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Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (L) waves as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) hosts her in a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on April 8, 2017. Prakesh Singh/AFP

Downfall of Delhi darling Hasina creates uncertainties for India

The ousted Bangladeshi autocrat Sheikh Hasina relied on India for years, while India put all its eggs in the Hasina basket. Now she has fled the country and everyone looks silly

Shakir Husain 07 August 2024
A man holding a Bangladesh flag stands in front of a torched vehicle at the Ganabhaban, the Prime Minister's residence, after the resignation of PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

Nation in turmoil: the economic roots of Bangladesh unrest

What began as protests about job quotas grew into a wider movement feeding on grievances relating to autocratic rule, rigged elections, economic inequalities, and corruption. The country can now reset

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 07 August 2024
A salesman of a pharmaceutical shop uses his cellphone torch to find medicine to serve customers during a countrywide blackout in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Bangladesh Investigates Crippling 10-Hour Nationwide Power Cut

Bangladeshi officials were investigating on Wednesday why power was cut to about three quarters of the country, halting the vital garment sector and telecommunications services for about 10 hours. …

05 October 2022

Young Algerian Doctor Spends Ramadan in Rohingya Camp

* Majalla met up with Abd El Gabar after he returned to Algeria, where he shared his experiences and stories of the nightmare that the Rohingya refugees are enduring. * Yassin Abd El…

Yassin Bodhan 21 June 2019
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A man looks at the destruction from a damaged house as residents inspect their homes in Zawtar al-Gharbiya on 28 July 2026, after the Lebanese army deployed to the southern village. AFP
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Why Israel may want to start ‘fighting smart’ in Lebanon

02 August 2026

An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?

Frederic C. Hof
Workers are seen through a pipe at a construction site on the extension of Russia's TurkStream gas pipeline. Reuters
Business & Economy

Getting the oil out: exploring Hormuz alternatives

03 August 2026

Al Majalla looks at potential new export routes that big oil producers can use to offset Iran's control over key regional waterways

Sharif Mohammad
Mustafa Ali Abu Bakr, 76, stands in front of his family’s graves after they were broken by Israeli soldiers near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 31 July 2026. Reuters
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Settler attacks increase ahead of Israel election

03 August 2026

Settlement expansion in the West Bank is popular with Israeli voters, which explains the uptick in violence in recent weeks

Sherine Younes
A member of the Popular Mobilisation Forces monitors the Iraq-Syria border in Al-Qaim, January 23, 2026. AFP
Politics

Iraq’s armed factions are still three steps ahead of Baghdad

03 August 2026

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has vowed to dissolve armed groups by the end of September, but this is highly unlikely. Al Majalla explains why.

Salam Zaidan

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