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A currency exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 31, 2023. EPA

Economic ripple effects from Gaza war felt across the globe

Oil remains at the forefront of the wider impact of Israel's war on Gaza, but other implications will be felt for years to come, including currency factors.

Nazareth Seferian 07 December 2023
Nesma Moharam

Egypt's Suez Canal faces alternative spots on trade map

There are fears in Egypt that new regional maritime projects will decrease Suez Canal's geostrategic relevance

Amr Emam 18 November 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) hugs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 15, 2018 AFP

India trapped in Israel's embrace

India's stance on Israel's war on Gaza will likely test its relationship with the Islamic world, which is aghast at Israel's blatant disregard for international law

Shakir Husain 12 November 2023
The political goal was a US and European effort to demonstrate the capacity for connectivity idea generation, or less generously, to try and out-China the Chinese Belt Road Initiative. Nash Weerasekera

All you need to know about the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

The political goal was a US and European effort to demonstrate the capacity for connectivity idea generation, or less generously, to try and out-China the Chinese Belt Road Initiative.

Karen E. Young 04 November 2023
Muizzu's win resets the playing field between China and India. He will take Beijing's superpower status and India's growing ambitions into account while looking for the Maldives best interests. Majalla/Agencies

India and China vie for influence after Maldives elects new president

Muizzu's win resets the playing field between China and India. He will take Beijing's superpower status and India's growing ambitions into account while looking for the Maldives best interests.

Shakir Husain 05 October 2023
About 63% of its total 4.55 million tonnes of basmati exports went to five top Middle East buyers: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Diana Estafana Rubio

India rice ban places further strain on global grain supply

Nearly two months ago, India banned exports of non-basmati white rice, stoking fears of a world food crisis amid tight grain supplies caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Retail prices have…

Al Majalla - London 18 September 2023
A farmer drops rice crop while working in a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, on June 6, 2023. Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months. AP

India rice ban places strain on already vulnerable global food supply chain

While the government may worry about domestic political sensitivities and the ban's external fallout, exporters fear losing out to other top rice exporters: Thailand, Vietnam and Pakistan.

Shakir Husain 14 September 2023
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) waves to the media representatives during his visit to the International media centre, at the G20 summit venue, in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. AFP

6 ways India can safeguard its rise as a global power

The G20 summit showed how far the country has come and pointed to where it may go. But what happens next depends on the choices India makes.

Houssam Itani 12 September 2023
India is making a concerted effort to make the G20 summit in Delhi a success. It wants to turn the focus from the Ukraine war to instead focus on issues like global financial forms and debt relief. Al Majalla

India pushes G20 agenda that caters to developing countries' interests

India is making a concerted effort to make the G20 summit in Delhi a success. It wants to turn the focus from the Ukraine war to issues like climate change, global financial forms and debt relief.

Shakir Husain 08 September 2023
Students apply final touches to portraits of the G20 leaders, ahead of the G20 Summit, outside an art school in Mumbai, India, September 5, 2023. Reuters

Can the G20 rise to the challenge of a fast-changing world?

The bloc is no stranger to criticism over how it reflects the world and whether or not it has accountability along with its influence. This weekend's top-level summit is a test – and an opportunity.

Toufic Chanbour 07 September 2023
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

15 August 2026

The appointments show how Tehran is drawing lessons from successive wars and preparing for a prolonged period of insecurity

Alex Vatanka
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Politics

Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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