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Will AI wipe out humanity?

When the creators of artificial intelligence begin to sound the alarm, you know you should be worried

Marco Mossad 17 September 2026
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab 08 September 2026
Eduardo Ramon

The rare earths powering industries and fuelling conflicts

From Africa to the Arctic, certain metals and minerals are so highly sought after for today's strategic industries that countries will go to war over them. What are they? Al Majalla digs deeper.

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 August 2025
Loretta Napoleoni's book looks at how the internet has fuelled the rise of tech titans who have amassed great wealth and power, often at the expense of workers' rights Shutterstock

A few tech titans controlling our digital world? Double-click for disaster

A new book on 'technocapitalism' by Loretta Napoleoni argues that with such a concentration of online power, worries are more than science fiction.

Osama Esber 19 July 2024
Eduardo Ramon/Getty Images

Are global tech giants facilitating Israel’s war on Gaza?

With $1bn+ deals for vital services like cloud computing and AI software, some say the tech community is complicit in Israeli crimes against Palestinians. The truth is still emerging.

Marco Mossad 31 May 2024
Al Majalla

The new empires of the Internet Age

Cyberspace has upended the old world order

Daniel W. Drezner 04 May 2024
Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we’ve learned from experience that content ultimately wins. Nash Weerasekera

Threads v Twitter: The mother of all battles

Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we've learned from experience that content ultimately wins.

Khaled Kassar 10 July 2023
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 5 October 2026. Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

The Mecca Defence Alliance faces its first practical test

07, Oct 2026

Türkiye and Pakistan have stepped up to help Saudi Arabia after it came under attack from the Houthis. The trio's coordination comes at a crucial time

Kaswar Klasra
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After October 7: new faces, changing maps

08, Oct 2026

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

Al Majalla - London
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X
Politics

Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam
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Business & Economy

Why Europe’s gold is on the move

07, Oct 2026

Headlines have centred on the flight of bullion while commentators have speculated about the prompts. The reality is a little more nuanced

Abdulfattah Khattab
Culture & Social Affairs

The 9 Arab films vying for an Oscar

08, Oct 2026

From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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