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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting with business leaders in central London on January 28, 2025. BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
Business & Economy

Brexit has deepened the UK economy’s flaws and dulled its strengths

The Economist 03 January 2026
Ahmad Abu Dahman, the Saudi author of the internationally acclaimed novel 'The Belt', has died at the age of 76. AFP/Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

What Saudi writer Ahmad Abu Dahman narrated in ‘The Belt’

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 21 December 2025
Gerda Blees

How Dutch author Gerda Blees gave the night a voice

In her critically acclaimed debut novel We Are Light, the poet tells the story of an unusual death through a series of unique perspectives.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 28 May 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen react after hosting a joint press conference during the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House in London on May 19, 2025. Carl Court / AFP

Eyeing cheaper goods, the UK goes on a trade deal spree

The new trade deal with the EU is the third agreement the UK has clinched following deals with India and the US. Talks are also said to be underway for a new trade deal with the GCC.

Con Coughlin 20 May 2025
Italian writer and translator Vincenzo Latronico, during the Chora Volume 1 festival at the Milan Conservatory. Milan (Italy), on February 17, 2024. Getty

Vincenzo Latronico on chronicling the Instagram generation

The Booker-shortlisted Italian author speaks to Al Majalla about re-imagining a classic, the art of translation, and how digital life is changing the way we see ourselves

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 20 May 2025
Dominic Bodden

Marco Rubio: from Florida senator to top Trump official

As Secretary of State and National Security Advisor—a portfolio previously only held by Kissinger—Rubio has become one of the most influential figures in the Trump administration

Con Coughlin 19 May 2025
Retiring iconic Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (R) and his players hold the Premier League trophy outside the town hall in Manchester, north west England, on May 13, 2013. ANDREW YATES / AFP

Manchester United: politics, power, and the beautiful game

The story of one of the world's biggest sports clubs is the story of modern football and modern Britain, for good and bad.

Ahmadu Tijan Bah 11 May 2025
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko sign a deal that gives the United States preferential access to Ukraine's mineral resources. US Department of the Treasury/Reuters

Will a minerals deal keep the US invested in Ukraine's security?

Now that a rare earths deal has finally been clinched between Kyiv and Washington, Russia may find that the US is less inclined to give in to its demands to end the war in Ukraine

Con Coughlin 01 May 2025
US President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 17, 2025. REUTERS / Evelyn Hockstein

Can "Trump whisperer" Meloni help repair US-EU relations?

Prior to her visit, Meloni had discussions with von der Leyen to devise a mutually beneficial plan for dealing with Trump

Con Coughlin 17 April 2025
Sara Gironi Carnevale

Marie Le Pen: The French populist sentenced for graft

A court found the National Rally leader guilty of embezzling EU funds and slapped her with a five-year ban on running for political office. But it's too early to write her political obituary just yet.

Con Coughlin 05 April 2025
Nathalie Lees

Are Europe and the US getting divorced?

Trump is waging a three-front war on Europe over Ukraine, security dependence and trade, shocking longtime allies who are now scrambling to develop a counterstrategy

Al Majalla - London 04 April 2025
Pep Boatella

Are Europe and the US headed for divorce?

Trump is waging a three-front war on Europe over Ukraine, security dependence and trade, shocking longtime allies who are now scrambling to develop a counterstrategy

Christopher Phillips 04 April 2025
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on 21 January 2026. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP
Politics

In Davos, a tale of two speeches

22 January 2026

Trump follows Greenland threats by announcing a "future deal," while Canada's prime minister describes it all as a "rupture in the world order"

Ravi Agrawal
Syrians celebrate in Raqqa on 19 January 2026, after Syria and the SDF struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday. REUTERS / Karam al-Masri
Politics

Why Syrian army gains against the SDF unnerve Israel

20 January 2026

Israeli media have painted the "defeat of the Kurds" as a win for Türkiye, while Israel's military worries that this may carry negative implications for its presence in the Golan

Michael Harari
Opinion

The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A general view of a concrete block marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, on 4 November 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Is Israel annexing more than half of Gaza?

20 January 2026

The ambiguous meaning of Israel's new yellow line

Giovanni Legorano
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) shakes hands with Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo on 18 December 2025. AFP
Politics

Egypt stiffens its resolve to stop Sudan fragmentation

18 January 2026

For Cairo, stability in its southern neighbour is a national security issue. After almost three years of seeking a diplomatic solution, there are signs that it is now turning to firepower.

Amr Emam

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