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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
Opinion

Pager attack casts ominous shadow on Lebanon’s future

On Tuesday, Israeli forces employed advanced technology to target Hezbollah members by detonating their pagers. Hezbollah had believed that using…

Houssam Itani 18 September , 2024
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Lina Jaradat
Politics

The Houthis: the new Hezbollah?

24, Sep 2026

Just as Iran used Hezbollah to expand its influence in the Levant, it is now using the Houthis to give it leverage in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea amid its war with the US

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Culture & Social Affairs

Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

Samer Abou Hawwach
A rebel fighter seen behind a Kingdom of Libya flag near the front line along the western entrance gate of Ajdabiyah, on 18 April 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Politics

A tale of two Libya's: internal division meets external unity

19, Sep 2026

In Libya today, things have never been better. They have also never been worse. Just depends on who you ask

Tarek Megerisi
Axel Rangel García
Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16, Sep 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15, Sep 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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