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This Is Your Brain on Terrorism
Science & Technology

This Is Your Brain on Terrorism

InSeptember 2014, when ISIS was at the height of its power, Director ofU.S.National IntelligenceJames Clapperacknowledged thatthe United Stateshad…

Scott Atran 07 December , 2019
A member of the public writes condolences on London Bridge in memory of the victims of the terror attack in central London on December 12, 2019. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

The London Bridge Terror Attack Blame Game Erupts

Therun-up to the past three major democratic events in the UK have been targeted by terrorists who saw it as an opportune time to act. One week…

Yasmine El Geressi 07 December , 2019
US President Donald Trump (R) and France's President Emmanuel Macron react as they talk during their meeting at Winfield House, London on December 3, 2019. (Getty)
Politics

NATO’s Anniversary Summit Highlights Internal Fragmentation

President Donald Trump and 28 other heads of state and government travelled to the UK this week to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary alongside Prime…

Yasmine El Geressi 07 December , 2019
There is No Substitute to the American-Led World Order
Politics

There is No Substitute to the American-Led World Order

Donald Trump is not an internationalist. He engages with the world but dislikes international institutions. His speeches to the UN don’t extol the…

Dennis Ross 07 December , 2019

November 29

November 29

A frog on a pond lotus leaf after the rain in Lalitpur. (Reuters)

November 29

Pope Francis walks out from Assumption Cathedral as Thai youth reach out to touch him in Bangkok, Thailand on November 22, 2019. (Getty)

November 29

An aircraft flies past sculptures of dinosaurs at the 'Valley of Animals' park in Chandigarh on November 9, 2019. (Getty)

November 29

A woman cleans her house damaged by Cyclone Bulbul in Bakkhali on November 10, 2019. (Getty)

November 29

- Congolese altar boys of the Greek Orthodox Church attend a sunday mass at the Saint Andrew Cathedral in Kananga on November 10, 2019. (Getty)

November 29

- Members of the presidential guard of honour walk outside Narino presidential palace before the visit by Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo in Bogota on November 13 , 2019. (Getty)

Jeanine Añez:  Bolivia’s Interim President Vows to ‘Pacify’ Country but Heightens Polarisation
Politics

Jeanine Añez: Bolivia’s Interim President Vows to ‘Pacify’ Country but Heightens Polarisation

Jeanine Añez was the senate vice president and little-known even in her native Bolivia before longtime President Evo Morales resigned on 10…

Al Majalla - London 30 November , 2019
Chancellor Mady Tawfiq Al Dakn to Majalla: “Fared El Shawky was One of the Driving Forces Who Led to My Father Getting Cast as Film Villains”
Culture & Social Affairs

Chancellor Mady Tawfiq Al Dakn to Majalla: “Fared El Shawky was One of the Driving Forces Who Led to My Father Getting Cast as Film Villains”

* Al Dakn starred in 233 films throughout his career, 33 of those were in the 1950s, 78 in the 1960s, 92 in the 1970s and finally 30 films in the…

Safa Azeb 30 November , 2019
Google, Facebook at Center of Escalating Political-ad Tension
Science & Technology

Google, Facebook at Center of Escalating Political-ad Tension

Facebook Inc. and Google were drawn into an escalating battle of wills on November 20 over the use of political advertising on social media. …

Eric Newcomer Kurt Wagner and Mark Bergen 30 November , 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) before their meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on June 17, 2019 in Paris. (Getty)
Politics

How to End the War in Ukraine

For more than five years, Russian forces and their proxies have waged a bloody war against Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region of easternUkraine…

Steven Pifer 30 November , 2019
Some people walking on the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin, 1989. (Getty)
Politics

The Fall of Berlin Wall Almost Ended in War

Thirty years ago this month, the opening of the Berlin Wall ushered in the last great diplomatic struggle of the Cold War. As cheering crowds danced…

Joshua Shifrinson 30 November , 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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