the Manzar-e-Jahad or the Jihad Museum that commemorates the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion of 1979, in Herat on 6 January 2026. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
Politics

The Russian military returns to Afghanistan 37 years later

In February 1989, when the Soviet army’s last soldier crossed the Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya River back into Soviet Uzbekistan, no one…

Kamal Alam 21 June , 2026
A picture taken on 24 January 2014 shows covers of the comic series Tintin translated into several languages at the Casterman publisher headquarters in Brussels.  AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

From Tintin to Tetouan: the rise of Moroccan comics

For years, comics, also known as graphic narratives, were confined to the fringes of Moroccan culture. And yet, over the decades, they have evolved…

Najeeb Mubarak 21 June , 2026
Opinion

Hormuz may reopen, but the deal is strewn with mines

Attention is turning to the Strait of Hormuz. How soon can the strait reopen? How will the mines be cleared? When will oil tankers and supply lines…

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 June , 2026
Bill Pulte, nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sits on the day of a Senate committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 27 February 2025. Retuers
Profiles

Bill Pulte: the Trump-friendly acting intelligence director

In keeping with Donald Trump’s tendency to choose loyalists over specialists for his administration, the US President has appointed his friend Bill…

Tarek Rashed 21 June , 2026
Iran's conservative Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf addresses supporters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 26, 2024, during his election campaign ahead of a presidential vote to replace the late president. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

The war inside Iran's right

The deal to end Iran's war with the United States was made by one part of the hardline establishment and might be savaged by another. To judge…

Alex Vatanka 19 June , 2026
Trump’s Iran truce leaves Israel out Al Majalla
Politics

Trump’s Iran truce leaves Israel out

The electronic ink was barely dry, and Israel already knew what it thought about the emerging agreement. "Bad deal," read the main headline of Yediot…

Michael Horowitz 19 June , 2026
Opinion

Iran's cold war has a cost. At Évian, the G7 must cut it.

The G7 returned to Évian on 15 June 2026, 23 years after the same town, under the same French presidency, first placed Iran's nuclear file on the…

Maneli Mirkhan 18 June , 2026
Trump’s deal: repercussions in the Gulf, Iran, and Israel Mark Smith
Politics

Trump’s deal: repercussions in the Gulf, Iran, and Israel

The US-Iran agreement is far more than an understanding to end a months-long war that thrust the Strait of Hormuz back to the forefront of global…

Al Majalla - London 18 June , 2026
How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal Al Majalla
Politics

How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal

With the quiet force of history turning a page, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared that the United States and Iran—adversaries locked…

Kaswar Klasra 18 June , 2026
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian holding a memorandum of understanding he and US President Donald Trump signed to end the US-Iran war on 17 June, 2026. IRINN Iranian state television/AFP
Politics

How a US-Iran deal will impact Gulf relations with Tehran

It is too early to fully understand the effects of the US-Iran agreement for Arab Gulf states, because the nature and substance of the agreement are…

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil 18 June , 2026
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The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

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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

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Trump may be a lame duck at home but not abroad

05, Nov 2026

A Democrat-majority Congress will clip his wings at home, but he will have far more freedom to act on foreign affairs, given the powers he still retains as commander-in-chief

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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
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A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

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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

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