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British Minister of State for Trade Chris Bryant and Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jassem Mohammed Al-Budaiwi pose for a photo after participating in a signing ceremony in London on 20 May 2026. AFP
Business & Economy

The UK-GCC trade deal is important, but the harder part begins now

Alice Gower 09 June 2026
Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on 16 August 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Politics

Lower migrant numbers hand Starmer a rare political win

Con Coughlin 05 June 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, US, August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump-Putin meeting already seen as a win for the Kremlin

Putin heads to Alaska, marking his first visit to the US in a decade and his first meeting with a US president since June 2021, when he shook hands with Biden in Geneva

Con Coughlin 14 August 2025

Zelenskyy shut out of Trump-Putin meet

Fares Garabet 11 August 2025
A model of the euro in front of the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Reuters

The euro’s global moment: real opportunity or historical trap?

As the euro strengthens amid a weakening dollar, analysts see it more as a rebalancing of the global financial order rather than an innate superiority of the European currency

Toufic Chanbour 06 August 2025
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen talks to the media as she arrives at the European headquarters for the EU-Western Balkans summit, in Brussels, on December 14, 2023. John Thys/AFP

Standing up to Trump: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

Denmark's youngest ever PM, her stance on immigration has kept the far-right populists at bay, while her warnings over Greenland have had a similar effect on the US president. Who is she?

Con Coughlin 29 July 2025
The UK's National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell, who has a track record of helping enemy combatants agree terms. Shutterstock

Jonathan Powell: the UK’s ultimate fixer flies into world hotspots

The diplomat who Tony Blair credited with negotiating the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland is now talking to the Turks, Kurds, Syrians, Ukrainians, and Americans, to name but a few.

Con Coughlin 27 July 2025
Bahrain's Finance Minister Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves sign bilateral investment deals in London on 19 June 2025. Gov.uk

Entering a new phase: UK-Bahrain relations

The two Kingdoms have worked together for two centuries and a recent visit to London from Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa cemented the links in trade, security, and education.

Neil Quilliam 18 July 2025

Architects at Venice Biennale challenge Israel’s culture of erasure

A new team called the Palestine Regeneration Team unveils an installation at the Venice Architecture Biennale that prompts a radical rethink of what 'home' now means for Gazans.

Iain Akerman 12 July 2025
Al Majalla

Details from the trial of the Jordanian pilot’s IS killer

F-16 fighter pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh was captured near Raqqa in December 2014 and burned to death in a metal cage several days later. Al Majalla reveals new details about it, based on trial documents.

Rania El Akhdar 10 July 2025

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, at the European Central Bank Governors' Meeting, Frankfurt, June 6, 2024. AFP

Christine Lagarde: the ‘Iron Lady’ of international finance

The former head of the International Monetary Fund and president of the European Central Bank has confronted the monetary, inflationary, and trade crises affecting Europe

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 July 2025
Ewan White

Why some Germans want to repatriate their gold from the US

Where one's gold sits is not just a matter of security, prestige, or practicality; it is a matter of trust and confidence, both of which seem to be in short supply as a result of Donald Trump's polici

Toufic Chanbour 04 July 2025
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Trump started a war he can’t control

09 June 2026

Netanyahu continues to defy calls from Washington to pump the brakes on Israel's offensive in Lebanon, something Iran has linked to a future peace deal

John Haltiwanger
Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

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

Abdulfattah Khattab
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Science & Technology

SpaceX IPO: an astronomical bet on Musk’s space vision

05 June 2026

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
An Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jew reacts near a part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran, in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 8 June 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Politics

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
Sara Ishaq arrives T THE 86th Annual Academy Awards Oscar Week Celebrates Documentaries at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on 26 February 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. VALERIE MACON /AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

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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