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Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst Barbara Gibson
Business & Economy

Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst

The regional economic fallout from the Israel-Iran war has shaken trajectories, transformed expectations, and caused headaches in Arab capitals, not…

Marcelle Nasr 18 June , 2025
Opinion

The contours of Israel's imperial project are taking shape

On 9 April 2003, as US forces entered Baghdad’s Firdos Square, a group of young men emerged from a nearby alley and made their way toward the…

Houssam Itani 18 June , 2025
Philip K. Dick: the novelist whose ideas inspired a sci-fi generation
Culture & Social Affairs

Philip K. Dick: the novelist whose ideas inspired a sci-fi generation

Philosophising through cinema can be done in one of two ways. Philosophical thought can either be reinterpreted through film, or else filmmakers can…

Khalid al-Ghannami 18 June , 2025

Israel launches war on Iran and more from the world

Majid Asgaripour / REUTERS
Majid Asgaripour / REUTERS

Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on the Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2025

AP/Mark Schiefelbein
AP/Mark Schiefelbein

Fireworks burst over the Ellipse during an event to honour the Army's 250th anniversary, coinciding with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington.

Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP
Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP

Alter-Ego, a humanoid robot developed by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), stands in front of dolphins during a test event at the Aquarium of Genoa, northern Italy, on June 10, 2025.

REUTERS / Thomas Mukoya
REUTERS / Thomas Mukoya

An assortment of 7000 illicit firearms and small weapons, recovered during various security operations, are burnt, near Nairobi, Kenya June 13, 2025.

AP / Ebrahim Noroozi
AP / Ebrahim Noroozi

The Taliban pray on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Thomas COEX / AFP
Thomas COEX / AFP

People visiting the Cathedral's cloister in Segovia, in the northern Spanish region of Castile and Leon, on June 15, 2025.

REUTERS / Adrees Latif
REUTERS / Adrees Latif

Pervez, 5, swims among buffaloes cooling off in the Upper Chenab Canal during a heatwave in Gujranwala, Pakistan, June 15, 2025.

Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP
Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP

A relative mourns during a special prayer ceremony organised for victims killed in the Air India Flight 171 crash, before their funeral ceremony in Ahmedabad on June 15, 2025.

Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP
Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP

Migrants walk in the water to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on June 16, 2025.

REUTERS/David Swanson
REUTERS/David Swanson

A protester rides an electric hoverboard while holding a Mexican flag during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, at City Hall in Los Angeles, California, US, on June 15, 2025.

Can diplomacy stop the Israel-Iran war before it's too late? Axel Rangel García
Politics

Can diplomacy stop the Israel-Iran war before it's too late?

Israel’s unprecedented attacks on Iran on 13 June have essentially morphed into an effective war, with Israel and Iran now both hitting each other’s…

Arash Azizi 17 June , 2025
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty (R) receives Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Cairo, Egypt, on 2 June 2025. Reuters
Politics

No matter who wins the Israel-Iran war, Egypt stands to lose

Egypt has called for an end to the Israel-Iran conflagration and a resolution via peaceful means. It has several reasons to be against the current…

Amr Emam 17 June , 2025
Opinion

Iran’s delusions of regional power are being swept away

Israel’s war on Iran marks a landmark moment for the Middle East. It marks the end of the Iranian era, during which it exercised dominance over other…

Alia Mansour 17 June , 2025
Iran has enough material to build 10 nuclear bombs Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

Iran has enough material to build 10 nuclear bombs

Iran now has enough material for at least 10 nuclear bombs if further enriched to 90%. Reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…

Al Majalla - London 17 June , 2025
Opinion

Iran has no place in Netanyahu's 'new Middle East' vision

To understand the current fighting between Iran and Israel, it helps to know how the world changed since the Middle East’s last big wars, and…

Ibrahim Hamidi 16 June , 2025
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. OHN WESSELS / AFP
Business & Economy

How the Israel-Iran flare-up is impacting the global economy

The direct military confrontation between Israel and Iran that erupted on 13 June instantly rattled global markets, sending oil prices soaring and…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 16 June , 2025
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

As Sharaa steps into the White House, Syria steps into the US orbit

09 November 2025

In what could be a historic turning point in US-Syria relations, the new government in Damascus will likely join the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS)

Subhi Franjieh
Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa

10 November 2025

On Monday, the Syrian president shook hands with Trump at the White House. Speaking to Al Majalla, a former State Department official explains why this is a moment she could have never imagined.

Ibrahim Hamidi
AFP-Reuters-Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim mayor of New York

04 November 2025

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

Tarek Rashed
Ewan White
Politics

How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

Al Majalla - London

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