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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

Can US-Russia talks finally end the war in Ukraine?

Fares Garabet 20 February 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

A look at Ukraine's vast critical mineral wealth

Ukraine has deposits of 22 of the 34 minerals identified by the European Union as critical, according to Ukrainian data. They include industrial and construction materials, ferroalloy, precious and…

Al Majalla - London 18 February 2025
European leaders gather at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris to discuss a coordinated European response to US President Donald Trump's policies toward the continent and the war in Ukraine. @EmmanuelMacron

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

At an emergency meeting in Paris, there are splits on sending troops to Ukraine 

The Economist 18 February 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives a speech during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2025. THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP

Zelenskyy’s big pitch to Munich

The Ukrainian president called for Europe to build an army, while Macron called an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday to discuss a response to the Trump administration's tactics

Rishi Iyengar and Keith Johnson 16 February 2025
US Vice President JD Vance gives a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Vance leaves Europe gobsmacked

US Vice President JD Vance delivered a rebuke on alleged censorship and immigration to a shocked Munich Security Conference

Rishi Iyengar and Keith Johnson 15 February 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Trump starts “immediate” talks with Putin on Ukraine

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says it is "unrealistic" for Ukraine to return to its pre-war borders, and Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO

The Economist 13 February 2025
Al Majalla

Lord Peter Mandelson: Britain's unlikely US ambassador

Mandelson may find it awkward to work with Trump's administration after calling him "reckless" and "a bully". He will hope that his grovelling apology will win him forgiveness in the White House.

Con Coughlin 09 February 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting with business leaders in central London on January 28, 2025. BENJAMIN CREMEL / POOL / AFP

Between Trump and the EU, Britain feels increasingly isolated

With its bonds with the EU severely weakened and a long way from repair, Britain will find it much harder to take any kind of stand against Trump for fear of being isolated

Christopher Phillips 06 February 2025
Eduardo Ramon

The battle after the war: Healing Gaza's traumatised children

Children Not Numbers provides medical, educational, and psychological help to Gaza's children. It is a staggering undertaking, given the scale of death and destruction that Israel inflicted.

Joudy El-Asmar 16 February 2025
Martina Devlin appears on the Late
Late Show on January 8, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. Phillip Massey/GC Images

Irish author Martina Devlin on honing the perfect narrative

The award-winning writer explains how she always tries to whittle down a story to a core narrative with a knack for knowing which details to keep and which can be tossed

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 25 January 2025
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An Iranian holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed by an Israeli air strike on September 27, 2024; and Iran Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, killed by the US in January 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Israel sharpens its focus amid growing unrest in Iran

11 January 2026

Last year's 12-day war with Iran was ostensibly aimed at its nuclear programme. This time, the regime is significantly weakened, presenting an opportunity Israel may feel it can't miss.

Michael Horowitz
Al Majalla
Politics

The Donroe Doctrine and the new hemispheric order

12 January 2026

Pressure builds on Venezuela after Trump appoints himself 'acting president'. With Colombia, Mexico and Cuba seemingly also in the line of fire, they will be closely watching what happens in Caracas.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Government forces patrol the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood after taking control of the area, following the collapse of an agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, in Aleppo, Syria, on 10 January 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Politics

What next for Syria after tenuous Aleppo ceasefire?

10 January 2026

It remains unclear if Damascus's move to kick the Kurds out of Aleppo will pressure the SDF to implement the 10 March deal to integrate its forces into the Syrian army or harden its resolve to resist

Haid Haid
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L) gives a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty (R) at Tahrir Palace in the centre of Cairo on September 10, 2024. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Egypt steps up its balancing act amid Yemen rift

08 January 2026

The UAE backs southern Yemenis who want secession, while Saudi Arabia wants a unified Yemen. Egypt also favours unity, but is close to both Gulf states, putting it in a difficult position.

Amr Emam
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Putin foreshadowed the Ukraine war in 2008 meeting with Bush

06 January 2026

Recently declassified meeting minutes between the two leaders show how Washington was well aware of Moscow's grievances over NATO expansion, but went ahead anyway

Samer Elias

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