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A smarter ball, or a safer one? The header dilemma facing world football Sara Gironi Carnevale
Science & Technology

A smarter ball, or a safer one? The header dilemma facing world football

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 gets underway in the US, Canada, and Mexico amid mounting controversy, aspects of the world’s most popular sport are under…

Marco Mossad 18 June , 2026
US-Iran deal sealed. Strait of Hormuz now open.
Cartoons

US-Iran deal sealed. Strait of Hormuz now open.

Al Majalla - London 18 June , 2026
Türkiye's main opposition CHP party's court-installed leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, delivers a speech at the party's headquarters in Ankara on 30 May 2026. Adem ALTAN / AFP
Politics

Türkiye’s opposition is now a shell of its former self 

It feels like a long time since the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Türkiye defeated the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the 2024…

Omer Onhon 17 June , 2026

World Cup vignettes and Lebanon's displaced return

June, 2026
Luis ROBAYO / AFP
Luis ROBAYO / AFP

A childhood friend of Maradona stands at "El Potrero de D10S" field in Villa Fiorito, outside of Buenos Aires, on 13 June 2026, where the football legend took his first steps playing soccer at his childhood club, Estrella Roja.

REUTERS/Victor Medina
REUTERS/Victor Medina

A young football fan looks on from outside a hotel where the Iran team is staying ahead of their first match in Tijuana, Mexico, on 14 June 2026.

AP /Mohammed Zaatari
AP /Mohammed Zaatari

A displaced woman waits to return to her village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on 15 June 2026.

EYAD BABA / AFP
EYAD BABA / AFP

A Palestinian boy washes himself in a makeshift shelter at Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp on 11 June 2026.

JOEL SAGET / AFP
JOEL SAGET / AFP

A visitor looks at the latest artwork of French artist JR, "La Caverne du Pont Neuf" ("The Pont Neuf Cave") on the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris on 15 June 2026.

ELISABETTA TREVISAN / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP
ELISABETTA TREVISAN / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP

Pope Leo XIV leading a Holy Mass at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Island of Tenerife on 12 June 2026.

REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, after it was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 15 June 2026.

REUTERS/Enea Lebrun
REUTERS/Enea Lebrun

Workers of the Panama Canal Authority carry out maintenance work inside the locks' tunnels during a media visit as the Gatun Locks undergo maintenance at the Panama Canal, in Colón, Panama, on 15 June 2026.

Amaury PAUL / AFP
Amaury PAUL / AFP

Tourists wearing rented traditional Thai costumes pose for photographs at Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok on 11 June 2026.

Kent NISHIMURA / AFP
Kent NISHIMURA / AFP

Brazil's Diego Lopes and America's Steve Garcia fight in the featherweight bout during the "UFC Freedom 250" mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on 14 June 2026.

Trump has his Iran deal. How soon until oil prices come down? AlMajalla
Business & Economy

Trump has his Iran deal. How soon until oil prices come down?

Now that Iran and the United States have reached a memorandum of understanding to end direct hostilities, especially in the contested Strait of…

Keith Johnson 17 June , 2026
Opinion

Syria’s civic opening is being tested one lawsuit at a time

The fall of the Assad regime created a rare civic opening Syria had not seen in decades. Syrians have crossed an invisible line and begun asking…

Haid Haid 17 June , 2026
Supporters of the Houthi movement demonstrate in solidarity with Iran in Sana'a, Yemen, on 10 April, 2026. Reuters
Politics

The problem with the 'Axis of Resistance' narrative on Palestine

The term ‘Axis of Defiance’ was once associated with a number of Arab states opposed to any peace agreement with Israel, particularly after the…

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil 17 June , 2026
Iran’s frozen assets at the centre of nuclear talks Al Majalla
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Iran’s frozen assets at the centre of nuclear talks

Billions of dollars in frozen assets have emerged as one of the most significant issues in the latest round of US-Iran negotiations, with Tehran…

Al Majalla - London 16 June , 2026
World Cup songs: from local themes to global industry Stefano Summo
Culture & Social Affairs

World Cup songs: from local themes to global industry

Rewind almost a century, to the 1930s, and the FIFA World Cup had no need to produce an official song or fashion a unified sonic identity. This was a…

Najeeb Mubarak 16 June , 2026
Beware of the trending 'Tayyibat Diet' Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Science & Technology

Beware of the trending 'Tayyibat Diet'

Last August, an Egyptian man in his 50s with Type 1 diabetes went to work as usual, used his glucose meter, and discovered that his blood sugar level…

Mohammed Mansour 16 June , 2026
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Gregori Saavedra
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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

Baghdad, London - Al Majalla
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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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Politics

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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