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Global economic trends in the first quarter of the 21st century Reuters / Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Global economic trends in the first quarter of the 21st century

Mohamed Sharki 28 December 2025
From Palestine to AI: cultural trends that swept 2025 Sara Padovan
Culture & Social Affairs

From Palestine to AI: cultural trends that swept 2025

Shadi Alaa Aldin 27 December 2025
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A nosedive into philosophy’s forgotten sense

Smell has always been the poor cousin of the senses, overawed and diminished by the others. Hearing loss or blindness get all our attention, anosmia less so. What do the philosophers think?

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali 20 February 2025
US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his first term, London, December 3, 2019. AFP

The US-Canada tariff war is a double-edged sword

A 30-day tariff suspension, perhaps initiated because the US economy is not immune to losses, leaves analysts asking about Trump's real motives and where this all ends.

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 February 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during the NATO summit, Watford, December 4, 2019. AFP

Trump’s trade wars tread a fine line with allies’ patience

Tariffs and reciprocal action are due to cost jobs, disrupt supply chains, and slow global economic growth to below the target for 2025-26. Enter the turbulent world of Donald Trump.

Mohamed Sharki 17 February 2025
Nash Weerasekera

How will Trump's tariff wars impact the global economy?

Even the IMF is struggling to explain or forecast the next actions from the White House, and the president has not yet been in office for a month

Khaled Kassar 15 February 2025
Steel factory workers demonstrate against the reduction in the budget allocated to the 
 steel sector, in Brussels, February 5, 2025. AFP

Trump's tariffs could disrupt the ecosystem of global trade

Trump's tariffs are a bold move based on an economic vision claiming to protect domestic industries. However, they come at a high cost to international trade relations.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 14 February 2025
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive to hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

Trump deporting Indians from America gives Modi a problem

Both men won an election last year and enjoy friendly relations, but tariffs and the sight of shackled Indians are huge problems for the man from Gujarat, whose supporters are those being deported

Shakir Husain 13 February 2025

Trump sanctions the ICC for going after Netanyahu

Fares Garabet 13 February 2025
Nash Weerasekera

The future of Crypto? From $TRUMP tokens to a quantum race

Digital currencies like Bitcoin face new challenges, while countries' regulators either seem to love them or loathe them. In Part 2 of a two-part series, Al Majalla asks: will it be boom or bust?

Khaled Kassar 13 February 2025
M23 soldiers in Goma on February 6, 2025. Rwandan-backed M23 said it wanted to "liberate all of the Congo" in its first public message since seizing the eastern city of Goma after deadly clashes. Alexis Huguet / AFP

Rwanda keeps getting away with sowing chaos in Congo

Western powers are unwilling to hold Kigali accountable

Milain Fayulu and Jeffrey Smith 12 February 2025
Adrian Astorgano

Crypto's wild ride: From boundless prosperity to the brink of collapse

The currencies now have a fan in the White House. His promise of more regulatory flexibility has fuelled investor appetite and sent the price soaring. In Part 1 of a two-part series, we ask: what now?

Khaled Kassar 12 February 2025
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This aerial view shows residents waving Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on 26 December 2025. Farhan Aleli / AFP
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Israel scores strategic win with Somaliland deal, but it comes with risk

27 December 2025

An axis comprising Israel, Ethiopia, and Somaliland appears to be emerging, which has the potential to polarise the Horn of Africa and rapidly accelerate its militarisation

Omar Harkous
AFP / Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

What newly released Jordan-UK exchanges on the eve the Iraq war reveal

27 December 2025

They show that King Abdullah tried his best to blunt the blow of a US-led invasion by offering a diplomatic off-ramp to avert catastrophe

Malek Al Athamna
Sara Padovan
Culture & Social Affairs

From Palestine to AI: cultural trends that swept 2025

24 December 2025

For those who look closely, there were recurring cultural themes over the past 12 months, whether in cinema, music, art, or literature. There were also common threats and shared opportunities.

Shadi Alaa Aldin
People stand outside the Justice Palace after first trial of more than a dozen suspects linked to massacres that left hundreds dead in Syria's Alawite coastal heartland earlier this year, in Aleppo on 18 November 2025. BAKR ALKASEM / AFP
Politics

Fresh UK sanctions on Syria send a message

26 December 2025

London is making it clear that it expects more than just symbolic gestures from Damascus when it comes to holding security forces accountable for atrocities

Haid Haid
Reuters / Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Global economic trends in the first quarter of the 21st century

25 December 2025

Since the start of the new millennium, the world's wealth has been radically reshaped, and that looks set to continue

Mohamed Sharki

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