The move to the top of the world economy's most-watched league table comes as the Vision 2030 reforms cut oil dependence. While the IMF opens a Riyadh office, Saudi is sticking with some subsidies.

Erdoğan's visit shows that, though Russia may be diminished, Putin is still able to put pressure on the Turkish president and flex his muscles. Al Majalla explores the complicated dynamics at play.

Assimilation is the key to staying afloat as you "wait" indefinitely, pretending everything is exactly as it should be – even as your soul erodes and the world around you rots.

The global community was hoping that the Sochi summit could revive the Black Sea grain deal but no such progress was made. Al Majalla outlines what the two leaders discussed in Sochi.

French interests in Africa seem to be collapsing like dominoes under the guillotine of coups, causing significant losses to the French economy, which depends on Africa's natural resources.

The expansion of BRICS should be seen not as the disrupter of the Western-dominated global order, but as a symptom of the fact that this order has already passed.

A protest movement under the hashtag 'Se Acaba' or 'Enough' has swept Spain after the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation forcibly kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the mouth.

In the face of opposition from both the fossil fuel companies and the state, a referendum was able to stop oil production in the UNESCO-recognised Yasuní National Park