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Al Awir desert farms, Dubai, on 12 January 2021.
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Business & Economy

How El Niño is heightening economic risk in the Gulf

Abdulfattah Khattab 04 July 2026
China's increasingly effective spy tactics raise alarm in the West Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

China's increasingly effective spy tactics raise alarm in the West

Marco Mossad 04 July 2026
Sara Padovan

How fibre-optic drones are reshaping warfare

Small, low-cost, and difficult to jam, they give traditional defence systems little time to respond

Marco Mossad 24 May 2026
Protesters march during the "Rise Up for Gaza" international day of action at Washington Square Park, New York City, on 4 October 2025. Kena Betancur / AFP

US public opinion finally sours on Israel: what next?

As support for Israel weakens across the US political spectrum, once-taboo questions about military aid, lobbying influence, and US backing are moving into the mainstream

Tarek Rashed 24 May 2026
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Almir Bašović: the essence of theatre is that the other is not an enemy

In an interview with Al Majalla, the renowned Bosnian playwright discusses the relationship between art and memory and the role of the intellectual in the public sphere

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 22 May 2026
Simone Weil. Wikimedia commons

Simone Weil and the art of attention

Nearly eight decades after her death, the French philosopher's reflections on suffering, attention, work, and moral seriousness continue to resonate

Bahaa Iy'ali 21 May 2026
Mark Smith

The philosopher king of Palantir: Alex Karp says the quiet part out loud on X

The tech CEO's manifesto, where he champions US military dominance and the use of AI weapons, has been described by some as the 'ramblings of a supervillain'

Bryn Haworth 19 May 2026
Lamine Yamal raises the Palestinian flag during Barcelona's celebrations of their Spanish League title in Barcelona, ​​2026. AP

How Gaza pushed Israel out of Europe’s moral order

Football star Lamine Yamal's hoisting of Palestine's flag, and the Eurovision audience's booing of Israel's contestant, show how Israel has lost its PR edge

Shadi Alaa Aldin 18 May 2026
Al Majalla

Latest drones drive down the cost of warfare

Cheap unmanned aerial vehicles cost only a few thousand dollars to make, but are costing millions to defend against, turning the economics of war on its head

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 May 2026
Axel Rangel Garcia

Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 17 May 2026
Raven Jiang

F-35 vs J-35: the US-China fighter jet contest

China's J-35 is more than a new stealth fighter. It represents Beijing's attempt to challenge the global dominance of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

Marco Mossad 16 May 2026
Chadian soldiers march during Flintlock 2014, a US-led training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, on March 3, 2014. Joe Penney / Reuters

Why Africans are fighting and dying in Ukraine

African fighters in the Russian army reveal a global system of human disposability, where economic inequality, migration, and war make certain lives visible only in moments of selective outrage

Sergey Eledinov 16 May 2026
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Libyan National Army Deputy Commander Saddam Haftar, and Trump advisor Massad Boulos in Washington on 29 June, 2026. @US_SrAdvisorAF/X
Politics

US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
Dave Murray
Science & Technology

More than a game: a look inside the mind of a football fan

30 June 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?

Alaa Emara
A fighter loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds up a weapon backdropped by the minaret of a mosque, during a graduation ceremony in the southeastern Gedaref state on 27 May 2024. AFP
Politics

The quiet push to finally end Sudan's civil war

29 June 2026

External actors and some domestic parties are believed to be working behind the scenes towards a settlement. Why now?

Shawgi Abdelazim
Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in the centre of the hall during the China-Africa forum at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, on 5 September 2024.
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Business & Economy

China doubles down on Africa with its zero-tariff policy

01 July 2026

Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent

Rabia Abdul Salam
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

28 June 2026

If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

David Schenker

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