Profiles

From cognac to Christian Dior, the 77-year-old French LVMH owner has built an empire. With the mercurial magnate seemingly more interested in maths, which of his children will take over?

His experience in improving specifications and broadening what a product can do and who can afford it could help distinguish Apple products from competitors

The media-savvy AfD candidate led his party to victory in Saxony-Anhalt, bringing it within reach of power for the first time since World War II

An Afghan of Tajik heritage, Massoud was the enigmatic warrior who resisted the Soviets, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. So why didn't the US back him?

After breaking with Farage's Reform, he formed his own party: Restore Britain. Will it split the right-wing vote?

The chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has shaped the country's trajectory since the 1980s. Al Majalla takes a look at his career and impact.

America's foremost authority on infectious diseases has been held in contempt for refusing to answer Congressional questions in a session led by one of his fiercest critics. What are the implications?

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

The incoming spy chief was a corporate lawyer before chairing America's financial watchdog. Does he have the skills needed to oversee 18 powerful US intelligence agencies?

Come November, the Egyptian-American epidemiologist could become the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary