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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'
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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
A general view of a concrete block marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, on 4 November 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Is Israel annexing more than half of Gaza?

Early in December, Israel’s military chief raised the alarm of the international community, saying the so-called yellow line in Gaza is the country’s…

Giovanni Legorano 22 January , 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on 21 January 2026. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP
Politics

In Davos, a tale of two speeches

DAVOS, Switzerland: Let’s get the headline out of the way first. After reading out a long speech from a teleprompter that listed out various domestic…

Ravi Agrawal 22 January , 2026
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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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