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Fatima Mansouri at a campaign rally for the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) ahead of the legislative elections in Tangier, Morocco, on 16 September 2026.
AP

Fatima Mansouri: Morocco's first female prime minister?

The former mayor of Marrakesh leads a party that won a quarter of all parliamentary seats in September's election, but she will need a majority to become premier

Mohamed Sharki 04 October 2026
Outrage over interest charges and astronomical land prices have reverberated around Kuwait Shutterstock

Taming Kuwait’s personal real estate debt

Politically motivated cries of outrage over interest charges have reverberated around the country, but official data reveal a sober picture in a country that needs lending to diversify its economy.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 29 July 2024
Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Mohamed Al-Halbousi chairs the session after parliament gives confidence vote to Cabinet led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in Baghdad, Iraq on October 27, 2022. Getty Images

How Iraq’s electoral law favours the political establishment

How the complex Sainte-Laguë method is used to count votes and why Iraqis say its unfair

Salam Zaidan 15 April 2023
A protester ducks next to a fire during a demonstration after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote. AFP

Leaving Paris in flames, an embattled Macron heads to Beijing

France is currently experiencing a crisis over proposed pension system reforms, which has led to escalating protests and a breakdown in communication between the government and unions

Khattar Abu Diab 01 April 2023
While national politics gets all the media coverage and limelight, it is often the most local issues that have an impact on the lives of those we serve. Luke Brookes

Power to the people: How municipalities are affecting change

While national politics gets all the media coverage and limelight, it is often the most local issues that have an impact on the lives of those we serve

Bassam Mahfouz 30 March 2023
 A Rohingya refugee woman with her baby in front of her temporary house after a massive fire broke out two days ago destroyed thousands of shelters and fifteen people died at Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Getty)

Myanmar Shadow Government Pledges Citizenship for Rohingya

In a move designed to burnish its claims to international support and recognition, Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has promised to grant the country’s beleaguered Rohingya…

Sebastian Strangio 07 June 2021
Outgoing head of the council Fayez Al-Sarraj (C), Mohammad Menfi (L), the new president of the Libyan Presidential Council, and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (R), the head of the National Unity Government attend the transition of power ceremony in Tripoli, Libya on March 16, 2021. (Getty)

Libyans Hope for Democracy, Stability and Peace

Under the new government which obtained parliament’s confidence a few days ago, the Libyan people are longing for the permanent stability, peace and democracy that was lost since the ouster of…

Hatem Khedr 19 March 2021
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Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
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Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
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Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
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Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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