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Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister, arrives at a European Leaders (EU) summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, June 25, 2021. (Photo by: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Scandal Over American NSA Bugging EU Allies

The National Security Agency (NSA) is the main US agency for global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation, and analysis of foreign intelligence data. The NSA's parent organization is the US…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 06, Aug 2021

Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance

The novel coronavirus pandemic is causing tens of thousands of deaths, wreaking economic devastation, leading to lockdowns across much of the world, and upending societies and their assumptions. But…

Nicholas Wright 17, Apr 2020

India’s Growing Surveillance State

InDecember 2019, as protests against a controversial new citizenship law sweptIndia, three incidents in different parts of the country revealed the state’s growing powers of surveillance. InDelhi,…

Gautam Bhatia 28, Feb 2020

The New Masters of the Universe

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at theNew Frontierof Power.Shoshana Zuboff. PublicAffairs, 2019. 704pp.In his 1944 classic, The Great…

Paul Starr 08, Nov 2019

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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings even bigger tariffs than expected

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Double-digit tariffs on nearly every trading partner will likely spark reprisals

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People wave flags and chant slogans as they celebrate on the streets of Port Sudan on March 21, 2025, after the army retook the presidential palace in Khartoum from paramilitaries.

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Winning Khartoum: what tipped the scales in the army's favour?

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Several factors contributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces finally reclaiming the country's capital from the RSF paramilitaries who seized it two years ago at the outbreak of civil war.

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Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars

30 March 2025

The man many think could end Erdoğan's quarter-century reign was arrested just days before he was nominated as the CHP presidential candidate. Who is he, and why is he behind bars?

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The new Syrian government, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the middle, poses for a group photo at the presidential palace on Saturday, March 29, 2025.

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8 things you need to know about Syria's new government

31 March 2025

As Syria takes this important step forward, the journey ahead remains fraught with obstacles but also hope

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A man walks past a mural depicting the late Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano in Montevideo.

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Remembering Eduardo Galeano: the voice of the oppressed

28 March 2025

The passion and imagination of the Uruguayan writer remain timeless, not least over Gaza. Ten years since his passing, Al Majalla revisits his works and words.

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Scandal Over American NSA Bugging EU Allies

Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance

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The New Masters of the Universe

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings even bigger tariffs than expected

Winning Khartoum: what tipped the scales in the army's favour?

Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars

8 things you need to know about Syria's new government

Remembering Eduardo Galeano: the voice of the oppressed

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