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Finding an economic off-ramp to avert a US-Iran war Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Finding an economic off-ramp to avert a US-Iran war

Thuraya Shahin 19 February 2026
Medusa as our ambivalent self: Racha Mounaged’s new poetics
Culture & Social Affairs

Medusa as our ambivalent self: Racha Mounaged’s new poetics

Alfred J. Naddaff 19 February 2026
Al Majalla pays homage to one of football's greatest magicians, Diego Maradona, who transcended boundaries and proved that a football was a moon whose light could touch the world. Dave Murray

For the love of Maradona: Argentina's 'golden boy' who turned football into poetry

Al Majalla pays homage to one of football's greatest magicians, Diego Maradona, who transcended boundaries and proved that a football was a moon whose light could touch the world.

Ismail Ghazaly 16 December 2023
A Bolivarian militia member at a polling station during the referendum on Venezuelan sovereignty over the Esquibo region, in Caracas on December 3. AFP

Why oil and politics are re-igniting an old conflict between Venezuela and Guyana

The world faces a renewed geopolitical fault line in South America. Borders drawn by colonial powers cross disputed territory now rich in resources. Fears of war are real, but open conflict unlikely.

Paul Achkar 16 December 2023
A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: ‘Why?, Elon?’ Dave Murray

One year on, Elon Musk consolidates Twitter's ruin

A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: 'Why?, Elon?'

Khaled Kassar 14 December 2023
Activists demonstrate during the United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. AP

COP28 centres public health in global warming debate for first time

In a series of exclusive interviews with attendees, Al Majalla rounds up some of the latest expert thinking about the impact of climate change on public health.

Alaa Emara 13 December 2023
Diania Estefana Rubio

US, China, and India are the top global polluters

In recent years, the world has witnessed a noticeable increase in the greenhouse effect phenomenon due to the increasing and continuous burning of fossil fuels, threatening Earth’s life-friendly…

Al Majalla - London 12 December 2023
Andy Edwards

David Cameron returns to world stage

The appointment of Cameron certainly signals a shift towards the centre ground of British politics

Con Coughlin 10 December 2023
Former US President and presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the New York Young Republican Club's 111th annual gala in New York on December 9, 2023. AFP

Has the Populist Right become the new normal?

The worry is that the Populist right current does lasting damage to democratic politics institutions and norms while in power

Christopher Phillips 10 December 2023
A $100 banknote with the face of Argentine President-elect Javier Meli printed during his election campaign ahead of the runoff elections he won on November 19. Reuters

Argentina: From the peso crisis to the dollar curse

President-elect Javier Milei wants to shut a central bank and ditch a currency to end hyperinflation and achieve monetary stability, but there are pitfalls amid the promise of El Loco

Toufic Chanbour 05 December 2023
President of China Xi Jinping attends the plenary session as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his remarks virtually during the 2023 BRICS Summit Reuters

Can China become a mediation superpower?

Mediation is not always an easy win and can carry downsides.

Christopher Phillips 01 December 2023
US President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit Reuters

Neither cold nor hot war after Biden-Xi meeting

How successful was the Biden-Xi meeting in San Francisco? Some signs were telling.

Shirley Ze Yu 01 December 2023
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Trump has few good options on Iran

16 February 2026

As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.

Michael Horowitz
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Business & Economy

Gold’s ascent points to strains in the dollar-centric global financial order

16 February 2026

Rising bullion prices, volatile currency markets, and renewed debate over US monetary strategy reflect deepening doubts about Washington's stewardship of the global financial system

Mohamed Sharki
The Arab Summit and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh on 11 November 2024.
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Politics

An Arab vision for regional security

09 February 2026

From dependency to strategic agency

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

16 February 2026

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

Charbel Khoury
Children watch the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performing during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 13 February 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
Politics

India’s record defence budget turns heads

15 February 2026

A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan

Shakir Husain

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