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Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at the conference's opening session in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on 4 March 2026. Reuters
Profiles

Wang Huning: key advisor to three Chinese presidents

Charbel Barakat 25 August 2026
This illustration photograph shows the flags of the European Union and China displayed on screens in Brussels on 2 June 2026. Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
Business & Economy

On trade with China, Europe is fighting yesterday’s war

Shirley Ze Yu 09 August 2026
A large walking excavator works in a quarry for the extraction of rare metals. shutterstock

China's titanium grip on rare earths puts US on backfoot

Rare earth elements are on the front line of the trade war, vital in everything from smartphones to submarines. China controls most of them. A lack of alternatives is leaving US supply chains exposed.

Abdulfattah Khattab 09 May 2025

India-Pakistan escalation sparks calls for restraint

Fares Garabet 07 May 2025
Metal debris lies on the ground in Wuyan in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

India strikes Pakistan in 'largest aerial attack in 50 years'

Can the two bitter enemies control a new cycle of escalation?

The Economist 07 May 2025
Sara Padovan

A new economic order is emerging, and tariffs play no part in it

China has been quietly working to rewrite the rules of global trade and finds itself in a strong position in the current trade war launched by Washington. A look around the world shows why.

Shirley Ze Yu 07 May 2025
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025.

India-Pakistan tensions take worrying turn over Kashmir

As world leaders struggle to contend with two major conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, the dramatic escalation in Kashmir raises the prospect of a new war erupting between two nuclear-armed powers

Con Coughlin 25 April 2025
A social activist protests in Kolkata on April 23, 2025, to condemn the killing of tourists by gunmen in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP

India and Pakistan could come to blows over Kashmir

This week's attack is the worst since 2019

The Economist 24 April 2025
US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, July 29, 2019. Reuters

Can Washington and Beijing walk back their trade war?

Both countries have expressed interest in negotiations, but it may be a painful journey to get there

Lili Pike and Christina Lu 11 April 2025
US Marines on patrol in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom on February 4, 2012. shutterstock

How Afghanistan broke NATO and why it matters for Ukraine

Trump officials are united in anger at the failure of European member states to support one aborted mission. This explains their thinking on the Ukraine war.

Kamal Alam 10 March 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) hugs Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 5, 2025. WU HAO / AFP

Beijing visit sees Pakistan recommit to its China alliance

The two states are deeply engaged in developing a trade route that would help China avoid a naval blockade. Now they are looking to move beyond trade

Kaswar Klasra 10 February 2025

China's DeepSeek AI crushes the competition

Fares Garabet 30 January 2025
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on 15 August 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska, where Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. ANDREW HARNIK / AFP
Politics

Why Ratcliffe's secret visit to Moscow is concerning

27 August 2026

The American CIA director's visit looks to be a desperate attempt by the Trump administration to avert a doomsday scenario in which NATO is pulled into a larger war with Russia

Con Coughlin
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

Will US sanctions on Iran bite? It may depend on China

26 August 2026

Beijing says it will not abide by the new 'Economic D-Day' measures and warns the US of retaliation if they hurt their oil trade with Tehran

Rana Freifer
Nigel Buchanan
Politics

Gadi Eisenkot: Israel’s next leader?

27 August 2026

Al Majalla looks at the former army general's career, political positions, possible paths to victory, and what a change in leadership could mean for Israel and the region after three years of war

Al Majalla - London
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

When myth replaces medicine

25 August 2026

As social media transforms how people seek medical advice, figures such as Barbara O'Neill offer something conventional medicine rarely can: absolute certainty

Mohammed Mansour
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab

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