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Opinion

Why Iraq is now the Middle East’s persistent headache

As the shaky between the United States and Iran continues to hold, there are growing concerns about the role Iraq is increasingly playing across a…

Saud Al-Masaud 01 June , 2026
When peace struggles to shape up Fares Garabet
Cartoons

When peace struggles to shape up

Fares Garabet 01 June , 2026
Opinion

Suez and Hormuz: more intersections than we think

After the Suez War, Winston Churchill was asked whether he would have acted as Prime Minister Anthony Eden had done over the 1956 conflict. “I would…

Ibrahim Hamidi 31 May , 2026
Raúl Castro was Cuban president from 2006 to 2018, having served as Minister for the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. AFP
Profiles

Raúl Castro: the soldier who made Fidel’s revolution endure

Cuba’s quieter Castro brother, Raúl, built the military and institutional architecture that allowed the revolution to outlast charisma, crisis, and…

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 31 May , 2026
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter affiliated with Iran's separatist Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), mans a position north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Safin Hamid/AFP
Politics

Why Iran’s militant Kurds stayed out of the US-Iran war

In the first weeks after the US-Israel war against Iran, something unusual was happening in Erbil’s car dealerships. Representatives of Iranian…

Alex Vatanka 31 May , 2026
Opinion

When the Palestinian vacuum becomes a Jordanian question

The Palestinian question no longer ends with the failure of the two-state solution, the death of Oslo, or even the rise of an extremist Israeli right…

Malek Al Athamna 30 May , 2026
Almost overnight, sulphuric acid became something closely watched by copper producers, fertiliser manufacturers, and mining companies. Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

How China turned an obscure chemical into a tool of influence

Under normal circumstances, a substance such as sulphuric acid attracts little attention outside industrial circles. Few people follow its price…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 30 May , 2026
People view the 23-foot Lamp Bear outdoor sculpture of a teddy bear by artist Urs Fischer on 8 April 2011 in New York City. Getty Images via AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Can collections alone define an exhibition’s identity and meaning?

Placing the works of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat beside those of Andy Warhol, a figure of immense influence in New York’s art scene and a…

Farouk Yousif 30 May , 2026
A would-be challenger to the unpopular Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer may soon be elected as a Member of Parliament. AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla
Politics

Britain's next leader could be made in little-known Makerfield

In the little-known constituency of Makerfield in northern England, the leadership of the United Kingdom for the next three years could soon be…

Bryn Haworth 30 May , 2026
The fall of the red line: from Maduro to Khamenei Mark Smith
Politics

The fall of the red line: from Maduro to Khamenei

For decades, Washington maintained legal and political restraints against assassination, mindful that opening the door would pose a danger to the…

Al Majalla - London 29 May , 2026
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Pep Boatella
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

Najeeb Mubarak

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