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Lionel Messi: A Record-Breaking Career
Culture & Social Affairs

Lionel Messi: A Record-Breaking Career

Lionel Messi was born to Jorge Messi and Celia Cuccittini in Rosario, Argentina. His father was a factory steel worker and his mother was…

Al Majalla - London 14 December , 2019
Turkey’s Waning Welcome to Syrian Refugees
Culture & Social Affairs

Turkey’s Waning Welcome to Syrian Refugees

Turkish troops invaded northern Syria after President Trump moved U.S. forces out of their way. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he…

Yasmine El Geressi 14 December , 2019
Hezbollah is Up to its Old Tricks in Lebanon, but They No Longer Impress Anyone
Politics

Hezbollah is Up to its Old Tricks in Lebanon, but They No Longer Impress Anyone

In the past couple of weeks, five Lebanese attempted to kill themselves because of the deteriorating economic conditions. One man in the city of…

Hanin Ghaddar 14 December , 2019
Taylor Swift: America’s Unbeatable Pop Sweetheart
Culture & Social Affairs

Taylor Swift: America’s Unbeatable Pop Sweetheart

Born in 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Taylor Swift is country singer turned pop diva and a platinum-selling music superstar. Her…

Al Majalla - London 07 December , 2019
Boost Your Activity Level in Small Bites

Boost Your Activity Level in Small Bites

If you're not very active but looking to move more, a new strategy might help you get going. Called high-intensity incidental physical activity, or…

Harvard Men's Health Watch 07 December , 2019
Yoga is My Medicine, My Drug and My Peace: Interview with Instructor Dina Karim
Culture & Social Affairs

Yoga is My Medicine, My Drug and My Peace: Interview with Instructor Dina Karim

Dinais a highly experienced teacherwho has been practising and studying yoga for 25 years and teaching for 23 years. She was very fortunate to learn…

Lubov Podgornaya 07 December , 2019
 The Emergence of the Saudi Artificial Intelligence Sector
Science & Technology

The Emergence of the Saudi Artificial Intelligence Sector

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transcended the realms of science fiction films, and has become a reality that is spearheading the “fourth…

Mohamed Abd El Kader Khalil 07 December , 2019
This screengrab from an aerial video taken on October 28, 2019 shows the Mekong river in Sungkom district in Nong Khai province, more than 300km from the Xayaburi dam. (Getty)

Troubles on the Mekong

OnOctober 29,Laosunveiled a new dam in the country’s north. The 1.3-gigawatt Xayaburi dam sits on theMekong River, which flows the length of the…

Sam Geall 07 December , 2019
Police officers and Catalan regional police 'Mossos D'Esquadra' officers stand guard at the entrance of the Barcelona Sants railway station, as demonstrators gather with a Catalan pro-independence "Estelada" flag during a protest called by local Republic Defence Committees (CDR) on November 16, 2019 in Barcelona. (Getty)
Politics

A Way Out of Spain’s Catalan Crisis

OnOctober 14, Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced several leaders of the Catalonian separatist movement to lengthy prison terms for their role in…

Laia Balcells 07 December , 2019
Petro Poroshenko (C) attends the session of Parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 31, 2019. (Getty)
Politics

The Oligarchs Who Lost Ukraine and Won Washington

A congressional impeachment inquiry seeks to determine whetherU.S.PresidentDonald Trumpextorted a foreign leader, withholding a covetedWhite…

Michael Carpenter 07 December , 2019
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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