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Opening a new door: Trump, the Gulf, and ‘America First’
Politics

Opening a new door: Trump, the Gulf, and ‘America First’

US President Donald Trump's first presidential term (2017-21) was not simply a shift in the trajectory of American foreign policy; it marked a…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 11 December , 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow on 2 December 2025. Ambassador Sylvie Bermann thinks Donald Trump will not drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. AFP
Politics

French diplomat Sylvie Bermann: Trump won’t divide Russia and China

French diplomat Sylvie Bermann first encountered China as a young student at the twilight of the Cultural Revolution in 1976-77. Two decades later,…

Elie Kossaifi 11 December , 2025
Opinion

Culture takes over from the law after Muslim Brotherhood ban

When the White House proscribed chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood last month, it triggered debates within the movement about how best to respond in…

Abdullah Al-Judaya 11 December , 2025

Diving Chess Competition, celebrating in Damascus, and more from the world

REUTERS/Gaby Oraa 
REUTERS/Gaby Oraa 

A man extends his arms in front of a screen showing a picture of the sun in the La Carlota convention center during the inauguration of a space-themed children's exhibition on the solar system, in Caracas, Venezuela December 5, 2025

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

A drone view shows traffic in the curves of the Julierpass road, in Surses, near Saint-Moritz, Switzerland, December 8, 2025.

JOHN WESSELS / AFP
JOHN WESSELS / AFP

A youth carries a bag of flatbread as he walks along a street in the old city of Jerusalem on December 5, 2025.

REUTERS/Manami Yamada
REUTERS/Manami Yamada

Unitree G1 humanoid robot spars with a human at the TechShare booth in the International Robot Exhibition 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2025.

REUTERS/Esa Alexander
REUTERS/Esa Alexander

Chess - Grand Masters compete in Diving Chess Competition - Silo Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa - December 4, 2025 Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov in action against Hans Niemann of the U.S.

AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan
AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan

Newly graduated soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) Regiment attend a passing out parade at a training center on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

An aerial view of the Colosseum, in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

 LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

People holding Syrian flags watch paragliders as they celebrate a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2025.

EYAD BABA / AFP
EYAD BABA / AFP

A youth sits on the rubble of a destroyed building as the Cold Moon, the last supermoon of the year, rises over the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 4, 2025.

LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS
LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS

A giant panda plays in a tree during a visit by Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Chengdu research base for giant panda breeding, on the day French President Emmanuel Macron visits in China December 5

The processors are core to Saudi Arabia's AI strategy, as are the giant data centres being built. Among the Saudi aims is to develop an Arabic large language model. Phil Wheeler
Science & Technology

Buying a brain: US approves Saudi purchase of advanced chips

After Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington last month, negotiations between the US and Saudi Arabia over the supply of…

Marco Mossad 10 December , 2025
Haiku poet Banya Natsuishi Hiroyuki Izutsu
Culture & Social Affairs

Banya Natsuishi: a haiku poet detached from all things

Banya Natsuishi is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished poets of contemporary Japan—a leading figure in the practice and global…

Osama Esber 10 December , 2025
Opinion

Despite the whispers, Maher al-Assad is not ‘coming back’ to Syria

On 5 December, Reuters published a special investigation report showing how the billionaire cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is…

Alia Mansour 10 December , 2025
China's far-shoring strategy in Latin America: does this mean the end of Washington dictating Latin America's destiny? Shutterstock
Politics

China is redefining global trade dynamics in America’s backyard

When China’s President Xi Jinping inaugurated Peru’s Chancay megaport in November 2024, he was doing far more than opening a Chinese offshore project…

Shirley Ze Yu 10 December , 2025
Gaza patients stranded amid crippling medical crisis
Infographics

Gaza patients stranded amid crippling medical crisis

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released stark figures underscoring the deepening medical catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, as the United…

Al Majalla - London 09 December , 2025
Luna al-Shibl was in Bashar al-Assad's inner circle for more than a decade but fell from favour shortly before her death. Axel Rangel García
Documents & Memoirs

‘She’s a spy’: Soleimani’s warning about Syrian advisor Luna al-Shibl

The story of Luna al‑Shibl, a former journalist who became special advisor to former Syrian president Bashar al‑Assad, has generated conspiracy and…

Manaf Saad 09 December , 2025
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Leaders of SCO member states, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—ahead of a summit session in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 1 September 2026. Sputnik/Reuters
Business & Economy

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

03 September 2026

In Bishkek, a loose Eurasian gathering of illiberal nations inched closer to a functioning post-dollar regional economic bloc

Shirley Ze Yu
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

02 September 2026

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Hope sells: inroads in cancer treatment excite markets

03 September 2026

For every positive clinical result, pharmaceutical (pharma) companies stand to secure billions of dollars in revenue

Rana Freifer
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

28 August 2026

In his new book, the British-Israeli academic shows the methodical tactics Israel has used to uproot Palestinians from their homeland since 1948

Hala Al-Naji

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