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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
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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
Philippe Lazzarini AFP

Philippe Lazzarini: Saudi push for two-state solution ‘the only game in town’

The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza tells Al Majalla a ceasefire in Gaza is desperately needed and warns of a humanitarian 'vacuum' without UNRWA

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 December 2024
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Trump’s 2026 Iran deal differs from Obama’s 2015 JCPOA

18 June 2026

Although an MOU will be officially signed on 19 June, there are already significant differences a decade later, despite the US aim being largely similar. Could Trump open Iran like Nixon opened China?

Robert Ford
Sara Gironi Carnevale
Science & Technology

A smarter ball, or a safer one? The header dilemma facing world football

11 June 2026

The official World Cup ball showcases the latest advances in football technology, but new research questions whether future designs should prioritise brain safety as well as performance

Marco Mossad
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian holding a memorandum of understanding he and US President Donald Trump signed to end the US-Iran war on 17 June, 2026. IRINN Iranian state television/AFP
Politics

How a US-Iran deal will impact Gulf relations with Tehran

17 June 2026

As a costly war draws to a close, Tehran has the chance to chart a new course in relation to its neighbours, but that requires a change of mindset

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Stefano Summo
Culture & Social Affairs

World Cup songs: from local themes to global industry

11 June 2026

Football's biggest tournament has come to adopt a single soundtrack every four years to give each offering a distinct identity. Is this genuine culture, or a mass marketing technique?

Najeeb Mubarak
Al Majalla
Politics

How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal

16 June 2026

Islamabad kept both sides talking even as missiles were being launched. That tenacity looks to have paid dividends in a way that could yet reshape the Middle East's power dynamics.

Kaswar Klasra

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