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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
Al Majalla

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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One year of Trump 2.0: the age of MAGA imperialism?

20 January 2026

From kidnapping Venezuela's president to proposing the annexation of Greenland, Trump appears to be the most 'imperialist' leader the US has had in decades

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A man holds a Syrian flag as a group of civilians smash a statue of a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter in the city of Tabqa after the Syrian army took control of it, in Tabqa, Syria, on 18 January 2026. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
Politics

How the SDF's hand was twisted into Syria integration

19 January 2026

A decisive Syrian military campaign, coupled with diplomatic pressure from Türkiye, the US, and Israel, has forced the SDF into a far-reaching integration deal with Damascus

Omer Onhon
Gregori Saavedra
Politics

China’s grand strategy reaches a critical juncture

06 January 2026

This could be a decisive year for Beijing as long-running strategies collide with harsher geopolitical realities. The outcomes will shape global power balances well beyond 2026.

Shirley Ze Yu
Ali Shaath during a press interview with a local radio station.
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Profiles

Ali Shaath: Gaza’s technocrat of reconstruction

17 January 2026

Responsibility for the enclave's reconstruction has been placed in the hands of an experienced civil engineer native to Gaza

Mohammed Najib

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