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From Buddha’s Smile to Nasr: inside India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry Shutterstock
Science & Technology

From Buddha’s Smile to Nasr: inside India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry

Since the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, relations between the two neighbours have remained tense, fluctuating between fragile truces and…

Mohammed Mansour 23 May , 2025
The priorities for Syria’s central bank after sanctions lifted Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The priorities for Syria’s central bank after sanctions lifted

After more than a decade of war, Syria faces enormous economic and social challenges. Since the outbreak of conflict in 2011, more than half of the…

Abdulkader Husrieh 23 May , 2025
Opinion

Turning tides? Israel's allies are finally criticising its war on Gaza

Having defied world opinion since the start of its uncompromising military campaign in Gaza, Israel suddenly finds itself under mounting…

Con Coughlin 23 May , 2025
Kurds await Türkiye's next move
Cartoons

Kurds await Türkiye's next move

Fares Garabet 22 May , 2025
An Iranian couple walk past mural paintings depicting scenes from the torture of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, on a major highway in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 1, 2004. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

From Abu Ghraib to Sde Teiman: rogue acts or systemic policy?

On 28 April 2004, a year after the US-led invasion of Iraq, CBS aired the first images of Abu Ghraib prison. In doing so, it exposed American…

Nour Bader 22 May , 2025
Lifting the veil on secret US-Assad talks
Documents & Memoirs

Lifting the veil on secret US-Assad talks

The short but important meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump in Riyadh on 14 May marked a pivotal shift in…

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 May , 2025

Snapshots from Kashmir, Palestine, Brazil and more

TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP
TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP

An Indian army soldier stands guard near the Line of Control (LoC) in India's Kashmir region on May 19, 2025.

Zain JAAFAR / AFP
Zain JAAFAR / AFP

A Palestinian man lifts a national flag as he walks on a road destroyed in Israeli raids at the entrance of the Tulkarm refugee camp on May 19, 2025.

REUTERS/Toby Melville
REUTERS/Toby Melville

A visitor views floristry design entries at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, on May 19, 2025.

Rafael Martins / AFP
Rafael Martins / AFP

A woman attends the Bembe do Mercado manifestation in Santo Amaro, Bahia State, Brazil, on May 18, 2025.

REUTERS/Enea Lebrun
REUTERS/Enea Lebrun

A man walks past vehicles taking part in the "Diablos Rojos" race, an annual competition featuring old school buses modified for use as personal transport, in La Chorrera, Panama, on May 18, 2025.

REUTERS/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
REUTERS/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain

A boy throws a polythene bag full of waste into Shuvadda Canal, which is under the pile of plastic waste, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 20, 2025.

Stefano Rellandini / AFP
Stefano Rellandini / AFP

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from the popemobile before a Holy Mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 18, 2025.

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

People attend a rally in support of federal workers outside the 26 Federal Plaza, a federal office building in New York City, US, on March 25, 2025.

Paul ELLIS / AFP
Paul ELLIS / AFP

Fans hold blue flares as they gather outside of Goodison Park ahead of the English Premier League football match between Everton and Southampton, in Liverpool, northwest England, on May 18, 2025.

TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng (R) and his wife (2nd R) offer alms to Buddhist monks during the annual 'Day of Remembrance' for the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Choeung Ek memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2025.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House AFP
Politics

Trump wants “wins" that Netanyahu refuses to deliver

US President Donald Trump has Israel on edge these past two weeks. The Israeli government has been blindsided several times. Behind closed doors,…

Michael Horowitz 20 May , 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen react after hosting a joint press conference during the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House in London on May 19, 2025. Carl Court / AFP
Business & Economy

Eyeing cheaper goods, the UK goes on a trade deal spree

Announcing a new UK/EU trade deal this week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted it would provide cheaper food and energy for British people…

Con Coughlin 20 May , 2025
Palestinian children receive malnourishment treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP
Politics

Israel under mounting international pressure to let aid into Gaza

UN's humanitarian aid chief, Tom Fletcher, said on 20 May that 14,000 Palestinian babies could die within 48 hours if aid does not reach them. His…

Salem Al Rayyes 20 May , 2025
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Axel Rangel Garcia
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As Sharaa steps into the White House, Syria steps into the US orbit

09 November 2025

In what could be a historic turning point in US-Syria relations, the new government in Damascus will likely join the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS)

Subhi Franjieh
Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa

10 November 2025

On Monday, the Syrian president shook hands with Trump at the White House. Speaking to Al Majalla, a former State Department official explains why this is a moment she could have never imagined.

Ibrahim Hamidi
AFP-Reuters-Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim mayor of New York

04 November 2025

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

Tarek Rashed
Ewan White
Politics

How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

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