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Khodr Al Agha 06 October 2026
A person holds a piece of raw ore at the Al-Amar gold mine in Al-Quwayiyah, 195 kilometres southwest of the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on 28 May 2008.
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Business & Economy

How Australia fits into Saudi Arabia’s mining ambitions

Alice Gower 05 October 2026
A passerby takes pictures of newspaper headlines reporting the death of Osama Bin Laden in front of the Newseum on May 2, 2011, in Washington, D.C. MARK WILSON / AFP

12 years after Bin Laden killed, what remains of al-Qaeda?

Al-Qaeda considers itself the springboard from which all jihadist groups emerged, but today, it is very bankrupt, weak and losing popularity to other jihadist groups.

Sami Moubayed 18 May 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Acute food insecurity surges worldwide

In 2023, 281.6 million people, or 21.5% of people in 59 food-crisis countries, faced high acute food insecurity, nearly 24 million more than in 2022.Conflict and insecurity, the implications of…

Al Majalla - London 14 May 2024
Sara Gironi Carnevale

The global fight for microchip dominance

Semiconductors used in the chips powering the Artificial Intelligence-led technology revolution are critical for both countries and companies, yet self-reliance in this sector seems unattainable

Khaled Kassar 10 May 2024
Tourists enter the Swakopmund Museum on June 23, 2017, Namibia. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP

One of the smallest museums in Africa might be its most important

A curator's battle to commemorate Germany's forgotten genocide in Namibia

The Economist 08 May 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Global gold production on the rise

Global production of gold reached approximately 3,000 metric tonnes in 2023. China, Australia, Russia, Canada, and the United States were, respectively, the largest producers of gold in the world…

Al Majalla - London 07 May 2024
Al Majalla

The new empires of the Internet Age

Cyberspace has upended the old world order

Daniel W. Drezner 04 May 2024
US President Joe Biden (R) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold bilateral talks at the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

'Postponement' of Biden-Erdoğan meeting raises eyebrows

As NATO allies, US-Turkey relations should be good, but after Turkey asked to join South Africa's genocide case in the ICJ against Israel, scheduling is suddenly tight.

Omer Onhon 03 May 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Islamic Development Bank: 50 years of social impact

The Saudi-based institution's credit rating remains AAA, yet it is primarily known for its social impact and accomplishments throughout its history

Khaled Kassar 03 May 2024
French Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire speaks at press conference during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 2, 2023. JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

Europe now leads the world in AI regulation

The first comprehensive regulation of AI by a major regulator assigns applications of AI to three risk categories. Offering protection while allowing for innovation provides a useful template.

Marco Mossad 01 May 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Global military spending up on the back of rising geopolitical tensions

World military expenditure rose for the ninth consecutive year to an all-time high of $2.4tn. For the first time since 2009, military expenditures went up in all five of the geographical regions…

Al Majalla - London 30 April 2024
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Iran-Houthi escalation could backfire. Here is how

05, Oct 2026

The more Iran and its regional allies try to corner Yemen's government, the more international support it is getting to fight back

Ibrahim Jalal
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X
Politics

Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist

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