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Netanyahu, Trump at risk ahead of crucial polls
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Netanyahu, Trump at risk ahead of crucial polls

Fares Garabet 26 October 2026
How regional economies fared amid the US-Iran war Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How regional economies fared amid the US-Iran war

Mohamed Sharki 26 October 2026
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shor receive the Special Jury Prize for the film 'NAZA' at the closing of the Venice Film Festival, 12 September 2026. REUTERS

'NAZA' and the battle over who gets to tell the story

Some see this prize-winning documentary about Israeli soldiers' crimes in Gaza as whitewashing by suggesting a plurality of opinion; others see it as important evidence

Samer Abou Hawwach 16 September 2026
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani 15 September 2026
Diana Estefanía Rubio

El Niño: the climate phenomenon in the Pacific disrupting the world

The Panama Canal has scaled back its daily ship transits from 36 to 32 as of 15 September, as declining rainfall threatens its water supply. At the same time, the Atlantic hurricane season has…

Al Majalla - London 15 September 2026
An Iranian-flagged vessel MT Arman 114 (top L, in front) beside the Cameroon-flagged ship MT S Tinos conducting a suspected illegal transhipment in the waters of Indonesia's exclusive economic zone in the Natuna Sea on 7 July, 2023. AFP/ Majalla

Iran’s shadow economy can adapt. But not indefinitely

Tehran has gotten good at evading longstanding US sanctions, but the bigger it expands its shadow network, the more exposed and corrupt it becomes, weakening it in the long run

Lina Khatib 14 September 2026
Al Majalla / Reuters

Egypt’s Red Sea problems mount as Houthis take territory

The Iran-backed militia has seized most of western Yemen to effectively control the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the gateway to the Red Sea and therefore the Suez Canal

Amr Emam 14 September 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on 2 September 2026. AP

Xi puts China in the Middle East security equation

Beijing's multi-pronged proposal links to the new three-way 'Mecca Alliance' between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan. What would be the parameters of this new Chinese security involvement?

Charbel Barakat 13 September 2026
Palestinian singer Saint Levant during the Carthage International Festival at the Roman Theatre of Carthage, Tunisia, 5 August, 2025. FETHI BELAID / AFP

Saint Levant and what qualifies as 'good' Arabic music

The Palestinian singer-songwriter's turn to folk music exposes the class, status, and cultural prejudices that shape what we choose to listen to

Tareq Habjouqa  13 September 2026
Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is pictured during Saxony-Anhalt's state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on 6 September 2026. JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP

Ulrich Siegmund: the disarming right-winger making waves in Germany

The media-savvy AfD candidate led his party to victory in Saxony-Anhalt, bringing it within reach of power for the first time since World War II

Bryn Haworth 12 September 2026
A picture taken on 22 July 1946 shows the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, after a bombing attack against the British government by members of Irgun, a Zionist terrorist group headed by Menachem Begin. AFP

Britain's complicated history with Israel

The UK's recent criticism of Israeli action in the West Bank has drawn a sharp rebuke from Tel Aviv, but friction between the two countries is nothing new

Steve Hewitt 12 September 2026
A Tuareg separatist soldier walks inside a damaged building in Kidal, on 9 May 2026.
Mali's government refuses to talk to "terrorist" armed groups after they launched unprecedented attacks on it. AFP

Why JNIM is unlikely to break off from al-Qaeda

Mali's biggest jihadist group is more likely to follow the Taliban's path than that of Syria's rebels-turned-rulers

Sergey Eledinov 12 September 2026
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Benjamin Netanyahu is damaged goods in the West

25, Oct 2026

Key voices in the West appear to be throwing him under the bus ahead of the approaching Israeli election

Brian Katulis
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Energy security and resiliency in an uncertain world

24, Oct 2026

Türkiye's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources writes for Al Majalla

Alparslan Bayraktar
People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, on 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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An emboldened Iran could trigger an IS comeback

22, Oct 2026

Should the US and Israel fail in their war on Iran, Tehran would likely expand its regional influence at the expense of Sunni Arabs, who could potentially turn to extremist groups to fight back

James Jeffrey
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Culture & Social Affairs

The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

23, Oct 2026

Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

Waddah Abu Jamea
Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
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Dmytro Kuleba on Trump’s drift towards Moscow

24, Oct 2026

Ukraine's former foreign minister is pragmatic about the war, peace talks, Kyiv's opponent, Washington, the Chinese, and the Gulf. His thoughts are a fascinating insight into Europe's biggest battle

Ahmed Maher

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