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Will the latest US sanctions on Russia tip the scales?

US President Donald Trump's decision to impose hard-hitting sanctions against Russia's leading oil companies is an indication of his deepening…

Con Coughlin 23 October , 2025
To work together or warn against? That is the AI question Grace Russell
Science & Technology

To work together or warn against? That is the AI question

The world is witnessing an unprecedented convergence of international efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI), alongside a deepening reliance…

Marco Mossad 23 October , 2025
Syria mulls expanding PKK deal with Türkiye
Documents & Memoirs

Syria mulls expanding PKK deal with Türkiye

Syria and Türkiye are currently in discussions to expand the scope of a key diplomatic deal which brought them back from the brink of military…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 October , 2025
US President Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a signed agreement on rare earths and critical minerals during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025.
Business & Economy

The countries courting Trump with critical minerals

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became the latest leader to use critical minerals as a fast-track into US President Donald Trump's good…

Rishi Iyengar 23 October , 2025
Trump-Putin summit: to meet or not to meet?
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Trump-Putin summit: to meet or not to meet?

Fares Garabet 23 October , 2025
Opinion

How the nation defeated the people

Without intending to, the instigators of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” have inadvertently revived a longstanding dilemma in modern Arab political thought: the…

Houssam Itani 22 October , 2025
Forging Syrian national unity is key to regional peace AFP_Al Majalla
Politics

Forging Syrian national unity is key to regional peace

The Gaza ceasefire has been the culminating step in a dramatic reordering of the Middle East. With the crushing defeat of the Islamic State (IS) as a…

James Jeffrey 22 October , 2025
Opinion

After Gaza comes the war of narratives

The war on Gaza has ended...for now. Both Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, have acquiesced to the terms put forward by US President…

Alia Mansour 22 October , 2025
The evolution of the influencer Sara Padovan
Culture & Social Affairs

The evolution of the influencer

In recent years, influencers have used their prominent presence on digital platforms to generate buzz, shape public opinion, and influence not only…

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali 22 October , 2025

Sunflower fields, airshow acrobatics, and more

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Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP

An Afghan boy stands in a sunflower field in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province on October 21, 2025.

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REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

A boy covers his ears with his hands as the South Korean Air Force Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the Seoul International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition (ADEX) in Seongnam, South Korea, October 17, 2025.

Jewel SAMAD / AFP
Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Tourists ride camels at a desert resort in Dubai at sunset on October 19, 2025.

REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

A woman mourns next to a mural depicting the late former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, on the day he died, in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 15, 2025.

Satish BABU / AFP
Satish BABU / AFP

Women celebrate Diwali by lighting firecrackers at a school hostel in Chennai on October 19, 2025.

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TIMOTHY A.CLARY / AFP

A person dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume participates in a "No Kings" national day of protest in New York on October 18, 2025.

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AP/Niranjan Shrestha

A dog from Nepal's Armed Police Force showcases its skills at the kennel division during the Kukkur Tihar festival in Kathmandu on October 20, 2025.

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ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP

Students of the University of St Andrews take part in the annual "Raisin Monday Foam Fight" at the Lower College Lawn in St Andrews, eastern Scotland, on October 20, 2025.

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LOU BENOIST / AFP

Three-month-old West African lion cubs are nursing from their mother at Cerza Zoo in Lisieux, France, on October 17, 2025.

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Frederic DIDES / AFP

Soldiers demonstrate their artillery abilities at the French Army camp of Canjuers, in the Var department, southeastern France, on October 20, 2025.

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Business & Economy

The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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