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The Religious Tensions Behind the Attacks in Sri Lanka
Culture & Social Affairs

The Religious Tensions Behind the Attacks in Sri Lanka

The series of suicide bombings at Christian churches and hotels in Sri Lanka’s capital,Colombo, on Easter Sunday threatened to rip apart the…

Neil DeVotta and Sumit Ganguly 03 May , 2019
Washington Debates Renewed Push to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group
Culture & Social Affairs

Washington Debates Renewed Push to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group

After over a year of consideration, the Trump administration appears poised to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. Though…

Joseph Braude 03 May , 2019
Could Iran Really Close the Strait of Hormuz?
Politics

Could Iran Really Close the Strait of Hormuz?

Iran has recently been revisiting a familiar threat: to block the vital Strait of Hormuz. On April 22, the United States announced it would…

Yasmine El Geressi 03 May , 2019
Politics

Hezbollah-Iran Dynamics: A Proxy, Not a Partner

As the United States increases sanctions on Iran and its proxies, conventional debates surrounding Hezbollah’s designation as a partner or…

Hanin Ghaddar 01 May , 2019
Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement
Culture & Social Affairs

Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement

Although immigration dominates the headlines, public beliefs about immigrants, as recorded in polls, often differ wildly…

Richard N. Cooper 30 April , 2019

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April 26

Climate change activists blockade Waterloo Bridge on the third day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group, in London on April 17, 2019. (Getty)

April 26

A woman walks past graffiti drawn on the wall in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, on April 16, 2019.(Getty)

April 26

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is partly hidden by a toy wind wheel as she poses with children during the opening ceremony of the Arkona wind park in Sassnitz, northern Germany on April 16, 2019.(Getty)

April 26

- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro puts a beret on as he poses with students of the Military College during a ceremony to mark Army Day, in Brasilia on April 17, 2019, two days ahead of the actual celebration date. (Getty)

April 26

Protesters gather at Parliament Square in Westminster as the Extinction Rebellion protests enter their seventh day on April 21, 2019 in London, England. The environmental campaign group has blocked a number of key junctions in central London in a bid to highlight the ongoing ecological crisis. (Getty)

April 26

South Korean child monks pray during the 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks' ceremony forthcoming buddha's birthday at a Jogye temple on April 22, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. Children got their hair shaved by Buddhist monks during the annual 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks' ceremony to celebrate the forthcoming birthday of Buddha. (Getty)

Walking Through the Yorkshire Countryside on a Very British Vacation

Walking Through the Yorkshire Countryside on a Very British Vacation

For Americans who fell in love with the England of buttered scones and Agatha Christie, a visit today can be jarring. London has become a city…

Dave Hage 26 April , 2019
Sudanese General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
Politics

Sudanese General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf

Illustration by Ali Mandalowi 1 - Born in 1957, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf is a career military man…

Al Majalla - London 26 April , 2019
A newly-elected Member of the British Parliament taking the Oath of Allegiance. Very little has changed in how a Parliamentary session appears today, except the clothing and the admission of women as MPs. From ‘The Graphic - An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper’ from 4th March 1882. (Getty)
Politics

A Brief History of Political Shifts in Britain

Like its friend across the Atlantic Sea, the United Kingdom has had a long history of a two-party democratic system. While today people associate the…

Ali El Shamy 26 April , 2019
Will Guaidó Call for U.S. Military Intervention?
Politics

Will Guaidó Call for U.S. Military Intervention?

The Venezuelan political crisis has reached a familiar stalemate. In the two and a half months since it began,National Assemblypresident Juan…

Giancarlo Fiorella 26 April , 2019
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Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

Alex Vatanka
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
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
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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