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COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago gestures as the plenary session was interrupted following Colombia's  intervention at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Pará state, Brazil, on 22 November 2025. PABLO PORCIUNCULA / AFP
Business & Economy

COP30: discussions, delayed delivery and disappointment

It was appropriate that the 50,000 delegates at the world’s biggest annual climate change conference should this year descend on the Brazilian city…

Nazareth Seferian 29 November , 2025
Transitional government President General Horta N'Tam salutes an army officer during the swearing in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bissau, on 28 November 2025. PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP
Politics

Another coup in Africa, but this one isn't so clear-cut

On 26 November 2025, a day before the result of elections in the small West African state of Guinea-Bissau was due to be announced, incumbent…

Sergey Eledinov 29 November , 2025
Picture for illustrative purposes only. A Muslim takes part in Eid-al-Fitr prayer marking the end of their holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 19 August, 2012. JEWEL SAMAD / AFP
Politics

Trump’s Brotherhood ban means it has to shapeshift to survive

The Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump on 24 November designating specific chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 29 November , 2025
Opinion

Putin holds the fate of the Ukraine war in his hands

The fate of US President Donald Trump’s latest diplomatic initiative to end the war in Ukraine lies firmly in the hands of Russian President Vladimir…

Con Coughlin 28 November , 2025
Palestinian novelist Basem Khandakji
Culture & Social Affairs

Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

Since 2004, Palestinian novelist Basem Khandakji has languished in Israeli occupation prisons, serving three life sentences—a stark embodiment of one…

El-Sayed Hussein 28 November , 2025
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Politics

How Tucker Carlson put Arab Christians on America's map

US President Donald Trump’s inner circle and his wider MAGA (‘Make America Great Again’) movement can at times appear to be tearing themselves apart…

Kamal Alam 28 November , 2025
UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget AFP-Reuters-Al Majalla
Business & Economy

UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the government’s long awaited 2025 Budget this week, tweaking taxes to cover a black hole in the nation’s…

Bassam Mahfouz 27 November , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah's intransigence threatens Lebanon's fragile political balance

Israel has been striking Hezbollah fighters, weapons depots, and civilians on a near-daily basis since a supposed ceasefire went into effect around…

Houssam Itani 27 November , 2025
A rising far right is reshaping Europe's political landscape AFP/ AL MAJALLA
Politics

A rising far right is reshaping Europe's political landscape

The prospect of far-right forces attaining the highest levels of power in Europe is no longer remote. Recent electoral results across the continent,…

Khattar Abu Diab 27 November , 2025
Syria’s manufacturing industry faces uphill battle Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Syria’s manufacturing industry faces uphill battle

The private manufacturing sector—one of the most severely affected by Syria’s war—is far from returning to the production levels enjoyed before the…

Joseph Daher 27 November , 2025
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Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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