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The body of a Kirinyaga University student who drowned in the Thiba River on October 18 has been recovered, police confirmed. The body of Gedion Ekai was discovered floating in the river at Ngomongo area on Wednesday, October 21, by local…
A 31-year-old woman was injured by a stray bullet in Moyale, Marsabit County, amid continued gunfire linked to an escalating security situation across the Ethiopian border. The woman was hit in the neck on Thursday, October 22, 2026, near…
US President Donald Trump has said basketball star LeBron James disrespected the US by not being still while the national anthem was sung. James, who now plays for the Philadelphia 76ers, appeared to be practising a golf swing and…
The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has launched an emergency humanitarian response to assist families arriving in Moyale, Marsabit County, following insecurity linked to conflict across the Kenya-Ethiopia border. The affected families…
On OrcaRouter we host the Claude Fable 5.1 model — Anthropic’s flagship tuned for long-form creative writing, shipped on September 1, 2026 at the top of the family’s rate card: $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output, with…
Commercial roofing sits near the top of the risk ladder for any trade: elevated work, heavy materials, job sites that can change overnight. That combination makes finding the right insurer something more than a paperwork formality. The…
A foreign national has been beaten to death by a crowd of about 50 people in Durban, South Africa, police say. According to police, the unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was first approached by two men by the…
A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuitagainst the BBC by Dec. 11. The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett came as the BBC’s lawyers complained…
Hundreds of Ethiopians, mostly women, children and young people, have fled into Kenya through the Moyale border following escalating inter-regional tensions in Ethiopia that have triggered gunfire and raised fears of further violence.…
A medium-range (MR) oil and chemical products tanker, M.T. Bellatrix, loaded with more than 21,000 MT of Shell V-Power petroleum product, is among seven merchant shipping tankers calling at the Mombasa port this week to deliver petroleum…
Construction of the Sh7.5 billion Nithi Bridge has formally commenced, with Deputy President Kithure Kindiki directing the contractor to accelerate works while maintaining quality and safety standards on the project expected to end decades…
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar said she can no longer live in her Washington DC home after it was searched by federal agents last week, fearing her address has been exposed after the raid. “With the death threats that I deal with,…
Two women – a Swiss and an Austrian – have been freed after more than a year in captivity in Niger and handed over to authorities in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Swiss national Eva Gretzmacher, 76, and Austrian Claudia Abbt, 69, were…
The US Embassy in Ottawa has accused Canadian officials of election meddling ahead of the November midterms. The embassy said Canadian leaders have brushed off concerns over “potential interference”, and that ministers and premiers “openly…
El Salvador’s president has said he has launched a military operation to rescue four air force personnel who have been missing in Haiti since Sunday. Nayib Bukele wrote in a post on X that Wednesday’s attack was “nothing” compared with…
The Inspector-General of Police Douglas Kanja has expressed concern over the alleged manhandling of a journalist by police officers in Nairobi while covering demonstrations against the high cost of fuel. In a communication issued to police…
Two people were killed and eight others injured in an attack on an airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) says. Those killed at King Fahd International Airport…
The Defenders Coalition has condemned the alleged harassment, physical assault and arrest of Citizen TV journalist Francis Odee while covering demonstrations against rising fuel prices in Nairobi’s Central Business District. In a…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has called on residents to protect and maintain the city’s newly improved cabro walkways, saying the county is investing in pedestrian infrastructure to make Nairobi more accessible, safer and attractive to…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), marking a significant milestone in strengthening bilateral collaboration and…
The Chief Magistrate’s Court at Milimani has rejected a renewed bail application by Chinese national Chen Guang, alias Alex, for the second time as he awaits extradition proceedings to Uganda, where he is wanted to face 31 criminal…
Kenya confirmed nine cases of Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD), with health authorities reporting no evidence of community transmission as the country enters Day 17 of its response to the outbreak. In an update issued on Thursday, October…
The National Police Service (NPS) has launched investigations into the arrest of Citizen TV journalist Francis Odee in Nairobi amid growing concerns over the treatment of journalists covering public demonstrations. In a statement, the NPS…
A Nairobi court gave a fraud suspect tough bail terms on Thursday after a spirited fight for his freedom. Eliud Wachira Limuyu alias Eliud Wachira Gilisho was arraigned at the Milimani Court on Wednesday for stealing Sh122 million from his…
