Iran found key leverage in Strait of Hormuz conflict – former diplomat Read Full Article at RT.com

The latest exchange of strikes between the US and Iran shows that neither country can impose peace – or win the war they keep returning to Read Full Article at RT.com

Ernest Kaonga, director of Maranatha Academy, has said that a significant number of academically talented students in Malawi are being denied access to quality secondary education due to financial constraints faced by their families. In response, the institution has launched its 2026 National Scholarship Programme, which will provide 500 scholarships covering full secondary school tuition […] The post Maranatha Academy pledges K12bn for scholarships to widen access to secondary education appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal has today handed the government a dramatic last-minute lifeline in its bitter legal war with five senior military generals — granting a stay of execution just as it looked like the state faced a humiliating climbdown. A panel of judges led by Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda sensationally granted the stay […] The post Malawi Supreme Court stays ruling on Army generals’ redeployment appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Women’s economic dependence on their spouses is leaving many vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV), Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has said, calling for greater investment in initiatives that promote women’s financial independence. Navicha made the remarks in Balaka on Wednesday after touring activities under the Pamodzi Kuthetsa Nkhanza (PKN) project, where […] The post Navicha calls for economic empowerment to combat gender-based violence appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

The London Mayor is entering the House of Lords in the latest batch of honours authorised by Sir Keir.

The Transport Secretary is understood to have told Eurocrats to show 'pragmatism' and be 'flexible' to avoid UK holidaymakers facing queues of five hours or more from this weekend.

[Liberian Investigator] Blomo N. Toe & Roseline Gbessagee -- Someone was moving illegal firearms into position to be used during this week's nationwide protest, Liberia's police chief said Wednesday, and investigators have identified who they believe was behind it.

[Premium Times] This measure, the bill indicates, includes «restricting assistance to Nigeria until measurable actions are taken to protect Christian communities suffering from religious violence.»

The communiqué highlighted the contribution of Ukraine’s experience in resisting large-scale air and missile assaults, which will inform the development, testing, and operational evaluation of Bliksem EXO

America also provides intelligence and personal data on those to be eliminated, Vitaly Kiselev said

The attacks will be a response to any aggression by the kingdom against the rebels, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said

Igor Kimakovsky added that Russian forces are expanding their zone of control near Konstantinovka from the west and east, particularly near the Dolgaya Balka settlement

As of 6:13 p.m. Moscow time, the MOEX was down by 4.18% at 2,023.66 points

Europe’s got talent, a very specific one – a politico-administrative dystopia. And France is once again leading the way Read Full Article at RT.com

India urges ship owners to desist from staffing ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz with its citizens Read Full Article at RT.com

The Algerian Civil Protection service has confirmed that 11 people died in a fire at a state-run orphanage in Algiers Read Full Article at RT.com

Guy Scott, who briefly led Zambia and became Africa’s first white head of state in two decades, has died Read Full Article at RT.com

A Pew survey finds China and Xi Jinping are now viewed more favorably than the US and Donald Trump across most of the world Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 200 Ukrainian drones were launched toward the Russian capital overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Chinese surgeons have performed the world’s first commercial implant of an approved invasive brain-computer interface Read Full Article at RT.com

Transgender ex-Labour candidate Heather Herbert, 50, has been charged over online posts about Ann Widdecombe's death.

A postman wearing an England shirt has been caught on camera kicking a blind shih tzu 'like a football' after he handed over a parcel to its owner.

Alcohol Interlock Installation Facilitation (AIIF) will not be fitted as mandatory to cars at this time, the government has ruled today.

JAMES SHARPE: The internet never forgets. Barely had the final whistle blown in Atlanta than an old interview with Thomas Tuchel quickly founds its way to the surface once again.

Footage of an 'psychotic' Afghan migrant killing a dog walker in a knife-rampage in West London just two days after doctors ruled he wasn't a threat to the public was played in court.

[GroundUp] Repatriation process interrupts schooling

[RFI] Dozens of people marched peacefully outside the French Embassy in Yaoundé on Tuesday, protesting new financial requirements imposed on Cameroonian students admitted to private institutions in France, ahead of the autumn academic intake.

[The New Humanitarian] Mekelle, Ethiopia -- «We didn't bring enough attention to it because it felt like doing so would diminish what was being done by the enemy.»

A woman who quarrelled with a security officer at Eastpoint Mall and threatened to make him lose his job is facing public backlash.The dispute appears to have occurred because the woman was prevented from entering the mall's nursing room to fill her daughter’s water bottle until she showed her baby to him through the intercom camera.A viral video, initially posted by Instagram user joseph_twj on Monday (July 13), begins in the Fire Control Centre where a security guard is seen refusing to give a woman filming him his name.He said: «You're not a police officer or something to ask for my name. I'm a security officer.»In their argument, the woman accuses him of speaking rudely while the officer retorts that she is no better, describing her as «yaya», or colloquial for arrogant.Incensed, she proceeds to threaten him: «I make sure you don't have your job.»In a complaint letter to the mall, the woman wrote that she had made a passing comment to a family member about the situation being «stupid», to which the security guard allegedly replied «you then stupid» over the intercom, reported Stomp.

A Singaporean man has been arrested in Bali for the alleged murder of his girlfriend at a boarding house on Wednesday (July 15).The 25-year-old suspect, identified by the initials MZ, is accused of strangling his girlfriend, AS, a 26-year-old woman from Tegal, Central Java, following a dispute in their relationship, reported Indonesian news outlet NusaBali.The victim was later found by her brother, who reportedly discovered her body under a pile of dolls in the suspect's room, according to another news outlet Detik.com.It was also reported that the suspect's new girlfriend had raised concerns about an unusual odour at the premises, but her concerns were dismissed.Denpasar police chief Leonardo D. Simatupang said police were dispatched to a boarding house along Jalan Mekar II in Pedungan Village, South Denpasar, after receiving a report at around 7pm on Wednesday about the discovery of the body.Leonardo said officers gathered several clues from the scene, including the suspect's characteristics, identity and vehicle details.