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Ballots for the U.S. midterm elections are counted with a machine at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

U.S. Senate Up for Grabs as Republicans Move Toward House Majority

Republicans edged closer on Thursday to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives while control of the Senate hinged on a few tight races, two days after Democrats staved off an…

10 November 2022
Voters fill out ballots at a polling station during the 2022 U.S. midterm election in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Control of Congress - and Biden's Power - On The Ballot in U.S. Midterms

Americans on Tuesday cast the final ballots in U.S. midterm elections that will determine whether Democrats lose control of Congress, and with it the ability to push forward on President Joe Biden's…

08 November 2022
A man arranges produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

No-Boom, No-Bust Economy Dogs Democrats in U.S. Midterm Elections

Household cash is near record levels in the United States, and consumers are using it to pack restaurants and airplanes and buy new cars. Jobs are there for the taking. Net worth is 30% higher than…

07 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One upon departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., to campaign in New Mexico and California, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Biden Promotes Student Loan Forgiveness As Midterms Close In

U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the western United States on Thursday as part of his final major campaign swing ahead of midterm elections that the White House seeks to turn into a referendum on…

03 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after receiving an updated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, onstage in an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Bleak Sign Ahead for Democrats in Decisive Midterms

It is two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections that are taking place on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, in which all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will…

Suzan Quitaz 28 October 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden and Jill Biden host former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., September, 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Democrats Turn to Obama for Midterm Miracle, or at Least to Stem the Bleeding

Less than two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, with Democrats on verge of losing their razor-thin majority in Congress, the party is asking former President Barack Obama to perform some late…

27 October 2022

Women and Diversity Win Big in Historic Midterms

Much has been made of the historic firsts the election brought for Congress, with Muslims, Native Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans and African-Americans winning key races along with more than 100…

Jaweed Kaleem 09 November 2018
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The UN is dead: Chemillier-Gendreau on the collapse of international law

13 January 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the prominent French jurist discusses Israeli and Western duplicity, their violation of international law, and why Israel bears the cost of Gaza's reconstruction

Elie Kossaifi
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Iran's regime may not be falling, but it is fading

16 January 2026

Tehran's elite have few friends, but regional states fear the consequences of a disorderly transition. If Iran's 92 million people turn on one another, it could cause millions to flee abroad.

Omer Onhon
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Trump's retreat from multilateralism throws up a host of challenges

14 January 2026

Going forward, the international community needs to reduce dependence on the US without upsetting the world's largest military and economic power. It will be a shaky tightrope to walk.

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Yasser Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Public Investment Fund, delivers a speech during the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative, in Riyadh on 28 October 2025. AFP
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Saudi Arabia loosens restrictions on foreign investors

12 January 2026

Scrapping foreign ownership caps and qualifying criteria will bring in more capital, with markets reacting positively to the latest reforms that build towards a more open country

Sharif Mohammad
Sudanese displaced from the Heglig area in western Sudan wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Abu al-Naga displacement Camp in the in Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on 30 December 2025. ABDULRAHMAN GUMAA / AFP
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Sudan stands between war and an imposed peace

16 January 2026

Al Majalla lays out three possible scenarios for the war-torn country in the weeks and months ahead

Areig Elhag and Ben Fishman

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