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A woman twirls a dragon streamer on the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River during sunrise in Shanghai on 14 April 2025, with the city's financial district seen in the background. HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP
Business & Economy

There’s no need to fear China’s economy

Theodore Bunzel 16 May 2026
Amid US-China competition in the Gulf, there is room for cooperation Pete Reynolds
Politics

Amid US-China competition in the Gulf, there is room for cooperation

Charbel Barakat 15 May 2026
President Donald Trump on October 11, 2019 hailed a breakthrough in his drawn-out trade war with China, saying the two sides reached an initial deal covering intellectual property, financial services and currencies. Nicholas Kamm / AFP

What an even more hawkish China policy could look like

A new report lays out recommendations on artificial intelligence, trade, and investment as Trump prepares to take office

Rishi Iyengar 23 November 2024
US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Thomas Peter/Getty

Where does China stand with the next White House?

A few questions remain about US President-elect Donald Trump's China policy

James Palmer 14 November 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

US trade deficit with China at its lowest since 2010

Trump's upcoming presidency comes with great uncertainty for global markets, considering his economic policies, which are widely viewed as extreme. He is expected to ramp up America's trade war with…

Al Majalla - London 12 November 2024
Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari receives Saudi investment minister Khalid Al-Falih SPA

Saudi Arabia's $2.2bn investment deepens economic ties with Pakistan

Top-level political backing for the Kingdom's latest support for its ally adds to hope that more is to come after a top-level signing ceremony this month

Kaswar Klasra 16 October 2024
Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature Al Majalla

South Korean Nobel Laureate Han Kang: ‘Life is a wound’

The first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature has written eight novels, published three short story collections, and penned a wealth of poetry. Who is she—and what does she write about?

Emad al-Ahmad 16 October 2024
Map showing the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, in Azerbaijan. Shutterstock

Zangezur Corridor: Could a road in Armenia start a war?

A proposed trade route connecting Turkey and the Mediterranean with Azerbaijan through Armenia would be controlled by Russia and bypass Iran. No wonder Tehran is furious.

Nazareth Seferian 04 October 2024
A "Seven Samurai" movie poster

At 70, ‘Seven Samurai’ is still sharp after all these years

How the newly remastered classic influenced films from "The Magnificent Seven" to "A Bug's Life"

Jordan Hoffman 11 September 2024
An aerial view of the Grand Faw Port. The Development Road Project is seen under construction in Basra, Iraq, on April 23, 2024. Getty

Why China dares to tread on Iraq’s Development Road to Turkey

A colossal infrastructure project costing $17bn has not yet enticed Beijing. Cost, security, uncertainty, and alternatives are just some of the reasons. So, will Baghdad bag its Beijing sponsor?

Shirley Ze Yu 03 September 2024
People look at a charred vehicle near a collapsed railway bridge the morning after a blast by separatist militants at Kolpur in Bolan district, Balochistan province on August 27,2024 AFP

Inside Balochistan’s deadly bus attack

Al Majalla speaks to some of the victims of a wave of separatist violence that singled out men from Punjab and has become a major problem for Pakistan's government and a worry for Chinarn

Kaswar Klasra 29 August 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the entrance of the Mariinskyi Palace, in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. AFP

All in the hug: After embracing Putin, India’s Modi visits Kyiv

Six weeks after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of acting against peace, the two men met in the Ukrainian capital

Shakir Husain 26 August 2024
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Business & Economy

US-China summit: this time, Xi sets the agenda

13 May 2026

Washington and Beijing have much to discuss during Donald Trump's visit. As they meet, both presidents will find that they are playing with different hands.

Shirley Ze Yu
Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

What the new US Fed chair could do differently

13 May 2026

Jerome Powell's successor, Kevin Warsh, takes the reins at a critical fiscal moment, as inflationary pressures caused by the US war on Iran begin to take effect worldwide.

Toufic Chanbour
Al Majalla
Politics

Is it the end of the two-party system in the UK?

13 May 2026

Britons seem fed up with establishment parties after Labour's disastrous performance in this week's local elections, and the Tories' similar failure two years ago

Con Coughlin
Festival General Delegate Thierry Fremaux speaks in front of the Cannes Festival official poster from the movie "Thelma & Louise" during a press conference in Cannes, France, on 11 May 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Culture & Social Affairs

Cinema's changing face on display at Cannes

11 May 2026

This year, the renowned film festival appears to be addressing a world where films are made and consumed differently, while maintaining its legacy as the world's foremost arena for art cinema

Firas Al-Madi
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the day of the EU Leaders and Regional Partners Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 24 April 2026.
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Politics

Are Lebanon-Israel talks a mistake? The view from Cairo

11 May 2026

Egyptian officials believe US-Israeli pressure to rapidly disarm Hezbollah could backfire and plunge Lebanon into a new civil war

Amr Emam

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