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Top US diplomat in Moscow leaves post, will retire
World
September 5, 2022
Top US diplomat in Moscow leaves post, will retire
The United States Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has left his post as the top US diplomat in Moscow and…
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate works on a coalition
World
October 8, 2018
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate works on a coalition
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The main political adviser to Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said he will…
Deadlock looms as Swedish election nears
World
September 6, 2018
Deadlock looms as Swedish election nears
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Neither of Sweden’s main political blocs is likely to win a majority in an election on…
Meet your presidential candidate: Khaled Ali, the revolutionary
Egypt
April 23, 2012
Meet your presidential candidate: Khaled Ali, the revolutionary
At just 40 years old, Khaled Ali Omar is Egypt’s youngest presidential candidate. For well over a decade, the popularity…
Profile: For socialist lawyer Ahmed Ezzat, revolution is no new project
Egypt
April 17, 2012
Profile: For socialist lawyer Ahmed Ezzat, revolution is no new project
Ahmed Ezzat is on the phone talking about the recent case he has been working on. “The students are planning…
Left’s presidential candidate yet to emerge
Egypt
February 21, 2012
Left’s presidential candidate yet to emerge
The left wing of Egyptian politics boasts some of the most notable figures of the revolution, including political intellectuals, human…
Egypt’s left: Searching for status
Egypt
August 8, 2011
Egypt’s left: Searching for status
Three months before the November parliamentary elections, new political parties are ratifying their official status from every end of the…
What’s left of Egypt’s Left
Egypt
March 26, 2011
What’s left of Egypt’s Left
Gehan Shaaban has come a long way since her youthful days as a radical Trotskyite student. In the early 1990s…
Will the revolution turn right or left?
Opinion
February 18, 2011
Will the revolution turn right or left?
How will the Egyptian political spectrum look if a more democratic system takes hold in the coming period? Some say…
Court adjourns trial of activists who protested in Coptic solidarity
Egypt
January 6, 2011
Court adjourns trial of activists who protested in Coptic solidarity
An Egyptian court on Thursday postponed the trial of eight leftist activists who were protesting in Cairo in solidarity with…