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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
Peruvian writer and Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa poses for a photograph during a ceremony of his induction into the Academie Francaise (French Academy), in Paris, February 9, 2023. AFP

Why Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa is interested in thinking, not trending

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa writes a regular column in Asharq Al-Awsat. Peru's great man of letters is more interested in shedding light on the human condition than trending on social media.

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 17 July 2023
Diana Estefanía Rubio

World Population Day: India overtakes China

India and China are by far the most populous countries and the only ones with more than one billion inhabitants. Together they account for about 36 percent of the total population and occupy nine…

Al Majalla - London 11 July 2023
Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we’ve learned from experience that content ultimately wins. Nash Weerasekera

Threads v Twitter: The mother of all battles

Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we've learned from experience that content ultimately wins.

Khaled Kassar 10 July 2023
Heads of State and Government pose for the official group photo during the Nato summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. AFP

What's on the agenda at the Nato summit?

Nato's resolve in facing down Russian aggression is strong and the alliance's summit will show that. But its agenda will be long and complex. Al Majalla takes a look at what to expect.

Omer Onhon 09 July 2023
Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it Rob Carter

A look at Turkey's geopolitics through the lens of the war in Ukraine

Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it.

Mitat Çelikpala 08 July 2023
As research into global warming and how to combat it gets better, it is pointing to new ways to solve the crisis. Using solar energy to convert captured carbon to green fuel is one of them. Ewan White

How greenhouse gasses and plastic waste can help save the world

As research into global warming and how to combat it gets better, it is pointing to new ways to solve the crisis. Using solar energy to convert captured carbon to green fuel is one of them.

Mohammed Mansour 05 July 2023
Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka at the Turin International Book Fair. Supplied.

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka: Europe has forgotten history lessons

The 88-year-old writer explores an imaginary Nigeria rife with corruption and conspiracy in his latest novel, but glimmers of hope still shine.

Youssouf Waqqas 02 July 2023
This video grab shows Yevgeny Prigozhin speaking in Bakhmut. AFP

How Prigozhin's overestimation ended in his humiliation

All Majalla does a full autopsy on the events that transpired on the fateful day of 23 June and puts them into context against the run-up and aftermath of Wagner's mutiny attempt

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 29 June 2023
Putin's delicately designed power balance is under stress after the Wagner uprising. Sebastien Thibault

Dissecting Prigozhin's failed power play: Is this the end of the road for Wagner PMC?

Al Majalla takes a look at various theories behind Prigozhin's actions as well as the domestic and foreign repercussions they will likely have

Anton Mardasov 27 June 2023
A man holds a placard in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. A mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group posed the most serious challenge yet to Putin’s long rule. REUTERS

Wagner 'coup attempt' reveals cracks in Putin's delicate power balance

The position of Wagner and Prigozhin within the balance of power in Russia has moved from an academic debate to an existential challenge. The magnitude of challenges Putin faces has grown.

Houssam Itani 26 June 2023
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Ex-Prince Andrew's arrest rocks the British monarchy

20 February 2026

His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Con Coughlin
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

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

18 February 2026

Iran's vast oil and strategic mineral reserves have moved to the centre of negotiations with the US, which could reshape Trump's calculus

Thuraya Shahin
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi @USAMBTurkiye via X
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SDF presence in Munich raises eyebrows in Ankara

18 February 2026

Despite having signed an agreement to integrate into the Syrian state, its leaders attended a key security conference in Germany as a separate delegation from Damascus, in a move that unnerves Türkiye

Omer Onhon
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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