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Saudi Arabia is investing billions of dollars in AI and related technology as part of its Vision 2023 programme. Reuters
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia influences the global race for AI investment

When news broke at the end of March that Saudi Arabia was about to pump billions of dollars into Artificial Intelligence initiatives, few were…

Khaled Kassar 04 April , 2024
Israeli soldiers with their Merkava tanks near Gaza. A range of regional powers all willing and able to intervene increases the risk of conflict in the Middle East. Getty Images
Politics

Is a shifting balance of power causing Middle Eastern conflict?

Is the Middle East an unusually violent region? Judging by the world’s media, you’d be forgiven for thinking so. In fact, the reality is more nuanced…

Christopher Phillips 03 April , 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi walk together after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. AFP
Politics

Allies to a point: inside the complex Russia-Iran relationship

The gunmen who killed more than 140 people at a concert hall near Moscow last month have drawn attention to the relationship between Russia and Iran…

Lina Khatib 03 April , 2024

Sands, sky, storms, and sculptures

April, 2024
Getty Images
Getty Images

A storm casts a rainbow along the coast of Barcelona in Spain on 1 April 2024.

Finnbarr Webster / Getty Images
Finnbarr Webster / Getty Images

Ahead of the summer season opening, a sculptor takes a break at Weymouth's SandWorld Sculpture Park in the UK on 27 March 2024.

Michelle Spatari / AFP
Michelle Spatari / AFP

A man prays during Ramadan in the middle of the salt Lake Karum, in the Danakil Depression of the Afar region, in the heart of the Horn of Africa.

Mikhail Metzel / AFP
Mikhail Metzel / AFP

Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the 344th Army Aviation Centre of aircrews combat training and transition in Torzhok in the Tver region on 27 March 2024.

AFP
AFP

A police officer stands guard at a border checkpoint during a sandstorm in Erenhot in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on 27 March 2024.

Arif Ali / AFP
Arif Ali / AFP

Christians attend a Good Friday mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore on 29 March 2024.

AFP
AFP

The Jordanian army conduct a humanitarian aid airdrop over the northern Gaza Strip on 31 March 2024.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

Christian worshippers and clergy circle the Unction Stone at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday.

Morteza Nikoubazl / Getty Images
Morteza Nikoubazl / Getty Images

Iranian protesters shout anti-Israeli and anti-U.S. slogans after an Israeli air strike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, on 1 April 2024.

Chris McGrath / Getty Images
Chris McGrath / Getty Images

Flares and dancing as supporters celebrate the victory of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayor and Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate, on 1 April 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The story of football in Syria is the story of the country's social and political development Al Majalla / Alamy
Culture & Social Affairs

Football in Syria shows the social and political change of a nation

At the end of the school year in 1910, two students returned to Damascus from the American University in Beirut with their books, kit, and a new…

Nawwar Jabbour 03 April , 2024
Opinion

Palestine rallies show empathy for Gaza, not support for Hamas

Hamas named its 7 October attacks on Israel after the religious buildings in the old city of Jerusalem, including a famous mosque, which have become…

Alia Mansour 03 April , 2024
An Iranian 5,000 Rial note. Sky-high inflation is still causing lots of problems, despite growth figures being buoyed by oil. Shutterstock
Business & Economy

Tehran's press mourns Iran's economy... with worse to come

On 20 March, Iranians celebrated the arrival of the year 1403 according to the Persian Hijri solar calendar.Reading the country’s newspapers about…

Hanan Azizi 02 April , 2024
The US claims to champion the rules-based international system, but doing so requires that all states be held accountable for their actions - even allies. Lina Jaradat
Politics

The US is destroying the international system along with Gaza

For over five months, the world has witnessed an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.The videos of parents searching for their children buried…

Assal Rad 02 April , 2024
Cyber security in the Middle East by threats and revenue Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

Cyber security in the Middle East by threats and revenue

Cyber threats are continually developing in sophistication and impact, despite the advances in cyber-security technologies and practice.Cyber crime…

Al Majalla - London 02 April , 2024
Emergency personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Damascus on 1 April 2024. AFP
Politics

The last red line: Iran consulate strike shows the gloves are off

In the nearly six months of regional conflict that followed Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, many of the red lines that have traditionally…

Charles Lister 01 April , 2024
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Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand answers journalists' questions during an interview as part of her visit to the NATO headquarters in Brussels on 11 May 2026. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
Business & Economy

How Canada is navigating Trump’s threats

26, Sep 2026

Foreign Minister Anita Anand on how Ottawa is handling the US trade and tariff war

Ravi Agrawal
A B 1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase, after police declared a major incident in which several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, in Fairford, UK, on 27 September 2026. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
Politics

Alleged plot against UK airbase raises eyebrows

28, Sep 2026

Five Britons arrested near RAF Fairford base out on bail, as Iran condemns 'malicious speculation' about its alleged role

Con Coughlin
Pooja Sreenivasan
Science & Technology

How AI is giving forgotten books a new lease of life

29, Sep 2026

A wave of bulk purchases is sweeping through second-hand bookshops, but the lack of transparency is raising eyebrows

Mohammed Mansour
Lina Jaradat
Politics

The Houthis: the new Hezbollah?

24, Sep 2026

Just as Iran used Hezbollah to expand its influence in the Levant, it is now using the Houthis to give it leverage in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea amid its war with the US

Al Majalla - London

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