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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24, 2024. Valery SHARIFULIN/AFP
Politics

Why Russia is reasserting itself in Syria

After a period of relative disengagement, Russia is reasserting its influence in Syria, strategically positioning itself amid rising regional…

Haid Haid 18 November , 2024
Pete Hegseth: Trump's bombshell SecDef pick Al Majalla-Alamy-Getty Images
Profiles

Pete Hegseth: Trump's bombshell SecDef pick

If US President-elect Donald Trump’s ultimate goal is to shake up Washington’s military establishment, then his nomination of war veteran and Fox…

Con Coughlin 18 November , 2024
Opinion

For the first time, the elimination of a cancer is within our reach

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 660,000 are diagnosed. As a consequence, children are orphaned, families are…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 17 November , 2024
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Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. At Al Majalla, we highlight some of our favourite picks—from philosophy and history to science,…

Khodr Al Agha 17 November , 2024
Businessman Walter London reveals a T-shirt with US President-elect Donald Trump on it, at the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange after he was announced the winner of the election on November 6, 2024. AFP
Business & Economy

The world braces for Trump's America First economic promises

US President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign slogan ‘America First’ can mean a lot of things. Having secured the White House for 2025-29 and with…

Abdulfattah Khattab 17 November , 2024
Senator Marco Rubio speaks next to President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, October 29, 2024. AFP
Politics

Trump cabinet picks signal harder line on Iran

Donald Trump's stunning election win is set to usher in a seismic change in US policy towards Iran. After four years of Joe Biden, whose…

Lina Khatib 17 November , 2024
Opinion

What Biden must do to help Gaza now

On 13 October, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sent an extraordinary letter to their Israeli counterparts…

Stacy Gilbert 16 November , 2024
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune riding a military vehicle during the parade on the 70th anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1 in Algeria. AP
Business & Economy

Algeria’s ‘optimistic’ budget is the largest since independence

Algeria has approved its largest budget since gaining independence from France in 1962, with expectations of more revenue from tax and non-carbon…

Rabia Abdul Salam 16 November , 2024
US Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Republican US Representative from New York, Lee Zeldin, at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center on October 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/AFP
Science & Technology

Climate change and the next administration

“It is clear the next administration will try to do a U-turn and reverse much of this progress,” declared John Podesta, America’s climate tsar, at a…

The Economist 16 November , 2024
Opinion

Trump's hawkish cabinet pours cold water on talk of ending wars

It may still be early days in the formation of Donald Trump’s new administration, but it is already evident that the president-elect has formed one…

Con Coughlin 15 November , 2024
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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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