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Is it the end of the two-party system in the UK? Al Majalla
Politics

Is it the end of the two-party system in the UK?

Con Coughlin 13 May 2026
Farage emerges as viable PM contender amid Labour losses Al Majalla
Politics

Farage emerges as viable PM contender amid Labour losses

Con Coughlin 11 May 2026

France polls push back far-right gains

Fares Garabet 08 July 2024
Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party, reacts as he speaks at a reception to celebrate his election win at Tate Modern in London, Britain, on July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/

Landslide for Labour: Unpacking Britain's seismic shift to the left

Labour's landslide win ushers in the most left-wing government Britain has had since Harold Wilson in the 60s and 70s.

Con Coughlin 05 July 2024
The immediate danger to the Tories comes from the Reform UK under Nigel Farage, which is clearly positioning itself for a say in the future direction of British conservatism. Al Majalla

Tories on life support after humiliating UK poll defeat

History has shown the Conservatives eventually bouncing back after poll defeats. But after Labour's landslide victory, it might be Nigel Farage who ultimately determines whether the plug gets pulled.

Steve Hewitt 05 July 2024
Albanian writer Ismail Kadare AFP

Ismail Kadare: The novelist who took on the world of empire

Al Majalla pays tribute to the Albanian novelist after his recent passing. Although he never nabbed the Nobel Prize for Literature, Kadare was considered to be one of the world's greatest writers.

Shadi Alaa Aldin 04 July 2024
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Satire campaign ruffles politicians' feathers ahead of UK vote

Led by Donkey's use of humour to expose politicians' lies through viral visuals has found a massive audience in a British public increasingly distrustful of the political establishment

Bryn Haworth 03 July 2024
Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses delegates on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 9, 2023. Paul ELLIS / AFP

David Lammy: Britain's next foreign secretary?

Is Lammy's support for the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu and a Palestinian state making Starmer—a staunch backer of Israel—uncomfortable?

Con Coughlin 03 July 2024
Left wing supporters react as the results of the first round of French parliamentary elections are announced in Nantes, western France on June 30, 2024. SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

Far-right gains in French polls send shockwaves across Europe

Macron's gamble in dissolving parliament has backfired, and the legislature will be reshaped after a surge in support for populism. But an outright majority after run-off voting looks unlikely.

Khattar Abu Diab 02 July 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he addresses Ukraine's closing press conference of the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024. Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP

Is Zelensky softening his stance on peace talks?

Analysts fear Russia will not back down, so now is a good time for Ukraine to start a peace process before a possible Trump presidency. Zelensky's recent comments seem to reflect this mentality shift.

Wahid Abdel Maguid 02 July 2024

Macron's political gamble seems to backfire

Fares Garabet 01 July 2024
Macron is accused of drowning France in debt, with new loans exceeding €1tn in his seven years in office, despite poverty levels having risen. Shutterstock

Drowning in debt: Investors dump France ahead of elections

Macron has spent a fortune, bond yields are going up, stocks are falling, Brussels is demanding reform, the IMF is preparing an emergency package, and populists are at the gate... Sacré bleu!

Mohamed Sharki 30 June 2024
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Business & Economy

US-China summit: this time, Xi sets the agenda

13 May 2026

Washington and Beijing have much to discuss during Donald Trump's visit. As they meet, both presidents will find that they are playing with different hands.

Shirley Ze Yu
Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

What the new US Fed chair could do differently

13 May 2026

Jerome Powell's successor, Kevin Warsh, takes the reins at a critical fiscal moment, as inflationary pressures caused by the US war on Iran begin to take effect worldwide.

Toufic Chanbour
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Politics

Is it the end of the two-party system in the UK?

13 May 2026

Britons seem fed up with establishment parties after Labour's disastrous performance in this week's local elections, and the Tories' similar failure two years ago

Con Coughlin
Festival General Delegate Thierry Fremaux speaks in front of the Cannes Festival official poster from the movie "Thelma & Louise" during a press conference in Cannes, France, on 11 May 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Culture & Social Affairs

Cinema's changing face on display at Cannes

11 May 2026

This year, the renowned film festival appears to be addressing a world where films are made and consumed differently, while maintaining its legacy as the world's foremost arena for art cinema

Firas Al-Madi
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the day of the EU Leaders and Regional Partners Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 24 April 2026.
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Politics

Are Lebanon-Israel talks a mistake? The view from Cairo

11 May 2026

Egyptian officials believe US-Israeli pressure to rapidly disarm Hezbollah could backfire and plunge Lebanon into a new civil war

Amr Emam

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