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PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on September 1, 1989 in Tripoli, Libya. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Tensions mount between Arafat and al-Assad

In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 May , 2024
Demonstrators hold up painted hands as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on May 21, 2024. Kent Nishimura/AFP
Politics

Is the war in Gaza turning Israel into a pariah state?

If Israel needed any more evidence that it is rapidly turning into an international pariah because of the Gaza war, International Criminal Court…

David E. Rosenberg 23 May , 2024
ICC requests arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Cartoons

ICC requests arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Fares Garabet 23 May , 2024
Opinion

Ebrahim Raisi: The story of an entire regime in one man

When Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter came down in bad weather on 19 May, some hoped that a chapter of Iranian history may have gone down…

Houssam Itani 25 May , 2024
Chocolate manufacturers panic as cocoa prices skyrocket Nicola Ferrarese
Business & Economy

Chocolate manufacturers panic as cocoa prices skyrocket

A sharp rise in the price of cocoa in recent months has left lovers of the sweet treat wondering if they should stock up. A tonne of the precious…

Salwa Baalbaki 22 May , 2024

Red Sea Fashion Week, royal portraits and equestrian shows

May, 2024
FADEL SENNA / AFP
FADEL SENNA / AFP

A rider from the Beni Arous tribe interacts with his horse during the traditional equestrian game and performance 'Mata' near the village of Znied in Morocco's Larache province on May 17, 2024.

Fayez Nureldine / AFP
Fayez Nureldine / AFP

Models present the creation of Saudi designer Tima Abid during the Red Sea Fashion Week in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea resort of Ummahat Island on May 16, 2024.

HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

A visitor walks past a new official portrait of King Charles III, painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo and displayed at the Philip Mould Gallery on Pall Mall, central London, on May 16, 2024.

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Flowers laid outside the Iranian embassy in Moscow pay tribute to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of a helicopter crash.

REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

An Israeli protester surrounded by smoke from flare holds up a poster featuring a hostage who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on a Day of Disruption by anti-government protest groups.

AFP
AFP

Displaced Palestinian women talk in the courtyard of an UNRWA school in which they are taking shelter in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 17, 2024.

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

People run in front of the towers of the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral during a running festival in Moscow, Russia, May 19, 2024.

GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP
GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP

Aston Martin's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso drives at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track in Imola, Italy, on May 17, 2024, ahead of the Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP

A man takes selfies with chairs installed for the inauguration ceremony of Taiwan's President-elect Lai Ching-te and Vice President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on May 19, 2024.

Punit PARANJPE / AFP
Punit PARANJPE / AFP

A woman walks past Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers outside the polling station in Mumbai on May 20, 2024, during the fifth phase of voting in India's general election.

Saudi film director Tawfik al-Zaidi
Culture & Social Affairs

Saudi filmmaker Tawfik al-Zaidi gets candid in Cannes

Cannes, France: Saudi Arabia has scored its first official Cannes selection slot with its groundbreaking drama Norah, directed by Tawfik al-Zaidi…

Firas Al-Madi 22 May , 2024
Opinion

US-Iran talks limited to their own security interests

Since Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, indirect negotiations that had been taking place between the US and Iran to exchange detainees and release…

Alia Mansour 22 May , 2024
The coffin of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is carried on the shoulders of soldiers in the city of Tabriz on May 21, 2024. AFP
Politics

The death of Iran’s president will spark a high-stakes power struggle

Three years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi won the presidency in a rigged election, some Iranians thought it was a stepping stone to a bigger position. Ali…

The Economist 22 May , 2024
Sharon's surprise visit to Lebanon's presidential palace Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Sharon's surprise visit to Lebanon's presidential palace

In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged…

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 May , 2024
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Politics

Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17, Sep 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, 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
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

17, Sep 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, Sep 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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