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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) and Deputy Foreign Minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi react as they listen to President Hassan Rouhani (unseen) speaking during a press conference in Tehran on 3 April 2015 ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Zarif’s peace gambit meets Tehran’s limits

What made Mohammad Javad Zarif’s recent Foreign Affairs article so explosive was not simply what he proposed, but when and where he proposed it…

Alex Vatanka 15 April , 2026
Opinion

Lebanon’s Shiites are fighting a two-front war

The most prominent voices calling for an end to the state of war between Lebanon and Israel, for normalisation between the two countries, and…

Houssam Itani 15 April , 2026
China's Gordian knot: why it has no good options in Iran Axel Rangel García
Politics

China's Gordian knot: why it has no good options in Iran

Since the US and Israel waged war on Iran on 28 February, China has issued a cascade of diplomatic communiqués condemning the strikes, calling for a…

Shirley Ze Yu 15 April , 2026

Easter mass and babies born in displacement camps

Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP
Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP

This long-exposure photograph shows the light from candles held by Bulgarian Orthodox worshippers during a midnight Easter mass in front of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, on 12 April 2026.

AP/Emilio Morenatti
AP/Emilio Morenatti

Haifa Kenjo, who fled Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds her 15-day-old daughter Shiman inside the tent she uses as a shelter and where she gave birth to her in Beirut, on 12 April 2026.

AP /Jacquelyn Martin
AP /Jacquelyn Martin

US Vice President JD Vance walks up a flight of stairs to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on 11 April 2026, in Islamabad, for talks about Iran.

AP Photo/Martin Meissner
AP Photo/Martin Meissner

Two flamingos are shown at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, on a warm and sunny on, 9 April 2026.

AP/Emilio Morenatti
AP/Emilio Morenatti

Ali, 4, holds a toy horse next to the tent his family uses as a shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, on 8 April 2026.

ATTA KENARE / AFP
ATTA KENARE / AFP

Women walk past a wall mural along the roadside in Tehran on 11 April 2026.

 REUTERS/Toby Melville
REUTERS/Toby Melville

A green woodpecker looks for food in Richmond Park, in London, Britain, on 13 April 2026.

NASA/Bill Ingalls/ REUTERS
NASA/Bill Ingalls/ REUTERS

The Artemis II crew capsule descends towards splashdown under parachutes, as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on 10 April 2026.

AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Muslim worshippers gather near the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the fajr dawn prayer in Jerusalem on 9 April 2026.

AP /Rafiq Maqbool
AP /Rafiq Maqbool

Friends and relatives carry the body of a legendary Bollywood singer, Asha Bhosle, for the funeral outside her home in Mumbai, India, on 13 April 2026.

Tight squeeze: economic effects of Iran war linger despite truce Julian D. Paulsen
Business & Economy

Tight squeeze: economic effects of Iran war linger despite truce

The moment that US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on 8 April 2026, markets breathed a sigh of relief after a period of acute…

Abdulfattah Khattab 14 April , 2026
The energy crisis won’t end right away, even if the Iran war does Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The energy crisis won’t end right away, even if the Iran war does

Oil markets got bearishly excited after the announcement late Tuesday of a ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran. Crude oil prices…

Keith Johnson 14 April , 2026
Swedish author Ia Genberg poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the 2024 International Booker Prize 2024 award announcement ceremony, at Tate Modern in central London, on 21 May 2024. BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

From fever dreams to fiction: the unscripted world of Ia Genberg

Two years ago, the Swedish novelist Ia Genberg’s The Details was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Earlier this year, her latest work,…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 14 April , 2026
Can NATO survive the US-Iran war? Al Majalla
Politics

Can NATO survive the US-Iran war?

NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in US President Donald Trump's plan to blockade Iranian ports, ​proposing to intervene only…

Omer Onhon 14 April , 2026
Opinion

Hezbollah is trying to sabotage the Lebanon-Israel talks

It came as no surprise when the Syrian authorities announced that they had dismantled an explosive device intended for use against a religious figure…

Alia Mansour 13 April , 2026
Jared Kushner and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif interact in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 April 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS
Politics

‘Kushner and Witkoff spoiled the US-Iran talks’

After a taxing 21 hours, US Vice President JD Vance thanked Pakistan for hosting US-Iran talks but ultimately concluded that “Iran was not prepared…

Kamal Alam 13 April , 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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