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Black Sea truce inches efforts to end the Ukraine war forward

Steve Witkoff, Trump's personal envoy to the Middle East, says US officials are "bridging the gap between the two sides" and was upbeat that a comprehensive deal could be reached by 20 April

Con Coughlin 26 March 2025
A woman uses her mobile telephone as she walks past a mural painted on the outer wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, dubbed the 'Den of Espionage', on March 8, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iran’s coming concessions to Trump

As defiant as it might sound, Tehran will ultimately find its way to a deal with Washington

Arash Azizi 25 March 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Putin's 'Art of No Deal' in Ukraine

By placing conditions to ending the war, the Russian president seems to be stretching the negotiations to bait Trump into maintaining pressure on Kyiv and weakening Europe

Michael Horowitz 23 March 2025
A climate change activist takes part in a protest against the impact of US policy on climate change before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump outside the US embassy in London. Reuters

Where will Trump's war on climate protections take the world?

Picking up where he left off in his first term in office, the US president is machine-gunning the legislation, funding, and personnel aimed at tackling the planet's most existential threat

Alaa Emara 23 March 2025
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 11, 2025, in New York City. Following the worst day for the markets this year, the Dow was down nearly 500 points in morning trading. Spencer Platt/AFP

Will Trump use the Federal Reserve as leverage, too?

When the next crisis hits, global markets may not be able to count on America's financial backstop

Christopher Smart 20 March 2025
US President Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against the Houthis in Yemen in this handout image released on March 15, 2025. Reuters

Is time really up for the Houthis?

Were recent strikes ordered by Trump intended as a warning to Tehran, or could they be a prelude to an expanded war? Al Majalla weighs in on the possible motives.

Anwar Al-Ansi 19 March 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Israel and Ukraine top US foreign aid recipient list

In January 2025, the Trump administration abruptly froze nearly all US foreign aid to conduct a 90-day review to ensure they align with his new America-centred policies.Under the Department of…

Al Majalla - London 18 March 2025

Trump authorises deadly strikes on Yemen

Fares Garabet 17 March 2025
US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler speaks during a US hostage and wrongful detainee flag raising ceremony at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025. Jim WATSON / AFP

Direct US-Hamas talks ruffle feathers in Israel

Despite the closeness between the two administrations, Trump's team is not afraid of disagreeing with Netanyahu, and even crossing Israel's red lines if necessary

Michael Horowitz 16 March 2025
Brian Stauffer

Trump's tariff storm brings the world closer to economic Armageddon

Tariffs and countermeasures are fracturing the system of globalisation on which the post-Cold War world was built. Prosperity and interconnectedness may break with it. The world stands on the brink.

Toufic Chanbour 14 March 2025
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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
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Foreign workers in the Gulf pay the price of war

24 March 2026

Millions working in the Gulf are worried about their livelihoods and the impact on their families, while their employers are worried that they will leave

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
President of the European Council Charles Michel at the EU headquarters in Brussels on 28 June 2024. JOHN THYS / AFP
Politics

Former European Council president gets candid on US-Iran war

27 March 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, Charles Michel explains how Trump didn't consult with allies before attacking Iran in a war that benefits Russia at Europe's expense

Ahmed Maher
Spanish writer Javier Cercas poses for a photo session during the 27th "Les Correspondances" literature festival in Manosque, southeastern France, on 27 September 2025. JOEL SAGET / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Javier Cercas on why novels thrive on ambiguity

26 March 2026

The Spanish novelist and professor shares his musings on memory, moral courage, deception and faith

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy
Al Majalla
Politics

Sipan Hamo on integrating Kurdish units into the army

26 March 2026

In Part 2 of a two-part interview, the newly appointed deputy defence minister outlines the mistakes made by the SDF and gives his outlook on Syria's future.

Ibrahim Hamidi

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