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Joe Kent testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on 11 December 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP

Joe Kent: the US counter-terrorism chief who resigned over Iran war

A former Special Forces soldier picked by Trump for a senior intelligence position has just left his post, saying his boss has been duped into fighting for Israel. Who is he?

Kamal Alam 21 March 2026
AFP / Al Majalla

Ali Larinjani: Iran’s wartime leader isn’t a dealmaker

Iran vows 'decisive' retaliation after Israel kills its security chief in an air strike

Ali Alfoneh 08 March 2026
Grace Russell

The stubborn revolutionary: Ali Khamenei's last stand

Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader fought till his last breath for what many saw as a failed cause

Arash Azizi 06 March 2026
Al Majalla

Alireza Arafi: the cleric charged with selecting Iran's next Supreme Leader

A clerical member of the Guardian Council, he was selected to serve on the Leadership Council along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei

Alex Vatanka 02 March 2026
A vendor sells merchandise to people paying their respects to the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson outside of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition national headquarters on 27 February 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. SCOTT OLSON / AFP

Jesse Jackson made a black president possible

The activist and civil-rights leader died on February 17th, aged 84

The Economist 01 March 2026
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performs during Super Bowl LX Patriots vs Seahawks Apple Music Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on 8 February 2026. JOSH EDELSON / AFP

Bad Bunny: the unapologetic Puerto Rican pop star

The six-time Grammy Award-winner ruffled MAGA feathers during his Super Bowl performance by singing entirely in Spanish, which, to some, was seen as an affront to 'American' identity

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 21 February 2026
AFP / Al Majalla

Dina Powell: politics, capital, and Meta’s AI ambitions

Her appointment as president of Meta signals a strategic turn away from product-centric leadership towards the management of power, capital, and geopolitics

Marco Mossad 09 February 2026
Kevin Warsh lectures at Stanford University School of Business, New York, on 8 July 2017. Reuters

Kevin Warsh: a more Trump-friendly Fed chair?

As US monetary policy enters a new phase and amid White House pressure for the Fed to lower interest rates, a trusted Wall Street insider with government experience has been asked to step up

Toufic Chanbour 02 February 2026
AFP

Stephen Miller: Trump's ideologue-in-chief

The White House deputy chief of staff for policy has backed violent ICE raids, cheered Maduro's seizure, and supported Trump's bid to 'take' Greenland

Con Coughlin 01 February 2026
Karagh Byrne

Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump

Trump made no secret of his desire for the US to 'own' Greenland and has threatened to take over the frigid Arctic island 'the easy way or the hard way', but its people do not want to become American

Con Coughlin 25 January 2026
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Can the Houthis be defeated?

15, Oct 2026

In this week's cover story, Al Majalla examines the military balance of power on the ground, the networks through which the Houthis obtain weapons, and the foreign support they receive

Al Majalla - London
Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Trump's tariffs are changing the global trade ecosystem

16, Oct 2026

Trade routes and composition have changed, but not the overall flow, with ASEAN countries playing a bigger role

Abdulfattah Khattab
Helena Perez Garcia
Profiles

Ms. Rachel, Gaza, and the power of education

13, Oct 2026

As YouTube star Accurso's influence grew, she transitioned from educator to child advocate. But it only became 'controversial' when she spoke up for Palestinian kids

Hala Al-Naji
Members of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) arrive at the Moroccan side of the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania in the Guerguerat area of Western Sahara on 25 November, 2020 AFP
Politics

Western Sahara's MINURSO faces an uncertain future

15, Oct 2026

Boulos's remarks shattered expectations that UN Security Council Resolution 2797—which made Morocco's autonomy plan the basis for negotiations—would quickly translate into a final settlement

Rabia Abdul Salam
Culture & Social Affairs

The 9 Arab films vying for an Oscar

08, Oct 2026

From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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