Mehrdad Akhlaghi was appointed defence minister in October 2026 by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. He is an unusual choice, as, unlike most of…

One striking thing about US President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this past week is how isolated he was…

At the opening ceremony of the El Gouna Film Festival on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, Egyptian actress Mona Zaki received the recognition her three-decade…

Nearly five years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba sees no end in sight. Ukraine’s former foreign minister (2020-24), he…

Türkiye's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, writes for Al Majalla.Increasing geopolitical uncertainty, rising demand…

Athens may feel betrayed, and Tel Aviv threatened, but Ankara must be celebrating a major triumph—one that paves the way for its expanded influence…

No matter how hard US President Donald Trump tries to end the war in Ukraine, and despite the enormous amount of political capital he has invested in…

Amid the wave of demonstrations sweeping across France, one symbol has stood out amid the scenes of protest, violence, and vandalism: the Palestinian…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s warnings in September about the “Balkanisation of Iraq” have renewed attention to the dangers posed by armed…

The Islamic State (IS) has been defeated in its original core territories, Syria and Iraq. Despite the US military withdrawal from those states, the…