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Hormuz is open, but obstacles to trade still linger
Business & Economy

Hormuz is open, but obstacles to trade still linger

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the United States and Iran on 17 June has delivered the outcome that energy markets were most…

Neil Quilliam 23 June , 2026
A placard is held at a protest marking ten years since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 and calling for closer cooperation between Britain and Europe, in London, Britain, 20 June 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor
Politics

10 years on, Brexit continues to divide Britons

Ten years ago, when the UK voted by a narrow majority to leave the European Union in a bitterly contested national referendum, the importance of the…

Con Coughlin 22 June , 2026
New laws will embed Israel in US security agencies Al Majalla
Politics

New laws will embed Israel in US security agencies

Friends of Israel are getting creative at designing new policies in Washington to strengthen the Jewish state, despite growing American public…

Robert Ford 21 June , 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) speaks with Saudi Arabia's envoy to Lebanon, Yazid bin Farhan, on 14 January 2026. Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP
Business & Economy

Lebanon reopens its Gulf gateway as exports return to Saudi Arabia

In early June, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the resumption of Lebanese exports to Saudi Arabia, marking a notable thaw in relations…

Thuraya Shahin 21 June , 2026
This aerial photograph shows an inundated area in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province on 31 May 2026, following recent flooding as water levels from the Euphrates River rise. BAKR ALKASEM / AFP
Politics

Preventing the next Euphrates flood

Severe flooding at the end of May in Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa has understandably been described as a disaster. Water levels rose quickly, overwhelming…

Haid Haid 21 June , 2026
Iran uses its leverage against the US
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Iran uses its leverage against the US

Fares Garabet 21 June , 2026
Remnants of war, such as a Soviet fighter jet, tanks and a military vehicle, are displayed at the Manzar-e-Jahad or the Jihad Museum that commemorates the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion of 1979, in Herat on 6 January 2026. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
Politics

The Russian military returns to Afghanistan 37 years later

In February 1989, when the Soviet army’s last soldier crossed the Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya River back into Soviet Uzbekistan, no one…

Kamal Alam 21 June , 2026
A picture taken on 24 January 2014 shows covers of the comic series Tintin translated into several languages at the Casterman publisher headquarters in Brussels.  AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

From Tintin to Tetouan: the rise of Moroccan comics

For years, comics, also known as graphic narratives, were confined to the fringes of Moroccan culture. And yet, over the decades, they have evolved…

Najeeb Mubarak 21 June , 2026
Opinion

Hormuz may reopen, but the deal is strewn with mines

Attention is turning to the Strait of Hormuz. How soon can the strait reopen? How will the mines be cleared? When will oil tankers and supply lines…

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 June , 2026
Bill Pulte, nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sits on the day of a Senate committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 27 February 2025. Retuers
Profiles

Bill Pulte: the Trump-friendly acting intelligence director

In keeping with Donald Trump’s tendency to choose loyalists over specialists for his administration, the US President has appointed his friend Bill…

Tarek Rashed 21 June , 2026
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Syria takes on Iran’s proxies

12, Nov 2026

Our cover story this week explores the opportunities and risks accompanying Syria's shift from being a corridor of Iranian influence to a state intent on containing it

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Business & Economy

Jensen Huang is out. His successor has the toughest job in tech

13, Nov 2026

A company built around one man must now learn to run without him

The Economist
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why the midterms complicate Trump's search for an Iran deal

14, Nov 2026

Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower
Ibrahim Arafath
Science & Technology

AI in medicine: can a selfie tell how long we might live?

15, Nov 2026

Artificial intelligence can analyse facial features for clues to biological ageing and cancer survival, but further validation is needed before clinical use

Alaa Emara
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The Democrats’ old guard faces a progressive revolt 

15, Nov 2026

Following an historic landslide, a new progressive wave is calling for establishment figures to step aside and make way for new blood who better represent the future direction of the party

Tarek Rashed

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