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Moldova's president, Maia Sandu, arrives to hold a press conference at the Presidency headquarters in Chisinau, September 29, 2025. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP

Moldovans choose Brussels over Moscow

The resounding success of Moldova's ruling pro-EU party in parliamentary elections ruffles feathers in Moscow, which remains wary of former Soviet states getting pulled into the West's orbit

Con Coughlin 01 October 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during an official welcoming ceremony for delegations' heads at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / AFP

Can Moldova and Armenia escape Russia’s orbit?

Moscow's much smaller neighbours have been looking elsewhere for energy, trade, investment, and security. That is not in Russia's plans, but Putin knows the new US president is unlikely to help them.

Nazareth Seferian 12 March 2025
People line up to get water at the well in outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Growing Humanitarian Crisis

It’s been two weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. The war has only intensified since the initial bombing began on February 24, after President Putin announced his “special military operation” in…

Maia Otarashvili 11 March 2022
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington, on 18 November 2025.
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Saudi Arabia scores ally upgrade in Washington

19 November 2025

Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to 'major non-NATO ally' status, but bigger issues of normalisation with Israel and a binding security treaty need more time. Nonetheless, this is a huge step forward.

Abdullah F. Alrebh
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Culture & Social Affairs

Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

26 November 2025

The Palestinian novelist who won the Arabic Booker Prize in 2023 from behind Israeli prison walls speaks to Al Majalla about his extraordinary life and literary journey

El-Sayed Hussein
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 20 November 2025. AFP
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Trump presents Ukraine with a ‘very tough choice’

24 November 2025

Zelensky said he's being asked to decide between Ukraine losing its dignity or losing a key partner

Sam Skove and John Haltiwanger
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UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget

27 November 2025

Policymakers' main worry ahead of Rachel Reeves' announcements this week centred on the reaction of the bond markets. So far, they have received a cautious welcome.

Bassam Mahfouz
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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How Tucker Carlson put Arab Christians on America's map

25 November 2025

Prominent conservative journalists and politicians have broken ranks to call out Israeli crimes against Arab Christians. The effects continue to ripple through Donald Trump's support base.

Kamal Alam

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