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Quasars are luminous objects powered by supermassive black holes that have revolutionised our understanding of the universe. Pep Boatella

The quasar monster: The most hellish place in the universe

The luminous objects powered by supermassive black holes have revolutionised our understanding of the universe.

Mohammed Mansour 02 March 2024
The rich relationship between Arabs and the stars began with the need to navigate and then deepened into a detailed intellectual endeavour to understand. Muhammad Mustafa

The stars: The Arabs' map in the sky

The rich relationship between Arabs and the stars began with the need to navigate and then deepened into a detailed intellectual endeavour to understand.

Abdullah Al-Rashid 12 June 2023
The Arabs established observatories in Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, the metropolises of Andalusia, Maragheh and Samarkand. Getty

‘Astronomical’ achievements: How Arabs left a lasting imprint in the sky

The Arabs predicted solar and lunar eclipses and proved the Earth's sphericity and rotation; today we can hardly find any astronomical tool without a deep Arab fingerprint

Abdullah Al-Rashid 01 June 2023
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Trump started a war he can’t control

09 June 2026

Netanyahu continues to defy calls from Washington to pump the brakes on Israel's offensive in Lebanon, something Iran has linked to a future peace deal

John Haltiwanger
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Has FIFA oversold the World Cup's economic promise? 

04 June 2026

Days before kick-off, ambitious economic projections for the FIFA 2026 World Cup are colliding with weaker-than-expected demand in the hospitality sector

Abdulfattah Khattab
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SpaceX IPO: an astronomical bet on Musk’s space vision

05 June 2026

The company is bracing for a potentially record-breaking IPO where investors are being asked to buy into more than just a company

Marco Mossad
An Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jew reacts near a part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran, in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 8 June 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Politics

How Israel and Iran came back to the brink

08 June 2026

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran ended in a fragile ceasefire in early April, but it did not resolve any of the underlying disputes

Michael Horowitz
Sara Ishaq arrives T THE 86th Annual Academy Awards Oscar Week Celebrates Documentaries at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on 26 February 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. VALERIE MACON /AFP
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Cannes pick 'The Station': Yemeni sorority at its best

05 June 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, Oscar-nominated director Sara Ishaq dives into gripping human stories where women hold the line in war-torn Yemen

Leila Amar

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