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Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

Leila Amar 07 September 2026
Trump takes new stab at ending Ukraine war
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Trump takes new stab at ending Ukraine war

Fares Garabet 06 September 2026
Workers are seen through a pipe at a construction site on the extension of Russia's TurkStream gas pipeline. Reuters

Türkiye and Israel go head-to-head in Europe’s new energy race

Ankara wants to be a regional energy hub, while Israel seeks deeper integration into Europe's emerging energy system. Will Europe choose or the other, or a combination, to meet its energy needs?

Abdulfattah Khattab 17 July 2026
Footballer Erling Haaland channels Norway's Viking heritage in his ruthless pursuit of goals, but has a playful side, too. Bill McConkey

Playful Viking: Norwegian striker Erling Haaland

Manchester City's goalscoring machine has repeatedly found the net at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with his dad, Alfie, watching from the stands. How did he get to where he is today?

Mohamed Qutob 12 July 2026
Smoke rising from the Crimea Bridge after a Ukrainian drone strike on 22 June 2026. Reuters

Ukraine’s drones: from the frontline to the deep rear

Recent upgrades to Kyiv's most important weapon have put Russian infrastructure in the firing line, as the latest attacks on St Petersburg show. Yet it is in Crimea that Ukraine's attention is focused

Marco Mossad 08 July 2026
Belgium's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prévot gestures during an interview with AFP in Brussels, on 5 September 2025. Nicolas TUCAT / AFP

Maxime Prévot on Europe's push to reassert its relevance in the Gulf

Belgium's deputy premier and minister of foreign affairs also talks about the importance of a Palestinian state, upholding international law, and ties with Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Maher 02 July 2026
Katrina Poladian delivers a speech after winning the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for her novel "The Golden Beach" in 2025. Hendrik Schmidt / Getty

Katrina Poladjan on unpacking the past to know the present

The acclaimed German novelist of Russian and Armenian descent talks to Al Majalla about her creative process and her search for belonging

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 30 June 2026

Scorching heat waves sweep Europe

Fares Garabet 28 June 2026
Greater Manchester Mayor and Labour candidate Andy Burnham speaks to the media outside a pub in Wigan ahead of the 18 June Makerfield by-election, in Wigan, Britain, on 5 June 2026. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Andy Burnham: Britain's premier-in-waiting

The charismatic former Mayor of Manchester is widely regarded as the frontrunner to become the next UK prime minister following Keir Starmer's resignation

Con Coughlin 28 June 2026
Al Majalla

The fall of Keir Starmer

His timid reign served as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power

 John Kampfner 23 June 2026
A placard is held at a protest marking ten years since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 and calling for closer cooperation between Britain and Europe, in London, Britain, 20 June 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor

10 years on, Brexit continues to divide Britons

The decision to leave the EU has not solved the myriad complex challenges concerning the nature of Britain's future relationship with its European neighbours

Con Coughlin 22 June 2026
French actress Noemie Merlant poses during a photocall of the film "Roma Elastica" at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on 21 May 2026. Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP

Up close and personal with Noémie Merlant in Cannes

Just a stone's throw from the Croisette, Al Majalla met the French director and actress in a setting worlds apart from the frenzy of the international film festival

Leila Amar 18 June 2026
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China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

04 September 2026

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat
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
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

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
Raven Jiang
Politics

From the war on terror to networked security

07 September 2026

The main change since 9/11 is that military security has become one component of a much wider security ecosystem

Lina Khatib
Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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