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Humain is a Saudi company leading its revolution in artificial intelligence.
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Science & Technology

HUMAIN: artificial intelligence with a Saudi imprint

Among the thousands of attendees at the ninth Future Investment Initiative (FII9) in Riyadh last month were government officials, corporate bosses,…

Marco Mossad 11 November , 2025
US President Donald Trump (L) and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (R) hold up signed documents on a trade deal during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 26 October 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
Business & Economy

Will Trump’s critical minerals blitz pay off?

As China flexes its rare-earth muscle in trade talks, US President Donald Trump has been waging an all-out effort to ramp up domestic critical…

Christina Lu 11 November , 2025
Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa

Just two weeks after the fall of the Assad regime, Barbara Leaf became the first US official to meet Ahmed al-Sharaa—the man who led the group…

Ibrahim Hamidi 11 November , 2025
Israa Saada (17 years old) draws on a tent in a displaced persons camp in Gaza. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza's artists on why creativity is an act of survival

Two years of war in Gaza have left behind more than shattered buildings—they have torn through the very fabric of cultural life, dismantling artistic…

Houssam Marouf 10 November , 2025
Motorists drive past a campaign billboard Egyptian Parliamentary elections candidates in the Twin Giza city of the capital Cairo on November 9, 2025, ahead of the country's parliament election starts the first round on 10 November. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Rubber-stamping breeds voter apathy in Egypt polls

The first phase of Egypt's two-phase elections for the House of Representatives is now underway, to renew the country's 596-seat lower chamber of…

Amr Emam 10 November , 2025
Hezbollah in Israel's crosshairs
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Hezbollah in Israel's crosshairs

Fares Garabet 09 November , 2025
As Sharaa steps into the White House, Syria steps into the US orbit Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

As Sharaa steps into the White House, Syria steps into the US orbit

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is set to arrive in the United States for the second time in less than two months —this time in Washington, DC…

Subhi Franjieh 09 November , 2025
Opinion

Sharaa, the White House and the Saudi linchpin

In the annals of statecraft, certain images reposition nations more profoundly than any battlefield victory. One image alone can tilt history: a…

Ibrahim Hamidi 09 November , 2025
The RSF: the militia that eroded Sudan from within Shutterstock
Politics

The RSF: the militia that eroded Sudan from within

When Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir established the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in 2013, it marked the hollowing out of state institutions and…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 09 November , 2025
A look at US-Syria summits ahead of Sharaa's White House visit Axel Rangel García
Documents & Memoirs

A look at US-Syria summits ahead of Sharaa's White House visit

Syria stands at a crossroads ahead of a second official meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump, when the…

Sami Moubayed 09 November , 2025
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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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