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Nineteen Dead in Explosion Due to Cairo Car Crash

Nineteen Dead in Explosion Due to Cairo Car Crash

Nineteen people died and 30 were injured in an explosion resulting from a car crash in central Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry said on Monday. …

Reuters 05 August , 2019
Will Facebook's Libra Change the Way the World Banks?
Science & Technology

Will Facebook's Libra Change the Way the World Banks?

The crusaders who left westernEuropeto “liberate” the Holy Land might seem to have little in common with contemporary Facebook users. But Libra,…

Kevin Werbach 02 August , 2019
Iraqi Singer, Ismail Fadel to Majalla: “I am convinced that music is a way to bring communities together and push towards peace.”
Culture & Social Affairs

Iraqi Singer, Ismail Fadel to Majalla: “I am convinced that music is a way to bring communities together and push towards peace.”

The Iraqi community in Israel cares deeply for it heritage and many of its members organise Arabic concerts on a regular basis. When an Iraqi singing…

Amal Shahada 02 August , 2019
Ali Babacan - The Man to Take on Turkish President Erdogan?
Politics

Ali Babacan - The Man to Take on Turkish President Erdogan?

by Ali Almandalawi Ali Babacan was born in Ankara in 1967. He graduated first in the…

Al Majalla - London 02 August , 2019
Earth Warmed Faster in the Last Few Decades Than the Previous 1,900 Years
Business & Economy

Earth Warmed Faster in the Last Few Decades Than the Previous 1,900 Years

It’s not just humans who track long-term trends in the weather. The history of our planet’s climate is recorded by nature herself — written in…

Deborah Netburn 02 August , 2019
Can Greenland Win Independence By Selling Melted Ice?
Business & Economy

Can Greenland Win Independence By Selling Melted Ice?

In 2018, Thomas Vildersboll founded Inland Ice, a premium water company that bottles freshwater melted from the vast expanse of ice that covers…

Matthew Birkhold 02 August , 2019
Boris Johnson’s Looming Brexit Deadline
Politics

Boris Johnson’s Looming Brexit Deadline

Though Boris Johnson has achieved his premiership ambitions, his time in office will not be a walk in the park. He is expected to take the UK out of…

Ali El Shamy 02 August , 2019
The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis Is Not Just a Regional Problem
Culture & Social Affairs

The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis Is Not Just a Regional Problem

Venezuela’s refugee crisis is the largest in Latin American history. Worldwide, it is now second only to that of Syria. A staggering four million…

Cynthia J. Arnson 02 August , 2019
Why President Essebsi, and Tunisia, Stood Alone
Politics

Why President Essebsi, and Tunisia, Stood Alone

Last Thursday,Beji Caid Essebsi, the president of theRepublic of Tunisia, died in a military hospital at the age of 92. His death fell on a…

Allen James Fromherz 02 August , 2019
Iran and the West: Stalemate in the Gulf and Negotiated Settlement in Doubt
Politics

Iran and the West: Stalemate in the Gulf and Negotiated Settlement in Doubt

Iran and the West remain locked in a stalemate as the British and Iranian navies continue to hold oil tankers, each carrying the other’s flag…

Joseph Braude 02 August , 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
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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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