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The Economist

America has given China a strangely good tariff deal

After a busy weekend of talks in Geneva, an impatient reporter asked when the results would be announced. Li Chenggang, China’s trade representative,…

13 May 2025

A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

Just as India's showdown with Pakistan was spiralling out of control, it seems to be calming down. After four days of escalating clashes, culminating…

11 May 2025

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

Shortly after midnight on 7 May, exactly two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Pakistan’s army said…

07 May 2025

India and Pakistan could come to blows over Kashmir

The Alpine meadows and pine forests of Pahalgam have long been a lure for visitors to the Indian region of Jammu & Kashmir. They called it “mini…

24 April 2025

Trump fires at the Fed. America’s economy is collateral damage

Donald Trump can rarely resist the urge to engage in name-calling. Typically, his barbs are more juvenile than consequential. But his designation of…

23 April 2025

Trump wants to deport foreign students for what they say

“Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.” That is how Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, last month described the Trump…

14 April 2025

Germany approves the biggest fiscal expansion in its post-war history

When a German party triggers a Zählappell, or parliamentary roll call, it is serious business. As a television commentator recently joked, “They will…

22 March 2025

AI models are dreaming up the materials of the future

Scientists looking to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air cleanly and cheaply have long been interested in metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs:…

10 March 2025

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

European leaders filed into the Elysée Palace on 17 February in bright sunshine and a sombre mood. They were still reeling from the message conveyed…

18 February 2025

Trump starts “immediate” talks with Putin on Ukraine

Ever since Donald Trump vowed during his election campaign to end the war in Ukraine quickly, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his European…

13 February 2025
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) watching as US President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace
Politics

Trump's lifting of Syria sanctions solidifies Iran's regional defeat

14 May 2025

It could very well boost Israel's security as well as that of everyone else in the region

James Jeffrey
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman exchange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2025. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
Business & Economy

US, Saudi Arabia enter 'golden era' in defence, AI partnership

14 May 2025

A string of deals ranging from defence to technology were signed in Riyadh worth at least $300bn, including the "largest military sales contract in history"

Maher Chmaytelli
Rahaf Ayyad, a 12-year-old Palestinian who is suffering from malnutrition due to an Israeli-imposed starvation campaign, sits at a school-turned-shelter in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on May 4, 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

Sunken faces: kids in Gaza waste away as Israel blocks aid

15 May 2025

As experts warn of a looming famine due to Israel's blocking of all aid for over ten weeks, Al Majalla speaks to affected families on the ground whose children have become skin and bones

Salem Al Rayyes
Lina Jaradat
Profiles

Ahmed al-Sharaa: the Syrian president with much to prove

14 May 2025

Al-Sharaa met Trump today in Riyadh, after the US president lifted sanctions on Syria on Tuesday, offering it "a chance at greatness". But who is the Syrian leader thrust into the global spotlight?

Bilal Saab
American President Richard Nixon made an official visit to Damascus on June 15, 1974, and was welcomed by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. Getty
Documents & Memoirs

From Nixon to Clinton: Syrian-American summits since 1945

14 May 2025

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will meet Donald Trump in Riyadh today, making him the first Syrian leader to meet with a US president since Clinton's meeting with Hafez al-Assad in 2000

Sami Moubayed

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