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Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment? Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

Less than a month old, the Iran war has already been talked of as an epochal, transformative moment in world geopolitics. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in…

Christopher Phillips 24 March , 2026
What ads on AI platforms mean for users and firms Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

What ads on AI platforms mean for users and firms

Imagine everything you shared with ChatGPT—whether relating to your health, fears, vulnerabilities, or intimacies—is, in fact, not private. Imagine…

Marco Mossad 24 March , 2026
Hormuz bypasses? Few alternatives, great risks Al Majalla
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Hormuz bypasses? Few alternatives, great risks

Since late February, the Strait of Hormuz—the artery for nearly 20% of global oil and gas flows—has been effectively shut, following Iranian…

Al Majalla - London 24 March , 2026
Opinion

Are the US and Iran fighting their final war?

Wars do not always carry the same meaning. At times, they proclaim power at its height; at others, they mark the first clear sign of its limits…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 March , 2026
The US-Iran war is mainly good news for Russia Dominic Bugatto
Politics

The US-Iran war is mainly good news for Russia

Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the first Soviet secret police organisation and precursor to the KGB, reportedly once said that “lately, politics…

Anton Mardasov 23 March , 2026
A Palestinian volunteer works to rescue and restore damaged books and manuscripts inside the library of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City, on 26 February 2026.
 OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Cultural genocide: Israel's war on Palestinian memory

Throughout its continuing war on Gaza, Israeli forces have waged a parallel and distinct campaign of annihilation against Palestinian culture,…

Atef Abu Seif 23 March , 2026
The US-Iran war puts the entire world at risk
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The US-Iran war puts the entire world at risk

Fares Garabet 22 March , 2026
Opinion

When the cost of inaction is greater than the cost of war

Iran has lost much of its power over the past two years. It has seen the reach of its militia arms across the region diminished, and its military…

Alia Mansour 22 March , 2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) on 4 September 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP
Politics

Israel's lack of strategy makes for aimless wars

Both opponents of Israel and its supporters in the Middle East and beyond share a common misconception: that Israel has an overall strategy guiding…

Elizabeth Tsurkov 22 March , 2026
How trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain Eoin Ryan
Science & Technology

How trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain

Research increasingly suggests that wars, conflicts, and major political ruptures do not pass through human life without consequence, but rather…

Alaa Emara 21 March , 2026
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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

04 September 2026

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Al Majalla-Reuters
Politics

From the war on terror to networked security

07 September 2026

The main change since 9/11 is that military security has become one component of a much wider security ecosystem

Lina Khatib
Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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