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Politics

The Long History of Suspicious Deaths of Egyptian Nuclear Scientists

On August 5, 1952, a car came to pick up Sameera Moussa in Berkely, California. The driver opened the door for the world-renowned scientist, who was…

Yasmine El Geressi 27 September , 2019

September 21

September 21

Flames rise from a forest fire raging in Montana Alta on the island of Gran Canaria. (Getty)

September 21

- Fishermen tend to their boats on the shores of Cape Coast Castle. (Getty)

September 21

Protesters gather for a rally in Victoria Park in Hong Kong in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. (Getty)

September 21

A child runs and waves the Ukrainian national flag as activists and their children hold placards reading "Demand equal access to education", "Stop discrimination", "To take away the right for education is a crime" and other slogans during a gathering in front of the Ukrainian President's office in Kiev. (Getty)

September 21

"Novecento", a taxidermy horse suspended from the ceiling, created by artist Maurizio Cattelan, is seen at Blenheim Palace on September 12, 2019 in Woodstock, England. The Italian artist is known as the prankster of the art world. His most notable piece being "America" a solid gold usable toilet which had art lovers queuing to use when it was shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. (Getty)

September 21

The 'Tribute in Light' rises skyward on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, September 11, 2019 in New York City. Throughout the United States services are being held to mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to remember the 2,977 people who were killed in New York, the Pentagon and in a field in rural Pennsylvania. (Getty)

Firefighting: The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Culture & Social Affairs

Firefighting: The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons

This collaboration by the three U.S. government officials who led the fight in the United States against…

Richard N. Cooper 20 September , 2019
The Global Repercussions of the Attack on the Heart of the Oil Industry
Business & Economy

The Global Repercussions of the Attack on the Heart of the Oil Industry

The attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, which targeted what one analyst called the ”Achilles heel of the world economy”, was a direct attack…

Al Majalla - London 20 September , 2019
Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah: Veteran Diplomat becomes Sudan’s First Female Foreign Affairs Minister
Politics

Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah: Veteran Diplomat becomes Sudan’s First Female Foreign Affairs Minister

1. Early Life and Education: Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah was born in Khartoum, Sudan in 1946. She graduated from the University of…

Moncef al-Mazghany 20 September , 2019
Head of the far-right Northern League (Lega Nord) party, current Italian Senator and former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (C), standing between fellow senators Gian Marco Centinaio (L) and Roberto Calderoli (R), speaks on September 10, 2019 during the new government's confidence vote at the Senate in Rome. (Getty)
Politics

Italy’s Precarious Triumph Over Populism

Last month,Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing populist Lega party, attempted a Machiavellian power move. Hoping to take advantage of his…

Alexander Stille 20 September , 2019
A staff member works at a China Mobile 5G open laboratory on March 21, 2019 in Tianjin, China. (Getty)
Politics

To Counter China, Out-Invent It

China’s economic strategy is no secret. In the short term,Beijingwill grow the country’s economy by manufacturing and exporting cheap, globally…

Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson 20 September , 2019
US National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko. (Getty)
Politics

Bolton Was Trump’s Best Match, Until He Wasn’t

In less than three years,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumphas had three wildly different national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a…

Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler 20 September , 2019
Hedy Naguib Mahfouz to Majalla: “I fear that future generations will forget my father and I wish that he would become part of school curricula.”
Culture & Social Affairs

Hedy Naguib Mahfouz to Majalla: “I fear that future generations will forget my father and I wish that he would become part of school curricula.”

* “I have thought of taking away publishing rights from AUC, and I even filed three lawsuits against the institution.” *” My father tried teaching…

Safa Azeb 20 September , 2019
Supporters of Tunisia's jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui (picture) celebrate in front of his headquarters in the Tunisian capital Tunis on September 15, 2019. (Getty)
Politics

Tunisia’s Rebuke of the Political Establishment was a Long Time Coming

The second round of Tunisia’s presidential election will be a choice of two political outsiders after they topped the first round of voting on Sunday…

Yasmine El Geressi 20 September , 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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