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Argentina's President Javier Milei waves to supporters as he arrives at the ruling party's La Libertad Avanza headquarters following the results of the national midterm legislative election in Buenos Aires on 26 October 2025. LUIS ROBAYO / AFP
Politics

Milei puts the Falklands back on the table: why now?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 03 October 2026
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

Alexandra Sharp 03 October 2026
AFP

Stephen Miller: Trump's ideologue-in-chief

The White House deputy chief of staff for policy has backed violent ICE raids, cheered Maduro's seizure, and supported Trump's bid to 'take' Greenland

Con Coughlin 01 February 2026
Sara Gironi Carnevale

Could Trump actually buy Greenland?

If history is any indication, then yes. While much of modern-day America was acquired through conquest, large chunks of the country were also bought from reluctant sellers under pressure.

Steve Hewitt 31 January 2026
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Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics

Khodr Al Agha 31 January 2026

Does Trump's Board of Peace spell the end of the UN?

Fares Garabet 28 January 2026
A salesman displays gold chains, at Jos Alukkas jewellery store in Bengaluru on 17 September 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP

Gold hits record high of $5,100 as traders seek safety

Investors' flight into precious metals is symptomatic of the economic upheaval and uncertainty being caused by US President Donald Trump and his trade wars

Mohamed Sharki 28 January 2026
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Greenland: the frozen Arctic island that Trump wants

Greenland, an ice-capped country located between the United States and Russia, is rapidly emerging as a geopolitical frontline as the Arctic slowly melts amid global warming. Its growing strategic…

Al Majalla - London 27 January 2026
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'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare'

Former Médecins Sans Frontières president Rony Brauman explains to Al Majalla how Israel's war on Gaza has produced unprecedented suffering and exposed the collapse of international law

Elie Kossaifi 26 January 2026
The Blue Nile River after the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, on 6 November 2020.
 Reuters

Global water bankruptcy and what can be done about it

An eye-opening UN report revealing the extent of the problem posed by rapidly diminishing freshwater reserves is a sobering read

Mohammed Mansour 26 January 2026
European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (L) and Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira shake hands after signing a EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Asuncion, Paraguay, on 17 January 2026. LUIS ROBAYO / AFP

Europe and South America seal a trade pact for the Trump era

The EU-Mercosur agreement is a big deal in the world of geoeconomics

The Economist 26 January 2026
Karagh Byrne

Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump

Trump made no secret of his desire for the US to 'own' Greenland and has threatened to take over the frigid Arctic island 'the easy way or the hard way', but its people do not want to become American

Con Coughlin 25 January 2026
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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