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Ever Given container ship is seen in Suez Canal in this satellite image.(Reuters)

World in Photos

Jacob Hutson #22 of the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers shoots over Roman Silva #12 of the Oregon State Beavers during the first half in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 27, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.(Getty)

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Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP)

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Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(Getty)

World in Photos

General view inside the stadium of Netherlands fans prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar qualifying match between the Netherlands and Latvia at the Amsterdam Arena on March 27, 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.(Getty)

World in Photos

Women use escalators at a metro main access on March 27, 2021, in Santiago during a lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(Getty)

This picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows the Liberia-flagged container ship RDO Concord sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal in the canal's central hub city of Ismailia on the 150th anniversary of the canal's inauguration. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Suez Canal: Vital Oil Transit Route With An Ancient History

The Suez Canal, blocked by a giant container ship that ran aground on Tuesday, is the quickest sea route between Asia and Europe and about 15% of…

Majalla 26 March , 2021
Lebanese President, Michel Aoun (L) receives Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (R) at Baabda Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon on February 12, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Lebanon's Iran-Sponsored Crisis Deepens

After the last meeting with the president to form a new cabinet, PM designate Saad Hariri called Aoun’s demands “unacceptable”. He insisted that it…

Hanin Ghaddar 26 March , 2021
Haim Saban: Media Mogul with Political Influence
Politics

Haim Saban: Media Mogul with Political Influence

Haim Saban is a US-Israeli media mogul and businessman who ranks #295 in the Forbes list of the richest people in the US with an estimated net worth…

Majalla 26 March , 2021
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Science & Technology

Apple and Facebook's Fight Isn’t About Privacy

It's no secret that Facebook has feelings about the upcoming changes Apple plans to introduce to iOS 14.5. Apple has said it will require developers…

Jason Aten 26 March , 2021
Three rapper on stage. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Egyptian Rap Scene

In the last few years, Egypt has witnessed a great change in music production and style. We have seen new types of songs like rap songs and…

Salma Adham 26 March , 2021
A person walks by a vacant building in Union Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on March 10, 2021 in New York City. (Getty)
Business & Economy

A Big Wave of Pandemic Bankruptcies Never Happened

The pandemic produced the kind of fallout that gives economists nightmares. An initial drop in economic output that exceeded the Great Depression…

Laurence Darmiento 26 March , 2021
MP Nohad El Machnouk (Supplied)
Politics

Calling for Lebanon’s Third Battle for Freedom

Nohad El Machnouk, the Lebanese member of parliament and former minister of interior and municipalities, spoke to Majalla about Lebanon’s government…

Omar El-Natour – Beirut 26 March , 2021
Representatives of the League of Arab states attend an emergency meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on October 12, 2019, to discuss Turkey's offensive on Syria. (Getty)
Politics

Calls for Syria’s Return to Arab League to Solve Crisis

Over the last several days, there have been some Arab and foreign calls for Syria’s return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension…

Hatem Khedr 26 March , 2021
Brexit supporters wearing Union Jack flags celebrate on Parliament Street in London, England, on January 31, 2020. (Getty)
Politics

The Delusions of Global Britain

At midnight on December 31, 2020, the United Kingdom completed its withdrawal from the European Union. Having finally signed a trade deal governing…

Jeremy Shapiro, Nick Witney 26 March , 2021
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Politics

Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
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Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

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A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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