ع
Sections
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
Regions
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
More
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • Newsletter

LATEST ISSUE

Latest Issue
Magazine Archive
النسخة العربية
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Search
Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order

With a hesitant United Nations endorsement, the proposed Board of Peace was initially devised to uphold the ceasefire in Gaza, oversee reconstruction…

Tarek Rashed 25 January , 2026
A man walks past a mural depicting SDF supporters raising a flag showing the face of Abdullah Öcalan, the founding leader of the PKK, in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on December 16, 2024. Delil Souleiman/AFP
Politics

The SDF: from chosen US security partner to liability

Since its inception under American auspices, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has served as the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State…

Subhi Franjieh 24 January , 2026
Will US involvement change Venezuela’s role in OPEC? Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Will US involvement change Venezuela’s role in OPEC?

Venezuela’s relationship with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stretches back decades. In September 1960, Venezuela stood…

Faisal Faeq 24 January , 2026
Opinion

Emerging Kurdish divisions threaten Syria’s peace

The Syrian army's operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), launched in Aleppo in the first week of January, upended Syria’s political…

Omer Onhon 23 January , 2026
Somalia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Omar in Mogadishu, on 26 October 2024. Somalia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Politics

Somali foreign minister eyes Saudi-Egypt alliance

Somalia, a geostrategic nation of approximately 19 million people located on the Horn of Africa, has endured long-standing political and economic…

Ahmed Maher 23 January , 2026
Norwegian author Jon Fosse receives the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature during the award ceremony at the concert hall in Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AF
Culture & Social Affairs

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: my language is my homeland

The Norwegian novelist, playwright, and poet Jon Fosse was in Saudi Arabia recently to discuss the art of writing at the King Abdulaziz Centre for…

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 23 January , 2026
Opinion

US-NATO crisis averted after Greenland issue 'resolved'

Having threatened to cause the biggest rift in the history of the NATO alliance over his statement that the US has to "have" Greenland, US President…

Con Coughlin 22 January , 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Friday, 16 January 2026. Sean Kilpatrick/Pool via REUTERS
Business & Economy

Geoeconomic concerns top Global Risk Report

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, published earlier this month, cited geoeconomic confrontation as a top risk for the year, with…

Majalla 22 January , 2026
Trump to SDF: 'Your services are no longer needed'
Cartoons

Trump to SDF: 'Your services are no longer needed'

Fares Garabet 22 January , 2026
Opinion

Syria’s deals with Assad-era cronies raise unsettling questions

While Syrians’ attention was fixed on the fighting in Aleppo earlier this month, another story was steadily taking over public debate: the government…

Haid Haid 22 January , 2026
  •  Load More
  • Editor's Pick
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

Sign up for our Weekly Newsletter

Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.

Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.

CARTOON

Trump takes new stab at ending Ukraine war

MORE CARTOON
logo
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • About Al Majalla
  • Al Majalla Team
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
logo

© Al Majalla Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

0:00:00
0:00:00