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Al Majalla

Data centres: from engines for AI growth to electoral issue

Local opposition is growing over power costs, water, and land use, turning AI expansion into a political hot potato 

Marco Mossad 17 October 2026

The growing threat of AI

Fares Garabet 11 October 2026
Al Majalla

Why Saudi Arabia is diversifying its AI partners

Riyadh wants to prevent any bottlenecks or dependence, so it is strengthening its negotiating position and diversifying its network of collaborations

Marco Mossad 07 October 2026
Pooja Sreenivasan

How AI is giving forgotten books a new lease of life

A wave of bulk purchases is sweeping through second-hand bookshops, but the lack of transparency is raising eyebrows

Mohammed Mansour 29 September 2026
Sara Padovan

How OpenAI’s agents went rogue and started working together

A test involving 1,206 AI agents shows how quickly autonomous systems can coordinate, spread risky behaviour, and escape the boundaries of their original task

Marco Mossad 22 September 2026
Apple CEO John Ternus stands on stage at Apple's "Surprise and Shine" event at the company's corporate headquarters, Apple Park, on 9 September 2026 in Cupertino, California. Benjamin Fanjoy / AFP

John Ternus: what Apple’s new boss means for the Arab world

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

Marco Mossad 19 September 2026
Grace Russell

The peril of AI: could it wipe out humanity?

Leading industry figures warn that artificial intelligence capabilities are advancing faster than humanity's ability to govern, restrain, and control them

Al Majalla - London 17 September 2026
Al Majalla

The US and China are locked in a smart Cold War

Washington wants to slow AI down, but only after securing its lead over Beijing

Shirley Ze Yu 17 September 2026
Grace Russell

Will AI wipe out humanity?

When the creators of artificial intelligence begin to sound the alarm, you know you should be worried

Marco Mossad 17 September 2026
Al Majalla

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 17 September 2026
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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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