Profiles

After breaking with Farage's Reform, he formed his own party: Restore Britain. Will it split the right-wing vote?

The chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has shaped the country's trajectory since the 1980s. Al Majalla takes a look at his career and impact.

America's foremost authority on infectious diseases has been held in contempt for refusing to answer Congressional questions in a session led by one of his fiercest critics. What are the implications?

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

The incoming spy chief was a corporate lawyer before chairing America's financial watchdog. Does he have the skills needed to oversee 18 powerful US intelligence agencies?

Come November, the Egyptian-American epidemiologist could become the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

The former army chief is standing against Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's election in October and is currently polling higher than the prime minister. What Eisenkot has been through may help him

From smalltown Ohio to the White House, the Vice President has forged a new conservativism that connects family, faith, and jobs with the belief that markets work best when they support communities

Due to be re-elected for an unprecedented fourth term in March, the president of FIFA has monetised the World Cup and filtered that money down to football associations around the world

Manchester City's goalscoring machine has repeatedly found the net at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with his dad, Alfie, watching from the stands. How did he get to where he is today?