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.