Daily Recap: World — 15 July 2026

Security and political pressure dominate today’s world headlines. In London, police have arrested a man over an alleged online threat to shoot Nigel Farage, underscoring the rising danger of political intimidation aimed at elected officials. In Iran, the plight of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman has worsened, with Craig’s reported 10-year espionage sentence extended by two years after comments he made from prison, deepening tensions over a case Britain calls unjustifiable. In India, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress is showing fresh cracks as veteran leader Madan Mitra defects to a rebel camp, intensifying a factional struggle around Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek. And in Nigeria, gunmen stormed a secondary school in Kogi State during exams, abducting staff and students in yet another stark reminder of the region’s persistent insecurity.

Top World stories

• Man arrested after alleged social media threat to shoot Nigel Farage (23 sources)
• Iran extends British man’s 10-year espionage sentence by two years, family says (10 sources)
• Madan Mitra joins TMC rebel camp, deepening Mamata Banerjee-led factional split (8 sources)
• New Zealand confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in wild seabird (7 sources)
• James Watt launches bid to buy back parts of BrewDog after its sale (7 sources)
• British man in Iran jailed with wife receives additional two-year sentence, family says (6 sources)
• Gunmen abduct Kogi school principal, NECO official and students during exams (6 sources)
• Kenyan court rejects Rastafarians’ bid for religious exemption to smoke marijuana (6 sources)

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