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A man carries a cooler as he passes giant bottles of Coca Cola on a beach in Cancun, Mexico on October 13, 2015. (Reuters)
Business & Economy

Let Them Eat Junk

Inthe United StatesandEurope, junk food sales have precipitously declined since the late 1990s. Analysts have put the change up to greater health…

Eduardo J. Gómez 09 August , 2019
Members of the territory's medical sector attend a protest in Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong on August 2, 2019.  (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Will China Crush the Protests in Hong Kong?

For five months,Hong Konghas seen waves of massive protests and violence in the streets. And for five months, the local authorities, with the…

Michael C. Davis and Victoria Tin-bor Hui 09 August , 2019
A speedboat of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (AP)
Politics

Iranian Oil Smuggling and Naval Piracy Fail to Blunt Sanctions

As Washington’s net of sanctions continues to tighten, Iran has mounted a campaign of naval and diplomatic brinkmanship toward America’s Arab…

Joseph Braude 09 August , 2019
Neo-Nazis, alt-Right, and white supremacists march the night before the "Unite the Right" rally, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017 through the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. (TNS)
Politics

White Supremacists and ISIS Recruits Have More in Common Than You Might Think

On the surface, white supremacists and ISIS recruits would not seem to have much in common. One group embraces a racist, anti-immigrant ideology…

Melissa Etehad 09 August , 2019
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. (AFP)
Politics

Hezbollah is Firming up its Grip on Lebanon

Hezbollah does not seem to be satisfied with the current grip it has on Lebanon. Despite winning the 2008 parliamentary elections and…

Hanin Ghaddar 09 August , 2019

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Activists burn an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte depicted as a sea monster, during a protest near congress to coincide with Duterte's state of the nation address in Manila on July 22, 2019. (Getty)

August 5

A boy crosses a roadblock in the Kilijiwe district of northern Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on July 24, 2019. (Getty)

August 5

Pnar, or Jaintia, tribesmen carry traditional Raths or chariots during events to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Tuber village in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on July 22, 2019. (Getty)

August 5

- A wheelchair is seen amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported regime air strike on the town of Ariha, in the south of Syria's Idlib province, on July 24, 2019.(Getty)

August 5

Stranded whales lie on the beach at Löngufjörur in the Snaefellsnes peninsula. About 50 pilot whales were stranded on the beach, a frequent but rarely fatal phenomenon among these cetaceans and which remains unexplained. (Getty)

August 5

Orthodox nuns look on as they take part in a religious procession during the celebration of the 1031st anniversary of the Christianisation of Kievan Rus in Kiev on July 27, 2019. - Tens of thousand of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow patriarchy) believers took part in the open air service and in the religious procession in Ukrainian capital on July 27, 2019. (Getty)

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
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, on 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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Should the US and Israel fail in their war on Iran, Tehran would likely expand its regional influence at the expense of Sunni Arabs, who could potentially turn to extremist groups to fight back

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The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

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Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

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Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
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