Forty years after the infamous ‘Hand of God’ incident, the stage is now set for another England-Argentina showdown as the second semi-final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup takes the spotlight today. Expectation is high at the British High Commission in Kingston and, likewise, at the Argentina Embassy that their countries will be in Sunday’s final.

TEHRAN - A wide range of projects is currently underway by the Iran Space Agency, focusing on three main areas of infrastructure development, satellite design, and data and imagery-based services.

TEHRAN –The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Indonesia National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) conducted a joint webinar, titled ‘Advancing Iran-Indonesia Research Collaboration: Strategic Opportunities Ahead’, on Wednesday to explore avenues for the expansion of scientific and research cooperation between the researchers, scientists, and the scientific institutions of the two countries.

TEHRAN - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has condemned attacks by the United States and the Zionist Regime targeting Iranian relief workers, medical personnel, ambulances, and humanitarian infrastructure, stressing the need to uphold international humanitarian law and ensure the protection of aid workers and civilians.

TEHRAN – Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, has said that the projected inauguration of seven technology transfer centers will accelerate rural development.

Failed asylum seekers Karin Al-Danasurt, Ibrahim Alshafe and Abdulla Ahmadi are being sentenced for gang-raping an unconscious woman on a beach in Brighton last October.

A Delhi court has restored activist Umar Khalid's weekly video meetings with his family. Jail authorities had previously reduced these meetings from two to one weekly session. The court found no justification for the reduction in the number of meetings. Khalid remains in jail in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case. This order follows the rejection of his recent bail pleas by a Delhi court.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's long-awaited National Dialogue Conference officially opened in Addis Ababa today.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Parliament has received a petition seeking to have male low libido and female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) recognised as disabilities.

Jamie Varley, 37, was led down the prison's corridors into D Wing to serve his time alongside a chilling rogues' gallery of some Britain's most depraved child killers, rapists and sex offenders

Failed asylum seekers Karin Al-Danasurt, Ibrahim Alshafe and Abdulla Ahmadi are being sentenced for gang-raping an unconscious woman on a beach in Brighton last October.

Most country lanes are currently derestricted and are subject to the national speed limit of 60mph, however, this new guidance would see it reduced to 20mph.

The Reform UK leader said he was also told the same by the chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police James Vaughan in the aftermath of her body being discovered last week.

Keir Starmer was cheered into the chamber for the weekly set-piece, and the Speaker praised 'his public service, his international leadership... his steadfast support for Ukraine'.

The DPP «is futilely seeking to achieve independence with the use of military force,» Zhu Fenglian said

The platform is designed for logistics missions such as the delivery of provisions, water, combat ammunition loads and medicines

Sources inside the Istanbul police confirmed the incident but declined further comment

All the victims have been identified

Israel has approved more than $400 million for new West Bank settlements despite criticism of the de facto annexation of the territory Read Full Article at RT.com

India and Russia will sign a Northern Sea Route cargo pact to boost Arctic shipping and trade Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU and UK should abandon middle-power ambitions and accept their role as US “vassals,” Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev says Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran’s IRGC has warned that regional oil and gas exports will be “for everyone or for no one” amid the escalating conflict with the US Read Full Article at RT.com

Le paysage de l'événementiel gabonais s'enrichit d'une nouvelle infrastructure. Le Dôme Millenium, situé à Sherko dans la commune d'Akanda, a été officiellement inauguré ce mardi au cours d'une conférence de presse organisée par Quantum, société du groupe Eben Industries dirigé par M. Éric Benquet. L'événement a réuni des représentants des médias, des organisateurs d'événements ainsi que plusieurs partenaires venus découvrir ce complexe appelé à accueillir les grands rendez-vous culturels, (...) - INFRASTRUCTURES / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Several Jan Suraaj leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. This development occurs before the Bankipur Assembly bypoll scheduled for July 30. Prashant Kishor is contesting this election against the BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha. New entrants expressed their commitment to Prime Minister Modi's leadership and national development. The bypoll was necessitated after Nitin Nabin resigned from the assembly seat.

There is plenty of activity in Borgarfjörður Eystri these days, with beautiful weather drawing both locals and visitors to the area. Hotels are fully booked, the campsite is busy, and hundreds of cruise ship passengers visited the village today.

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, July 15th

According to the source, the Turkish top diplomat will also «draw attention to the importance of continuing diplomatic efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine» and «state Turkey’s readiness to bring the sides together at the negotiating table»

The Russian Prime Minister stressed that achievements in high-tech industries have a direct impact not only on industry and digitalization, but also on the country's overall economy and on people's quality of life

The assault rifle will reliably protect the life of a service member, Kalashnikov CEO Alan Lushnikov noted

They are expected to meet with Zelensky and participate in the Southeast European summit

This paper examines how the European Union (EU) promotes gender equality in development cooperation through gender mainstreaming and targeted gender-equality actions. It asks whether this twin-track approach delivers meaningful results, where its strengths and weaknesses lie and what is at stake in the post-2027 period. The current EU framework is ambitious and gender mainstreaming has become increasingly visible and routine across EU development cooperation. In many mainstreamed actions, gender is included in diagnostic framing, cross-cutting commitments and some indicators, helping to bring gender equality into sectors where it was previously more marginal. However, the quality and depth of mainstreaming remain uneven. Gender is often better integrated in design and narrative than in implementation, resource allocation, accountability and structural change. Targeted actions are usually clearer and more direct in addressing gender inequality as the central problem, but remain more limited in number, scale and sectoral reach. The paper concludes that mainstreaming and targeted actions are indispensable and complementary. The post-2027 framework should make the twin-track approach more consequential. It is recommended to protect binding gender targets in the Global Europe instrument, use Gender Action Plan IV to set stronger operational standards, improve gender budgeting and reporting, and ensure that EU delegations and implementing partners have the expertise and resources needed to carry gender commitments through implementation. Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

Ukraine attacked another 19 Russian tankers last night, as the nation steps up its war against Putin's shadow fleet. 

A British father whose son fell to his death at a Cyrprus hotel was allegedly swinging his child 'from side to side' near the fourth-floor window of the building, a court has heard.

A British tourist has been found dead on a cruise ship off the coast of Crete.