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Global oil supply under increasing threat
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Global oil supply under increasing threat

Fares Garabet 04 October 2026
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

The Economist 04 October 2026
Canadian-British author David Szalay, during a photo shoot in London in 2016, after being nominated for the Man Booker Prize for his novel 'All That Man is'. Daniel LEAL / AFP

David Szalay on reinventing the traditional story arc

In an interview with Al Majalla, the renowned Canadian-Hungarian-British author talks about his latest Booker Prize-shortlisted book, 'Flesh', as well as his past works

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 02 November 2025
During their Oval Office meeting in September, President Donald Trump greeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warmly, pulling out a chair for his guest and referring to Türkiye’s delegation as “too smart”. shutterstock_

Türkiye's intelligence prowess turns Trump's head

Türkiye has a long history of successful espionage and the development of the 'derin devlet' (deep state). The modern inheritors of this legacy have played a pivotal role in shifting how the US perce

Kamal Alam 31 October 2025
Al Majalla

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 October 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands with Rwanda's FM Olivier Nduhungirehe and Democratic Republic of Congo's FM Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, after signing a peace agreement in Washington on June 27, 2025. AP / Mark Schiefelbein

The flaw in America's Africa policy

With China, Türkiye, the Gulf states, and Russia offering tangible investment and influence in Africa, the US's reliance on facilitation and hollow declarations has reduced it to a mere observer

Sergey Eledinov 30 October 2025
Al Majalla

Central banks turn back to gold as uncertainty mounts

For the first time in nearly three decades, central banks’ combined gold reserves now exceed their US Treasury holdings—a symbolic shift reflecting diversification away from dollar assets.After the…

Al Majalla - London 28 October 2025
Al Majalla

A new look at literary icon Jorge Luis Borges' life

The Argentine writer's life and works have been the source of study since his death in 1986, but a new book looks anew at the factors that made both the man and his texts

Najeeb Mubarak 27 October 2025
Al Majalla

Is the US going to war with Venezuela?

A string of recent statements from US President Donald Trump, coupled with American naval deployments this month, makes for a compelling case. But could this just be psychological warfare?

Tarek Rashed 26 October 2025
A child infected with cholera receives treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city in Darfur, on August 12, 2025 AFP

Cholera is more than a medical challenge—it’s a political one

It persists because poverty, inequality, conflict and displacement persist

Hakainde Hichilema and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 25 October 2025
Lina Jaradat

Why Gen Z is so mad

Economic displacement driven by AI has alienated an entire generation, and they are not going down quietly

Steve Hewitt 25 October 2025
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Trump-Xi meeting is about much more than trade

US and Chinese leaders have locked themselves into a downward spiral that goes far beyond tariffs, exports, and rare earths. This is about the future and who controls it.

Shirley Ze Yu 24 October 2025
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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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