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King Charles and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during a meeting at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada, in Ottawa, on May 26, 2025. AFP

King Charles's Canada visit sends political message to Trump

Delivering the government's agenda in-person was interpreted as a show of support to Canadian PM Mark Carney, whose tougher stance towards Donald Trump led him to election victory.

Abdulfattah Khattab 29 May 2025

Can Canada's Mark Carney take on Trump?

Fares Garabet 05 May 2025
Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks during a news conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Cole Burston / Getty

Pierre Poilievre: Canada's Conservative PM contender

After enjoying a two-year lead in the polls, Conservatives now look poised to lose the 28 April election. Al Majalla explains how Trump's adversarial policy towards Canada is the reason for this shift

Con Coughlin 27 April 2025

Mark Carney: The new leader of a "Strong Canada"

The new prime minister is a seasoned economist unafraid to stand up to bullies. He vows to continue with tit-for-tat tariffs until America "respects Canada's sovereignty".

Abdulfattah Khattab 15 March 2025
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What Canada joining the US might look like

An economic giant, any combined North American state would be larger than Russia and richer than China, with a GDP of $31.2tn, producing almost twice as much oil as Saudi Arabia

Abdulfattah Khattab 06 March 2025
US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his first term, London, December 3, 2019. AFP

The US-Canada tariff war is a double-edged sword

A 30-day tariff suspension, perhaps initiated because the US economy is not immune to losses, leaves analysts asking about Trump's real motives and where this all ends.

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 February 2025
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Will Canada fall prey to Trump's ambitions?

President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada—a nation of 40 million people, one of America’s biggest trade partners, and a founding member of NATO—should become the 51st US state…

Al Majalla - London 14 January 2025
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Justin Trudeau: Canada's long-serving Liberal PM bids adieu

Whoever Canada's 24th prime minister turns out to be, their immediate predecessor will remain one of the country's best-known names at home and abroad after a lifetime in the political spotlight

Abdulfattah Khattab 11 January 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Canada, on January 6, 2025. Dave Chan / AFP

Justin Trudeau leaves a wrecked party and divided Canada

Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are among those tipped as the next Liberal leader

The Economist 07 January 2025
US President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during their meeting at Trump's residence at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, November 30, 2024. The official page of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Tariffs on the table at 'first dinner' between Trump and Trudeau

Canadian exports to its southerly neighbour reached $440bn last year so talk of the United States slapping customs duty on those goods has triggered a tête-à-tête

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 December 2024
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A man walks past a mural depicting the Venezuelan national flag and reading "Long live the motherland!" in Caracas on 4 January 2026, a day after Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro was abducted by the US. Juan BARRETO / AFP
Politics

After Maduro: what next for Venezuela?

04 January 2026

The US could be secretly negotiating with elements in the government to take charge. The alternative is state and popular resistance, which sets the stage for more military action and insurgency.

Tarek Rashed
Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez speaks during a press conference in Caracas on 8 September 2025. Federico PARRA / AFP
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Delcy Rodríguez and Venezuela’s politics of survival

05 January 2026

Venezuela's vice president is known for having a diplomatic style that is confrontational in tone but cautious in substance, and pursuing a strategy that marries public defiance with quiet pragmatism

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Richard N. Haass, Senior Counsellor, Centerview Partners, speaks onstage during the Reindustrialise Conference 2025 on 17 July 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. TASOS KATOPODIS / AFP
Politics

Richard Haass on America’s changing global role

31 December 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the senior US diplomat says that while the US may no longer play the role of world policeman, it is not isolationist either

Ibrahim Hamidi
Politics

2025 highlights and what to look out for in 2026

30 December 2025

Al Majalla reflects on this year and the first quarter of the 21st century, highlighting standout achievements, events and trends

Al Majalla - London
An aerial view shows pigeons flying over the Marjeh square in Syria's capital Damascus on 12 December 2024. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

The history of Damascus pulses through Marjeh Square

30 December 2025

If anywhere encapsulates the Syrian capital in recent decades, it is this enigmatic and iconic public space, which has seen more than its fair share of changes

Khalil Sweileh

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