Stories for July 2026

Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:00 UTC
Uruguay postpones second aid flight to Venezuela over changed entry conditions

Uruguay has postponed the second shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, scheduled for Tuesday, after a change in the conditions set by Venezuelan authorities for the entry of cargo, Defense Minister Sandra Lazo said. The Air Force's KC-130H Hercules remains loaded with some 15 tons of supplies intended for victims of the June 24 twin earthquakes.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 15:45 UTC
Scaloni plays down England semifinal: 'It's a football match, nothing more'

Argentina's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, rejected attributing any meaning beyond sport to the World Cup semifinal against England, to be played on Wednesday, and urged that the match be treated as just another game of football.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 14:01 UTC
RAF will upgrade 107 Typhoon Tranches 2 and 3; four Tranche 1 will remain at Falklands’ MPC

The Royal Air Force will upgrade all of its 107 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets at a cost of £5.4 billion, according to the latest UK Defense Investment Plan, as reported by Aerospace Global News, AGN, a British media company specializing in military information.This represents a significant increase from the 40 previously planned and announced in January 2026.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 09:24 UTC
Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty

Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be determined by its inhabitants. The text restates Buenos Aires' long-standing position and appeared days before the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:25 UTC
Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile

Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buenos Aires and London offer conflicting accounts.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:06 UTC
Lula aide insults Milei over plan to campaign for Bolsonaro's son in Brazil

A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:00 UTC
Argentine buyers slow their push into Uruguay's property market

The flow of Argentine investors into Uruguay's property market, which intensified after the pandemic and during the years of greatest economic uncertainty in Argentina, is showing signs of easing. Sector operators attribute the shift to Argentina's economic recovery and to the narrowing price gap between the two countries.
Monday, July 13th 2026 - 07:49 UTC
Venezuela quake toll rises to 4,490 as government defends withholding missing figure

The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24 rose to at least 4,490, after another 157 fatalities were added to Saturday's count, according to figures released by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez. The number of injured held at 16,740 and that of people rescued alive at 6,462.
Sunday, July 12th 2026 - 08:43 UTC
Argentina and England to meet in World Cup semifinal loaded with history

Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 in extra time to reach the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, where they will face England on Wednesday in a rematch of one of the most historically charged fixtures in international football.
Saturday, July 11th 2026 - 07:19 UTC
Trump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot

US President Donald Trump warned that “1,000 missiles” are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Islamic Republic amid an already ongoing military escalation.