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British Minister of State for Trade Chris Bryant and Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jassem Mohammed Al-Budaiwi pose for a photo after participating in a signing ceremony in London on 20 May 2026. AFP
Business & Economy

The UK-GCC trade deal is important, but the harder part begins now

Last month's UK-GCC free trade agreement has been presented as one of Britain’s most significant post-Brexit trade achievements. Politically, the…

Alice Gower 09 June , 2026
Opinion

Has Idlib become the “New Qardaha”?

The growing prominence of figures from Idlib in positions of authority in the “new Syria” has stirred debate over the nature of the political order…

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 June , 2026
An Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jew reacts near a part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran, in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 8 June 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Politics

How Israel and Iran came back to the brink

The past 24 hours have confirmed what analysts have feared for weeks: the fragile architecture of ceasefires, negotiations, and diplomatic gestures…

Michael Horowitz 08 June , 2026
Has FIFA oversold the World Cup's economic promise?  Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

Has FIFA oversold the World Cup's economic promise? 

Football fever is building ahead of the world’s biggest sporting event. After years of preparation, billions in investment, and promotional campaigns…

Abdulfattah Khattab 08 June , 2026
Voters check their voter registration cards outside Shalla Park polling station in Addis Ababa on 1 June 2026, during the 2026 Ethiopian parliamentary elections. MARCO SIMONCELLI / AFP
Politics

Ethiopia’s psychological campaign for Red Sea access

As Ethiopians went to the polls last week, politicians in the landlocked country stepped up their push for Red Sea access, citing its right to the…

Amr Emam 08 June , 2026
Jailtime increasingly on the cards for Netanyahu
Cartoons

Jailtime increasingly on the cards for Netanyahu

Fares Garabet 07 June , 2026
The victory that wasn't: Netanyahu and the Iran war Albane Simon
Politics

The victory that wasn't: Netanyahu and the Iran war

In the summer of 2006, Ehud Olmert was a newly minted Israeli premier (barely four months into the job) governing with middling approval ratings when…

Michael Horowitz 07 June , 2026
SpaceX IPO: an astronomical bet on Musk’s space vision Nash
Science & Technology

SpaceX IPO: an astronomical bet on Musk’s space vision

SpaceX is getting ready for a stock market debut that could be the biggest IPO in history. Yet investors will not be investing only in rockets and…

Marco Mossad 07 June , 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre), his military secretary Roman Gofman (left) and Likud MK Boaz Bismuth attend a meeting in Jerusalem on 5 February 2026. Knesset Office
Profiles

Roman Gofman: Israel's new Netanyahu-friendly Mossad chief

Israel likes to project to the world an image of military and intelligence prowess. It points to its decapitation of Iran’s leadership, its weakening…

Kamal Alam 06 June , 2026
Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on 16 August 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Politics

Lower migrant numbers hand Starmer a rare political win

With the thorny issue of migration posing one of the key challenges facing the premiership of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, publication of the…

Con Coughlin 05 June , 2026
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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
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
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
Opinion

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

Con Coughlin
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

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