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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

Xiaotong Yang 08 April 2026
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Mohammed Mansour 07 April 2026
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In early August, the markets went into meltdown, but no sooner had trillions been wiped, things were getting back to normal. What is going on? Al Majalla

A storm in a Japanese teacup: how it pays to be brave

Unusual selloffs, concern about jobs, and questions over interest rates led to a recent global panic, with some big firms losing $300bn overnight. Then the world righted itself. What does it tell us?

Khaled Kassar 11 August 2024
Ten years ago in Sochi, it was all smiles as Russia hosted the Olympic Games. A decade later, things are very different. Dave Murray

Touchy on Sochi: Russian bear off the (costly) Olympics wagon

After eye-watering sums were spent to host the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Russia was banned, first for state-sponsored doping, then for invading Ukraine. A decade on, it is still licking its wounds

Nazareth Seferian 11 August 2024
The Esports World Cup is currently being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jason Lyon

Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia fits into the Kingdom’s strategy

Gamers gathering in Riyadh to compete for major prizes has helped grab investors' attention regarding the screen-shattering growth of the sector, with all trend lines pointing up

Turki Harbi and Maryam Aljohani 09 August 2024
How Donald Trump sees the world and the way he makes decisions will help to determine US foreign policy Nigel Buchanan

More so than advisors, Trump’s instincts will make US foreign policy

There are clues as to Trump's foreign policy, and a defence strategy outlines in some detail what his administration hopes to achieve. Yet, he will still shoot from the hip.

Robert Ford 09 August 2024
Eduardo Ramon

Ukraine war knocks its neighbours off balance economically

The knock-on effects of sanctions aimed at Russia after its invasion of Ukraine are still taking a toll, lifting local currencies in Georgia and Armenia and hurting exports

Nazareth Seferian 08 August 2024
Al Majalla - London

Trumpian Transformations: who would be affected by Trump Mk II

If Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump wins a second term in November’s election, US policy would shift in several big areas, according to The Economist.His party's platform - a 16-page…

Al Majalla - London 06 August 2024
Nash Weerasekera

America is divided... who will rule over it?

The presidential campaign suddenly looks different. How would a second Trump White House or a first Harris administration approach the Middle East?

Al Majalla - London 04 August 2024
Nash Weerasekera

How a President Harris might approach the Middle East

Kamala Harris is new to the presidential election campaign and largely an unknown quantity on foreign policy. Yet there are clues as to how she may approach the region if she wins the White House

Amal Mudallali 04 August 2024
The smartphone is never left behind. It comes with us everywhere we go. It is our favourite toy and our miniature world. Shutterstock

How our smartphones change the way we see ourselves

A personal reflection on how technology has rewired our interactions, reshaping the world before our very eyes.

Abdulsalam Bin Abdulali 31 July 2024
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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