Introducing

The world's youngest prime minister of Nepal.

Inuit communities across the Arctic are resisting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland, warning against a new era of colonial control. By Richard Swift.

Bolivia’s traditional political class president. By Richard Swift.

Ireland’s new president Catherine Connolly, a socialist independent with a record of principled dissent at home and abroad, has united a fractured left and unsettled the political establishment.

Suspended for defying Labour’s rightward drift, Zarah Sultana is emerging as the uncompromising new face of Britain’s left — young, principled, and unafraid to take on the establishment.

Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent mayoral bid pits a left-populist vision against entrenched centrists and the Republican right. By Richard Swift.

The Bangladeshi student activist-turned-politician, by Richard Swift.

Abdul-Malik’s recent efforts to interfere with Israel’s war machine that has got the world suddenly talking about the Houthis, writes Richard Swift.

From global terrorist to de facto leader, Richard Swift explores Ahmed al-Sharaa’s tumultuous transformation and the uncertain future he now charts for Syria.

Sri Lanka’s new president, riding a shift away from mainstream political parties.

India’s newly elected prime minister is already making waves.

Leader of the leftist National Regeneration Movement in Mexico.

Senegal’s new President.

The archipelago nation’s new President-elect.

Brazil’s most prominent housing activist, by Richard Swift.

Manitoba’s first First Nations premier, by Richard Swift.

The winner of Guatemala’s presidential race.

Nigerian president known as ‘the kingmaker’.

The newly elected leader of Italy’s main opposition Italian Democratic Party (PD).

The former NATO general and 2022 Czech president elect.