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Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump Karagh Byrne
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump

At a time of deepening tensions with Washington over US President Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland, the ancestry of the country’s…

Con Coughlin 25 January , 2026
Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order

With a hesitant United Nations endorsement, the proposed Board of Peace was initially devised to uphold the ceasefire in Gaza, oversee reconstruction…

Tarek Rashed 25 January , 2026
A man walks past a mural depicting SDF supporters raising a flag showing the face of Abdullah Öcalan, the founding leader of the PKK, in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on December 16, 2024. Delil Souleiman/AFP
Politics

The SDF: from chosen US security partner to liability

Since its inception under American auspices, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has served as the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State…

Subhi Franjieh 24 January , 2026
Will US involvement change Venezuela’s role in OPEC? Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Will US involvement change Venezuela’s role in OPEC?

Venezuela’s relationship with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stretches back decades. In September 1960, Venezuela stood…

Faisal Faeq 24 January , 2026
Opinion

Emerging Kurdish divisions threaten Syria’s peace

The Syrian army's operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), launched in Aleppo in the first week of January, upended Syria’s political…

Omer Onhon 23 January , 2026
Somalia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Omar in Mogadishu, on 26 October 2024. Somalia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Somali foreign minister eyes Saudi-Egypt alliance

Somalia, a geostrategic nation of approximately 19 million people located on the Horn of Africa, has endured long-standing political and economic…

Ahmed Maher 23 January , 2026
Norwegian author Jon Fosse receives the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature during the award ceremony at the concert hall in Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AF
Culture & Social Affairs

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: my language is my homeland

The Norwegian novelist, playwright, and poet Jon Fosse was in Saudi Arabia recently to discuss the art of writing at the King Abdulaziz Centre for…

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 23 January , 2026
Opinion

US-NATO crisis averted after Greenland issue 'resolved'

Having threatened to cause the biggest rift in the history of the NATO alliance over his statement that the US has to "have" Greenland, US President…

Con Coughlin 22 January , 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Friday, 16 January 2026. Sean Kilpatrick/Pool via REUTERS
Business & Economy

Geoeconomic concerns top Global Risk Report

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, published earlier this month, cited geoeconomic confrontation as a top risk for the year, with…

Majalla 22 January , 2026
Trump to SDF: 'Your services are no longer needed'
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Trump to SDF: 'Your services are no longer needed'

Fares Garabet 22 January , 2026
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Pete Reynolds
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Ukraine: the war that shook the world

23 February 2026

The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.

Christopher Phillips
Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump has few good options on Iran

16 February 2026

As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.

Michael Horowitz
Reuters / Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new tariff threats

21 February 2026

The immediate economic impact will be more uncertainty

The Economist
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Politics

Ex-Prince Andrew's arrest rocks the British monarchy

20 February 2026

His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Con Coughlin
Aliaa Aboukhaddour
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The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

16 February 2026

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

Charbel Khoury

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