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Axel Rangel García

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi 16 September 2026

Does Trump's Board of Peace spell the end of the UN?

Fares Garabet 28 January 2026
The Blue Nile River after the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, on 6 November 2020.
 Reuters

Global water bankruptcy and what can be done about it

An eye-opening UN report revealing the extent of the problem posed by rapidly diminishing freshwater reserves is a sobering read

Mohammed Mansour 26 January 2026
AFP / Al Majalla

Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order

Critics worry the BOP is a bid to dismantle the post-1945 international order and replace it with structures under the US president's direct control, with scope stretching well beyond Gaza

Tarek Rashed 25 January 2026
Axel Rangel Garcia

The UN is dead: Chemillier-Gendreau on the collapse of international law

In an interview with Al Majalla, the prominent French jurist discusses Israeli and Western duplicity, their violation of international law, and why Israel bears the cost of Gaza's reconstruction

Elie Kossaifi 16 January 2026

Sharaa first Syrian president to address UN in 58 years

Fares Garabet 24 September 2025
Syrian President Nureddin al-Atassi at the United Nations on June 6, 1967. Alamy

Syria's history in the United Nations

Nureddin al-Atassi was the first and last Syrian president to address the UN General Assembly in 1967. But President Ahmed al-Sharaa will break this trend when he is in New York next week.

Sami Moubayed 19 September 2025
British diplomat Martin Griffiths was UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs until 2024 and has worked throughout the Middle East. Barbara Gibson

Martin Griffiths: let’s state facts, this is genocide in Gaza

The seasoned British diplomat and barrister who, until recently, was the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, speaks to Al Majalla about the Middle East.

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 July 2025
AFP_Shutterstock_Al Majalla

There is still more we can do to fight the tobacco epidemic

Despite major progress, tobacco remains the world's leading cause of preventable death and a major driver of heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Adriana Blanco Marquizo 27 February 2025
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Boost road safety for people, the planet and prosperity 

Global leaders must take urgent, concerted action to end road carnage

Al Majalla - London 20 February 2025
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Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand answers journalists' questions during an interview as part of her visit to the NATO headquarters in Brussels on 11 May 2026. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
Business & Economy

How Canada is navigating Trump’s threats

26, Sep 2026

Foreign Minister Anita Anand on how Ottawa is handling the US trade and tariff war

Ravi Agrawal
A B 1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase, after police declared a major incident in which several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, in Fairford, UK, on 27 September 2026. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
Politics

Alleged plot against UK airbase raises eyebrows

28, Sep 2026

Five Britons arrested near RAF Fairford base out on bail, as Iran condemns 'malicious speculation' about its alleged role

Con Coughlin
Pooja Sreenivasan
Science & Technology

How AI is giving forgotten books a new lease of life

29, Sep 2026

A wave of bulk purchases is sweeping through second-hand bookshops, but the lack of transparency is raising eyebrows

Mohammed Mansour
Lina Jaradat
Politics

The Houthis: the new Hezbollah?

24, Sep 2026

Just as Iran used Hezbollah to expand its influence in the Levant, it is now using the Houthis to give it leverage in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea amid its war with the US

Al Majalla - London

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