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Is the US going to war with Venezuela?

A string of recent statements from US President Donald Trump, coupled with American naval deployments this month, makes for a compelling case. But could this just be psychological warfare?

Tarek Rashed 26 October 2025
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Trump-Xi meeting is about much more than trade

US and Chinese leaders have locked themselves into a downward spiral that goes far beyond tariffs, exports, and rare earths. This is about the future and who controls it.

Shirley Ze Yu 24 October 2025
US President Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a signed agreement on rare earths and critical minerals during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025.

The countries courting Trump with critical minerals

Australia becomes the latest country to sign a deal with the US president

Rishi Iyengar 23 October 2025

Trump-Putin summit: to meet or not to meet?

Fares Garabet 23 October 2025
US President Donald Trump stands next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as NATO leaders pose for a group photo at a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Europe's uphill battle to keep Trump invested in NATO

A Pentagon defence review being conducted by Elbridge Colby has Europe's leaders worried because he has argued that the US should reposition its forces to face China and the Pacific

Con Coughlin 20 October 2025
Eduardo Ramon

Jared Kushner: Trump's influential son-in-law who helped clinch the Gaza truce

Kushner no longer carries an official title like he did during Trump's first term in office, conveniently freeing him from the bounds of formal processes, scrutiny, or accountability

Con Coughlin 19 October 2025
Sara Padovan

The flaw in Trump’s 'dealmaking' Middle East peace plan

Rushed deals and a disregard for root problems provide a flimsy foundation for sustainable peace  

Abdullah F. Alrebh 17 October 2025
US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Evan Vucci / AFP

Can Palestinians trust Donald Trump?

Only US pressure will ensure that Israel honours the Gaza ceasefire

Omar H. Rahman 14 October 2025
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard at a gate of a hospital inside the Bagram US air base after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Km north of Kabul on July 5, 2021. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP

Why Trump wants the Bagram Air Base "back"

Afghanistan's ancient town of Bagram once sat on the Silk Road, along a key passage from India. Today, it is sought by America, Russia, and China for different reasons that are no less strategic.

Kamal Alam 14 October 2025
A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis 12 October 2025
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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