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Greenland: the frozen Arctic island that Trump wants Al Majalla
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Greenland: the frozen Arctic island that Trump wants

Greenland, an ice-capped country located between the United States and Russia, is rapidly emerging as a geopolitical frontline as the Arctic slowly…

Al Majalla - London 27 January , 2026
Opinion

Lebanon's handling of Syrian prisoners will be telling

Syria and Lebanon have finally taken a significant step towards resolving one of the most persistent issues between them. The two countries are close…

Alia Mansour 27 January , 2026
US President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during the World Economic Forum in Davos on 21 January 2026.
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Politics

Trump's Nile mediation offer raises eyebrows in Egypt

US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to mediate the longstanding water-sharing dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia can, on the surface, be…

Amr Emam 27 January , 2026
Lebanese pop star Haifa Wehbe performs during the Batroun International Festival in the coastal city of Batroun, north of Beirut. ANWAR AMRO / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanon finds an anthem out of the reach of drones

As I waited for the flight from Athens to Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, a buoyant British man sat nearby, absorbed in a book. His good…

Samer Abou Hawwach 27 January , 2026
US plans for 'New Gaza' despite continuous killings
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US plans for 'New Gaza' despite continuous killings

Fares Garabet 26 January , 2026
'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare' Al Majalla
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'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare'

Israel’s war on Gaza has shattered every known benchmark of modern conflict, says Rony Brauman, former president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

Elie Kossaifi 26 January , 2026
The Blue Nile River after the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, on 6 November 2020.
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Science & Technology

Global water bankruptcy and what can be done about it

While eyes have been fixed on stock markets, currency fluctuations, and political headlines, a recent United Nations report sounded an alarm that…

Mohammed Mansour 26 January , 2026
European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (L) and Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira shake hands after signing a EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Asuncion, Paraguay, on 17 January 2026. LUIS ROBAYO / AFP
Business & Economy

Europe and South America seal a trade pact for the Trump era

The European Union and Mercosur, a bloc of South American countries, first started negotiating their trade deal last century. In 1999, Bill Clinton…

The Economist 26 January , 2026
Al Majalla's Film Watch: the best of Youssef Chahine Al Majalla
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Al Majalla's Film Watch: the best of Youssef Chahine

Over a legendary career spanning 58 years, Youssef Chahine directed around 40 films, including several shorts and documentaries. On the centenary of…

Areej Jamal 25 January , 2026
Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump Karagh Byrne
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump

At a time of deepening tensions with Washington over US President Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland, the ancestry of the country’s…

Con Coughlin 25 January , 2026
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Eduardo Ramon
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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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