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Batoul's choice: political mudslinging in the new Syria

The case of Batoul Alloush has become a matter of public concern. In recent days, the 21-year-old has become the subject of intense discussion among…

Alia Mansour 18 May , 2026
Locals survey the damage following a Jordanian strike on reported drugs and weapons storage facilities in the village of Busan, in the southern Druze-majority province of Sweida, on 2 May 2026. SHADI AL-DUBAISI / AFP
Politics

Jordan's renewed war on drugs comes with political undertones

At the start of May, Jordan launched several airstrikes into neighbouring southern Syria, targeting facilities it deemed key assets for drug…

Caroline Rose 18 May , 2026
Latest drones drive down the cost of warfare Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Latest drones drive down the cost of warfare

In 1896, US inventor and businessman Thomas Edison published a short science fiction story titled In the Deep of Time, in which he described advanced…

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 May , 2026
Trump gets taste of China's strength in Beijing
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Trump gets taste of China's strength in Beijing

Fares Garabet 17 May , 2026
Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

The US embargo on Cuba has lasted so long that it is now less of a policy than an inheritance. Conceived during the US-USSR Cold War confrontation,…

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 17 May , 2026
Opinion

Will the US and China fall into the Thucydides Trap?

In Beijing, US President Donald Trump was received with lavish courtesy and exacting choreography: tours through the symbols of imperial history,…

Ibrahim Hamidi 17 May , 2026
A woman twirls a dragon streamer on the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River during sunrise in Shanghai on 14 April 2025, with the city's financial district seen in the background. HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP
Business & Economy

There’s no need to fear China’s economy

The United States appears to be on the ropes in trade negotiations with China. After taking office, the Trump administration threw down the gauntlet…

Theodore Bunzel 16 May , 2026
F-35 vs J-35: the US-China fighter jet contest Raven Jiang
Science & Technology

F-35 vs J-35: the US-China fighter jet contest

In early May, Chinese state television aired footage of the export version of China’s J-35AE fighter jet, in a display that carried more weight than…

Marco Mossad 16 May , 2026
Chadian soldiers march during Flintlock 2014, a US-led training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, on March 3, 2014. Joe Penney / Reuters
Politics

Why Africans are fighting and dying in Ukraine

The presence of thousands of fighters from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa in the Russian army has long been explained away as a form of Russian…

Sergey Eledinov 16 May , 2026
Amid US-China competition in the Gulf, there is room for cooperation Pete Reynolds
Politics

Amid US-China competition in the Gulf, there is room for cooperation

The last time US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met before this week’s state visit to China was in Busan, South Korea, at…

Charbel Barakat 15 May , 2026
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Iran war deepens cracks in America’s alliances

31 August 2026

The sense that the US may be less committed to its allies' security is prompting a rethink of long-held assumptions, much to the delight of China and Russia

Christopher Phillips
An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods in Devighat, Bidur Municipality, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on 27 August 2026. PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP
Science & Technology

Nepal pays the price for climate change

02 September 2026

Melting glaciers and devastating floods are hitting the Himalayas

Bibek Bhandari
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual street music festival 'Fete de la Musique' while taking part in a heatwave in Bordeaux, southwestern France on 21 June 2026. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP
Business & Economy

As the world grows hotter, a 'cooling economy' emerges

30 August 2026

It is not just a fancy name for the air-conditioning industry, but an intricate system that begins with power stations and extends to the design of buildings and cities

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine Tim Oehler
Culture & Social Affairs

Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany

01 September 2026

The Palestinian-German author speaks to Al Majalla about the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Germany and how she engages German readers from within their own cultural and political context

Mohammed Magdy

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