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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting about the energy crisis, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on 20 March 2026. PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP
Politics

Why Europe’s response to the Iran war is so disjointed

Khattar Abu Diab 26 March 2026
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas speaks from a podium at an event on philosophy and politics at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin, on 23 November 2007.
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Culture & Social Affairs

Remembering Jürgen Habermas: the last guardian of the Enlightenment 

Abdullah F. Alrebh 16 March 2026
Dima hopes her incredible story of overcoming adversity will serve as an inspiration to young people to never give up on their dreams Marian Femenias-Moratinos

Syrian runner Dima Al-Aktaa: I lost my leg, but I found myself

Dima, who lost her leg when her home was bombed in Syria, was included on BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women

Samer Abou Hawwach 07 March 2023
The town of Bucha near Kyiv one year after a massacre. Feb. 22, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Haunted by atrocities, Bucha survivors slowly start to rebuild

Al Majalla talks to people in city near Kyiv who recall painful memories of last year's Russian invasion

Shelly Kittleson 05 March 2023
A Muslim Ukrainian Quran instructor teaches another man after Friday prayers. Feb. 24, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Why Muslims in Ukraine and abroad are fighting Russia

On the ground in Kyiv, Al Majalla speaks to Ukrainian Muslims who have an axe to grind with Moscow

Shelly Kittleson 04 March 2023
An EU flag, flown by anti-Conservative and anti-Brexit activists, flaps in the air in front of the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the bell inside the tower's clock, "Big Ben" AFP

Brexit: The grown-ups are back in charge

New Windsor Framework deal signals the UK might have more luck at making Brexit work or, at, least, making it work better than it has so far

Christopher Phillips 03 March 2023
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Windsor, west of London, on February 27, 2023. AFP

Three years after Brexit, new spirit of UK-EU cooperation emerges

Given the bitterness that has surrounded Brexit, Sunak's diplomatic triumph in resolving Northern Ireland issue is all the more remarkable

Con Coughlin 28 February 2023
While Putin believed he could win the war in a matter of weeks, Ukraine has proved to be a formidable opponent with powerful backers. Luca D’Urbino

One year on, Russia-Ukraine war turns into test of resolve

While Putin believed he could win the war in a matter of weeks, Ukraine has proved to be a formidable opponent with powerful backers

Con Coughlin 24 February 2023
General view during the European Foreign ministers council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 20 February 2023. Foreign ministers will mainly discuss one year conflict in Ukraine and fifth package of sanctions against Iran. EPA

Is Britain a spent force in the Middle East?

The fall out of Brexit at home, a lessening of western power and the diminishing importance of the Middle East to London and its western allies has seen the UK step back from the region

Christopher Phillips 24 February 2023
On the road between the town of Bucha and Kyiv, Ukraine. Shelly Kittleson

One year on, Ukraine sets its sights on the south

If Ukraine were to take Crimea, other areas currently under Russian control in the eastern part of the country might follow

Shelly Kittleson 24 February 2023
41 year-old Halyna Voitiuk, holding an Ukrainian flag mourns with relatives and friends during the funeral of her husband Oleh Voitiuk, in Lviv cemetery. AP

In Lviv, residents worry that those who fled Ukraine war will never come back

Ukraine pleads for more weapons ahead of spring operations

Shelly Kittleson 24 February 2023
Ukrainian refugees arrive at Amsterdam Central station by train from Berlin, on March 28, 2022, amir Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP

Ukraine: Refugees, reconstruction, and the wait for peace

Neither international donors nor local investors will invest in projects that they cannot guarantee will survive potential political or security fluctuations

Al Majalla - London 24 February 2023
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
Profiles

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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