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People look at a charred vehicle near a collapsed railway bridge the morning after a blast by separatist militants at Kolpur in Bolan district, Balochistan province on August 27,2024 AFP
Politics

Inside Balochistan’s deadly bus attack

Worsening violence in Pakistani Balochistan has struck the area’s road network, in a massacre carried out by separatist militants that has shocked a…

Kaswar Klasra 29 August , 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) inspecting the construction of fortifications at an undisclosed location in Volyn region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine AFP
Politics

Ukraine’s shock gains in Kursk region have turned the tables on Russia

For the first time since Vladimir Putin launched his so-called “special military operation” to conquer Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv’s ability to hit back…

Con Coughlin 29 August , 2024
An Israeli Samson C-130J Super Hercules cargo plane flies over the Israeli coastal city of Netanya towards northern Israel, on August 25, 2024. Jack Guez / AFP
Politics

Back to base: calm restored as both Israel and Hezbollah claim 'victory'

Good news rarely flows from the Middle East when it comes to war and geopolitics, a point proved particularly since October 2023, but what happened…

Michael Horowitz 28 August , 2024
Working on a cotton-spinning machine in  Aleppo. Big Syrian textile manufacturers have now moved their families and business operations to Egypt. Reuters
Business & Economy

The Syrian business owners setting up shop in Egypt since 2011

The eruption of the war in Syria in 2011 sent millions scattering. While many made their way to Europe, others made for more stable regimes in the…

Joseph Daher 28 August , 2024

From soy sauce to pumpkin exhibitions and pole vault records

August, 2024
From soy sauce to pumpkin exhibitions and pole vault records

Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault in Lausanne on August 21, 2024. He would beat his own world record five days later.

Sanaullah Seiam / AFP
Sanaullah Seiam / AFP

An Afghan worker offers his evening prayer at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Kandahar on August 21, 2024.

AFP / China Out
AFP / China Out

Workers make soy sauces at a village in Rugao, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on August 22, 2024.

Thomas Kienzle / AFP
Thomas Kienzle / AFP

A depiction of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at a pumpkin exhibition themed around 'strong women' at Ludwigsburg Castle in southern Germany, on August 22, 2024.

AFP / State Police in Iceland
AFP / State Police in Iceland

Lava and smoke erupting from a new volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes on 22 August 2024.

R. Satish Babu / AFP
R. Satish Babu / AFP

A college student dressed as Hindu deity Krishna, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024.

Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)

A man carrying his livestock wades through flood waters in south-eastern Bangladesh on August 24, 2024. Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis took refuge in emergency shelters.

Lourival Izaque / AFP
Lourival Izaque / AFP

Firefighters battle a fire in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 23, 2024.

AFP
AFP

A man watches smoke billow after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Qsair on August 25, 2024.

Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP

Activists protest to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor in India's West Bengal state, in Kolkata on August 25, 2024.

Opinion

Israel and Hezbollah return to their corners after the latest round

As military escalations go, the latest round of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict was a more measured bout, neither side going all-out in their quest to…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 August , 2024
Gold heads east as Russia, China, and India seek its safety
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Gold heads east as Russia, China, and India seek its safety

With escalating geopolitical tensions, increased sanctions, and discussions around de-dollarisation, interest in gold is rising.Central banks,…

Al Majalla - London 27 August , 2024
A painting by Hamsah Shalhoub, who has held her first solo exhibition in Damascus
Culture & Social Affairs

Faces laden with memory in Hamsah Shalhoub’s solo exhibition

The Blue House Gallery in Sarouja, Damascus, recently hosted 32 paintings by Syrian artist Hamsah Shalhoub in her first solo exhibition.A graduate of…

Nawwar Jabbour 27 August , 2024
US envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello at a press conference following the unconstructive Sudan peace talks in Geneva. Reuters
Politics

Envoys empty handed after Sudanese army skips peace talks

The latest initiative to negotiate a ceasefire in Sudan has collapsed after one of the two warring parties failed to attend the talks in Switzerland…

27 August , 2024
Just when you think you have the wind behind your back... Fares Garabet
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Just when you think you have the wind behind your back...

Fares Garabet 26 August , 2024
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Politics

Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17 September 2026

After rapid advances, the Yemeni rebel group is fortifying its positions along the vital maritime chokepoint, while intensifying pressure in southwestern Taiz, northern Lahj, and Marib

Ibrahim Jalal
Al Majalla
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
Axel Rangel García
Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16 September 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
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

16 September 2026

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
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 September 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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