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Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 25 June 2025
Vito Ansaldi

Trump tariffs ignite global recession fears

In one of the first major economic forecasts since the US president waged his tariff war, the IMF has downgraded growth forecasts, much to the chagrin of countries still reeling from past crises

Sharif Mohammad 25 April 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

The dollar still rules the global economy

Today, the US dollar is the most prominent currency in the world. This is tied to the fact that the US has the largest economy, along with the dollar’s use globally, as most countries worldwide rely…

Al Majalla - London 25 February 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

State-based armed conflict tops WEF Global Risks Report

The global outlook in 2025 is increasingly fractured across geopolitical, environmental, societal, economic and technological domains, according to The Global Risks Report 2025 by the World Economic…

Al Majalla - London 28 January 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Global business insolvencies on the rise

Global business insolvencies are forecast to increase by more than 11% in 2024 and to peak with a rise of 2% in 2025, according to Allianz Trade’s Global Insolvency Outlook 2024.Looking ahead to 2025…

Al Majalla - London 10 December 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Global gold production on the rise

Global production of gold reached approximately 3,000 metric tonnes in 2023. China, Australia, Russia, Canada, and the United States were, respectively, the largest producers of gold in the world…

Al Majalla - London 07 May 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Submarine cables: The arteries of the global economy

Submarine cables play a pivotal role in the global digital infrastructure, facilitating the transmission of internet data, communications, and artificial intelligence across an extensive network of…

Al Majalla - London 12 March 2024
Diana Estafana Rubio

2024 outlook on global inflation remains uncertain

With inflation impacting markets and international interest rates for more than a year, the outlook on inflation remains uncertain. However, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects most…

Al Majalla - London 03 January 2024
A Palestinian inspects the ruins of the destroyed Sheikh Zayed Mosque following Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza Strip, November 4, 2023. More than ten thousand Palestinians were killed. EPA

Global economic decline likely as Gaza war rages on

The Western and European media machine, distorting the Gaza war and demonising Muslims, will only contribute to a decline in investor moods and a dive in the global economy.

Mohamed Sharki 24 November 2023
While the human toll of the war has been insufferable, the economic repercussions are also devastating and may be irreversible. Sebastien Thibault

The economic impact of Israel's war on Gaza

While the human toll of the war has been insufferable, the economic repercussions are also devastating and may be irreversible.

Karen E. Young 13 November 2023
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From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling

11 September 2025

His emerging strategy shows a willingness to gamble on high-profile assassinations, even at the expense of diplomatic blowback, regional stability, and fragile negotiations

Michael Horowitz
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP
Politics

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

01 September 2025

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Al Majalla
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Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present

05 September 2025

The Egyptian novelist—one of the Arab world's renowned writers of epic fiction—reveals the details of his craft to Al Majalla as the fourth book in his 'River' series captures a key moment

El-Sayed Hussein

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