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Diana Estefanía Rubio

A look at Ukraine's vast critical mineral wealth

Ukraine has deposits of 22 of the 34 minerals identified by the European Union as critical, according to Ukrainian data. They include industrial and construction materials, ferroalloy, precious and…

Al Majalla - London 18 February 2025
European leaders gather at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris to discuss a coordinated European response to US President Donald Trump's policies toward the continent and the war in Ukraine. @EmmanuelMacron

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

At an emergency meeting in Paris, there are splits on sending troops to Ukraine 

The Economist 18 February 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives a speech during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2025. THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP

Zelenskyy’s big pitch to Munich

The Ukrainian president called for Europe to build an army, while Macron called an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday to discuss a response to the Trump administration's tactics

Rishi Iyengar and Keith Johnson 16 February 2025
US Vice President JD Vance gives a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Vance leaves Europe gobsmacked

US Vice President JD Vance delivered a rebuke on alleged censorship and immigration to a shocked Munich Security Conference

Rishi Iyengar and Keith Johnson 15 February 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Trump starts “immediate” talks with Putin on Ukraine

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says it is "unrealistic" for Ukraine to return to its pre-war borders, and Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO

The Economist 13 February 2025
Adrián Astorgano

Trump’s second term could shake up NATO, Ukraine and China

The return of an unpredictable president will stir up global geopolitics for US allies and opponents alike in a world already much changed since he was last in office

Omer Onhon 19 January 2025
US President Joe Biden pulls a note card from his pocket as he speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP

Joe Biden’s final foreign-policy report card

It didn't have to be this way, but Biden's foreign-policy legacy will be a world that is less rule-bound, less prosperous, and significantly more dangerous

Stephen M. Walt 15 January 2025
Eduardo Ramón

2024 saw Trump return, the far right rise, and Assad fall

For their part, global heavyweights Russia and China recorded some successes but experienced setbacks in other areas

Christopher Phillips 26 December 2024
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during his interview with Al Majalla Al Majalla

Mark Rutte: It's important Ukraine negotiates from a position of strength

NATO's secretary general tells Al Majalla it's up to Kyiv to set the timing and conditions for talks with Moscow and affirms the alliance's strong ties with the Gulf and growing unease with China

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 December 2024
Michelle Thompson/Majalla

Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the Russian political philosopher explains his country's pivot to the Global South and why nothing will change Moscow's edge on the Ukrainian battlefield

Ahmed Maher 26 November 2024
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Has FIFA oversold the World Cup's economic promise? 

04 June 2026

Days before kick-off, ambitious economic projections for the FIFA 2026 World Cup are colliding with weaker-than-expected demand in the hospitality sector

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The company is bracing for a potentially record-breaking IPO where investors are being asked to buy into more than just a company

Marco Mossad
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How Israel and Iran came back to the brink

08 June 2026

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran ended in a fragile ceasefire in early April, but it did not resolve any of the underlying disputes

Michael Horowitz
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Cannes pick 'The Station': Yemeni sorority at its best

05 June 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, Oscar-nominated director Sara Ishaq dives into gripping human stories where women hold the line in war-torn Yemen

Leila Amar

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