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Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

In a speech in Riyadh in May 2025, US President Donald Trump appeared to criticise his White House predecessors, including fellow Republican…

Robert Ford 16 April , 2026
The Iran war exposed the fragility of Europe’s economy Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The Iran war exposed the fragility of Europe’s economy

As the US-Israeli war on Iran deepens into a protracted and volatile standoff, its economic fallout continues to grip the global economy, with Europe…

Mohamed Sharki 16 April , 2026
Farasan, the literature of the sea, and the poetics of place Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Farasan, the literature of the sea, and the poetics of place

The 1,300 or so islands scattered across the waters and along the coast of Saudi Arabia are far more than small pieces of land encircled by the sea…

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 16 April , 2026
Opinion

Lebanon-Israel talks: a gradual approach could go a long way

The Israeli-Lebanese negotiations that were launched on 14 April in Washington, DC, were the first of their kind in many years. They took place under…

Michael Harari 15 April , 2026
Global economy still reeling from US-Iran war
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Global economy still reeling from US-Iran war

Fares Garabet 15 April , 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) and Deputy Foreign Minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi react as they listen to President Hassan Rouhani (unseen) speaking during a press conference in Tehran on 3 April 2015 ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Zarif’s peace gambit meets Tehran’s limits

What made Mohammad Javad Zarif’s recent Foreign Affairs article so explosive was not simply what he proposed, but when and where he proposed it…

Alex Vatanka 15 April , 2026
Opinion

Lebanon’s Shiites are fighting a two-front war

The most prominent voices calling for an end to the state of war between Lebanon and Israel, for normalisation between the two countries, and…

Houssam Itani 15 April , 2026
China's Gordian knot: why it has no good options in Iran Axel Rangel García
Politics

China's Gordian knot: why it has no good options in Iran

Since the US and Israel waged war on Iran on 28 February, China has issued a cascade of diplomatic communiqués condemning the strikes, calling for a…

Shirley Ze Yu 15 April , 2026

Easter mass and babies born in displacement camps

April, 2026
Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP
Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP

This long-exposure photograph shows the light from candles held by Bulgarian Orthodox worshippers during a midnight Easter mass in front of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, on 12 April 2026.

AP/Emilio Morenatti
AP/Emilio Morenatti

Haifa Kenjo, who fled Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds her 15-day-old daughter Shiman inside the tent she uses as a shelter and where she gave birth to her in Beirut, on 12 April 2026.

AP /Jacquelyn Martin
AP /Jacquelyn Martin

US Vice President JD Vance walks up a flight of stairs to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on 11 April 2026, in Islamabad, for talks about Iran.

AP Photo/Martin Meissner
AP Photo/Martin Meissner

Two flamingos are shown at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, on a warm and sunny on, 9 April 2026.

AP/Emilio Morenatti
AP/Emilio Morenatti

Ali, 4, holds a toy horse next to the tent his family uses as a shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, on 8 April 2026.

ATTA KENARE / AFP
ATTA KENARE / AFP

Women walk past a wall mural along the roadside in Tehran on 11 April 2026.

 REUTERS/Toby Melville
REUTERS/Toby Melville

A green woodpecker looks for food in Richmond Park, in London, Britain, on 13 April 2026.

NASA/Bill Ingalls/ REUTERS
NASA/Bill Ingalls/ REUTERS

The Artemis II crew capsule descends towards splashdown under parachutes, as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on 10 April 2026.

AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Muslim worshippers gather near the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the fajr dawn prayer in Jerusalem on 9 April 2026.

AP /Rafiq Maqbool
AP /Rafiq Maqbool

Friends and relatives carry the body of a legendary Bollywood singer, Asha Bhosle, for the funeral outside her home in Mumbai, India, on 13 April 2026.

Tight squeeze: economic effects of Iran war linger despite truce Julian D. Paulsen
Business & Economy

Tight squeeze: economic effects of Iran war linger despite truce

The moment that US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on 8 April 2026, markets breathed a sigh of relief after a period of acute…

Abdulfattah Khattab 14 April , 2026
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Gregori Saavedra
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Syria takes on Iran’s proxies

12, Nov 2026

Our cover story this week explores the opportunities and risks accompanying Syria's shift from being a corridor of Iranian influence to a state intent on containing it

Baghdad, London - Al Majalla
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Jensen Huang is out. His successor has the toughest job in tech

13, Nov 2026

A company built around one man must now learn to run without him

The Economist
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why the midterms complicate Trump's search for an Iran deal

14, Nov 2026

Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower
Ibrahim Arafath
Science & Technology

AI in medicine: can a selfie tell how long we might live?

15, Nov 2026

Artificial intelligence can analyse facial features for clues to biological ageing and cancer survival, but further validation is needed before clinical use

Alaa Emara
Nash
Politics

The Democrats’ old guard faces a progressive revolt 

15, Nov 2026

Following an historic landslide, a new progressive wave is calling for establishment figures to step aside and make way for new blood who better represent the future direction of the party

Tarek Rashed

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