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Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
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Dmytro Kuleba on Trump’s drift towards Moscow

Ahmed Maher 24 October 2026
The Indian Himalayas are seen from a flight to Srinagar on 22 May 2023. Sebastien BERGER / AFP
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How melting Himalayan glaciers will impact the world

Alaa Emara 19 October 2026
A Pakistani navy sailor mans a weapon aboard a ship amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at an unidentified location, on 9 March 2026. Reuters

Pakistan’s Red Sea calculus and the end of strategic ambiguity

As Yemen's Houthi militants activate a new maritime front, Islamabad may be compelled to play a more proactive role in regional security

Kaswar Klasra 06 August 2026
Russia, North Korea establish first road link
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Russia, North Korea establish first road link

A new road bridge linking Russia and North Korea is nearing completion across the Tumen River, creating the first direct road connection between the two countries. The Khasan-Tumangang bridge—a two…

Al Majalla - London 05 August 2026
A Japanese man walks past a screen displaying foreign currency exchange rates against the Japanese yen following the yen's collapse on 3 August 2026. Reuters

A tool rarely used: historic US intervention to save the yen

The Federal Reserve worked with the Bank of Japan last week to help lift the yen, after it hit nearly 40-year lows against the dollar. Has it succeeded?

Rana Freifer 05 August 2026
A crude oil tanker is guided to a berth at the oil terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 7, 2026. AFP

The Gulf looks east as partnerships move beyond oil

Trade, investment, energy, and technology lie at the heart of strengthening Gulf-Asian relations

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 01 August 2026
Lines of cars waiting to refuel in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 2026. أ.ف.ب

Queuing cars help show how Russia failed to diversify its economy

Innovation and private enterprise have yet to challenge the energy sector's centrality

Rana Freifer 25 July 2026
Cargo ships docked along the strait in Singapore on April 7, 2025. AFP

Fighting in the Gulf renews focus on the Strait of Malacca

Once a port at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, Singapore is now a hub for managing risk in international trade. There are broader lessons for countries dependent on energy flows

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 15 July 2026
A portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping next to traditional paintings in a tourist store in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

Xi Jinping and China’s deferred succession question

China's all-powerful president turned 73 last month, but there is still no word on his successor. The 2027 Communist Party Congress may offer clues about the next generation

Charbel Barakat 15 July 2026
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.
 AFP

China doubles down on Africa with its zero-tariff policy

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 02 July 2026
Remnants of war, such as a Soviet fighter jet, tanks and a military vehicle, are displayed at the Manzar-e-Jahad or the Jihad Museum that commemorates the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion of 1979, in Herat on 6 January 2026. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP

The Russian military returns to Afghanistan 37 years later

A generation after the Soviets limped out of Central Asia, and only five years after the Americans followed suit, Russia is back in Kabul with a deal to train and equip the Taliban's fighters

Kamal Alam 21 June 2026
Al Majalla

How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal

Islamabad kept both sides talking even as missiles were being launched. That tenacity looks to have paid dividends in a way that could yet reshape the Middle East's power dynamics.

Kaswar Klasra 18 June 2026
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