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Trump has few good options on Iran Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump has few good options on Iran

There are two Donald Trumps staring at Iran, and neither the Islamic Republic nor Israel knows which one will ultimately prevail. The first is the …

Michael Horowitz 16 February , 2026
What war with Iran would look like Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

What war with Iran would look like

Washington and Tehran may be closer to military confrontation than at any point in memory, but they are not on the brink of war in any conventional…

Arash Reisinezhad and Arsham Reisinezhad 14 February , 2026
Unpacking Netanyahu’s rush to Washington Al Majalla
Politics

Unpacking Netanyahu’s rush to Washington

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington this week for the seventh meeting between him and US President Donald Trump, he…

Michael Horowitz 11 February , 2026
Will Israel derail US-Iran negotiations?
Cartoons

Will Israel derail US-Iran negotiations?

Fares Garabet 11 February , 2026

Epstein files outcry and more from the world

Martin BUREAU / AFP
Martin BUREAU / AFP

This photograph taken in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, outside Paris on February 9, 2026 shows undated pictures provided by the US Department of Justice on 30 January 2026 as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP
Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP

Buildings are seen through a veil of fog rolling over the Al-Salmeyya district in Kuwait City on 9 February 2026.

REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

A Palestinian girl plays with another as she pushes wheelchair at a tent camp sheltering Palestinians who were displaced during the two-year Israeli offensive, in Gaza City, on 9 February 2026.

AP / Vincent Thian
AP / Vincent Thian

Chinese folk performance known as da shuhua, or molten iron fireworks ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, on 9 February 2026.

AP /Michael Probst
AP /Michael Probst

The Baltic Sea is frozen along the beach in Sierksdorf, northern Germany, on 8 February 2026.

REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

A drone view of a maze with hedges illustrating the shape of a map of Ireland, including each county, in Tullow, Ireland, on 8 February 2026.

JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
JUNG YEON-JE / AFP

South Korean students wearing traditional hanbok dresses bow as they attend a graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at a girls' high school in Seoul on 5 February 2026.

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Divers wearing traditional Korean costume hanbok perform with a stingray during an event in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year at an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, on 10 February 2026.

Joseph EID / AFP
Joseph EID / AFP

A girl walks past shelters at the Imam Ali Housing Compound, where displaced Lebanese and Syrian refugee Shiite Muslims take refuge by the city of Hermel in Lebanon's northeastern Bekaa valley on 4 February 2026.

MARVIN RECINOS / AFP
MARVIN RECINOS / AFP

A Catholic faithful bathes during the pilgrimage of the Child Jesus and the Child Zarco at the El Chorreron waterfall in Santa Maria Ostuma, El Salvador, on 4 February 2026.

Molière AFP-Reuters
Culture & Social Affairs

The strange loop of artificial creation

Boredom, frenzy, and unintended consequences await anyone who tries to generate something expressive or artistic through artificial intelligence…

Emanuele Bottazzi Grifoni 05 February , 2026
Could Trump actually buy Greenland? Sara Gironi Carnevale
Documents & Memoirs

Could Trump actually buy Greenland?

“There are some places that are never for sale.” American President Donald Trump was told this to his face—not at the recent World Economic Forum in…

Steve Hewitt 31 January , 2026
Six factors shaping Trump’s calculus on Iran Reuters-Al Majalla
Politics

Six factors shaping Trump’s calculus on Iran

No one truly knows what Donald Trump will ultimately decide to do about Iran in the coming weeks—perhaps even Trump himself. But for a US president…

Brian Katulis 27 January , 2026

The aurora borealis, Chinese New Year and more

NACKSTRAND / AFP
NACKSTRAND / AFP

The aurora borealis lights up the sky above the Nuuk cathedral in Nuuk, Greenland, on 23 January 2026.

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Light installations decorate the Zigong International Lantern Festival ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zigong, Sichuan province, China, on 23 January 2026.

REUTERS/Mike Segar
REUTERS/Mike Segar

A male Northern Cardinal bird perches on a branch during heavy snowfall as a major winter storm spread snow across a large swath of the United States, in Nyack, New York, on 25 January 2026.

Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

Indian soldiers march during the country's 77th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on 26 January 2026.

Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP
Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP

A boatman steers a shikara during a spell of fresh snowfall at the Dal lake in Srinagar on 27 January 2026.

AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh
AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh

A large gathering of Hindu devotees is seen on Basant Panchami, the day which marks the advent of spring, at the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna during the annual fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on 23 January 2026.

INA FASSBENDER / AFP
INA FASSBENDER / AFP

Snow-covered mountains along the coastline with the Labrador Sea, a part of the North Atlantic Ocean near Nuuk, western Greenland, on 25 January 2026.

ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP

A man stretches at a lookout point next to the U Bein bridge, which spans the Taungthaman Lake, as the sun rises in Mandalay on 26 January 2026.

BASHAR TALEB / AFP
BASHAR TALEB / AFP

A Palestinian boy searches for recyclable material at a landfill against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 25 January 2026.

ATTA KENARE / AFP
ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian women walk past an anti-US billboard installed on a building at the Enqelab Square in Tehran on 26 January 2026.

Opinion

Four miscalculations by the SDF

The Syrian government’s rapid recapture of most areas formerly held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in under two weeks is not only a stunning…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 January , 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
Raven Jiang
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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