The achievements of September's US-China summit are underwhelming: a short trade truce extension, a reciprocal tariff reduction, a coal purchase, talks on AI, and two pandas. The rest is what matters

With its mineral wealth and jihadist dilemma, Mali is entertaining both the Americans and the Russians, to see what each can offer, and what they want in return

The rise of the far-right and left will have repercussions not only for Ukraine and Brussels but also for Europe's balance of power

Palestinians who survived what the UN has termed a genocide are living in an apocalyptic landscape, where access to clean water, food, medical care, and education has become a daily struggle

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

Its current gratuitously destructive approach will neither eliminate Hezbollah militarily nor empower Lebanese leaders politically to pursue cooperation and peace

On the ground in southern Syria, Al Majalla speaks to residents who describe their new bleak reality under Israeli shelling, incursions, and land confiscation

Türkiye and Pakistan have stepped up to help Saudi Arabia after it came under attack from the Houthis. The trio's coordination comes at a crucial time

Three years after October 7, Israeli confidence in their government has not recovered. This requires leadership willing to answer for the past and choose a direction beyond it

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa