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An experienced keeper at a Dutch zoo died days after being mauled in a leopard enclosure, the safari park has confirmed. The woman, who had worked at Beekse Bergen park for 40 years, was caring for two Persian leopards in an indoor…
Authorities in Utah used advanced DNA technology to link notorious serial killer Ted Bundy to the murder of a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered by hunters 52 years ago. Melissa Ann Smith, the daughter of a local police chief, was…
Police in Gatundu North, Kiambu County, are investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy whose body was found inside a water tank at his home in Kahata Village. The incident was reported at Kamwangi Police Station on Monday, October…
A Turkana herder was shot dead, two people injured and a National Police Reservist (NPR) officer reported missing following an armed livestock raid in Kibish Sub-County, Turkana County. The attack occurred on Monday, October 26, 2026, at…
Exit polls suggest there is no clear winner of Israel’s pivotal general election, with neither veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor former military chief Gadi Eisenkot on track to secure a majority. Two Israeli broadcasters…
Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived in the US, hours after Brazil cancelled his passports, sources have told the BBC. The right-wing candidate left the country after its Supreme Court ordered that he surrender his…
The Justice Department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against President Donald Trumpbefore a House committee investigating the Jan. 6,…
A 58-year-old man was found dead inside his house in Ichuni Location, Masaba South Sub-County, Kisii County, following a reported altercation involving his wife and neighbours. The deceased, identified as Mokamba Nyabochoa, was discovered…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) moved to challenge a Court of Appeal judgment affirming the Inspector General of Police’s authority to recruit uniformed police officers. In a notice of appeal filed in Civil Appeal No. E957 of 2025, the…
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election and refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand over his passports, two sources said. The US Embassy in…
Turnout so far is at record levels, as Israelis vote in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country’s history. Polling published on Friday suggests incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is almost neck-and-neck with former…
FBI officers raided a California home in connection with the investigation into former US Congressman Eric Swalwell, US media reports. Swalwell, 45, dropped out of California’s governor’s race earlier this year and gave up his seat in the…
Police in Brazil said they cancelled the passports of the defeated right-wing presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, after he failed to comply with an order to surrender the documents. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to…
Nigeria’s Godwin Okoko claimed his maiden professional title after winning the Rift Valley Championship, the eighth leg of the Sunshine Development Tour – East Africa Swing, which concluded at Nakuru Golf Club on Tuesday. Okoko, who has…
Two people were separately killed in elephant attacks in parts of Kilifi and Taita Taveta Counties. Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said in the first incident a herder was killed in an elephant attack in Ganze Sub-County,…
Three prosecution witnesses have testified in the Kwa Binzaro murder trial against controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and seven co-accused as the prosecution intensifies efforts to secure convictions over the alleged killings in…
Businessman Brian Kipruto Koech has been charged with obtaining Sh11.4 million by false pretences and two counts of dealing with alleged proceeds of crime. Koech appeared before the Milimani Law Courts, where he denied all three charges…
Customers, investors and job seekers now search before they engage. Here is why online reputation management in Kenya has moved from nice-to-have to business essential. Before a customer in Nairobi signs a contract, before an investor in…
Independent petroleum dealers across Kenya have threatened to suspend operations over alleged breaches of regulated wholesale fuel prices by oil marketing companies (OMCs), raising concerns over potential shortages at petrol stations…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has suspended the Migwani Ward by-election in Mwingi West, Kitui County, following interim conservatory orders issued by the High Court on October 22, 2026. The court issued the…
Some University of Nairobi (UoN) students on Tuesday, October 27, resumed demonstrations over the ongoing lecturers’ strike, barricading sections of Waiyaki Way and disrupting traffic. The students lit bonfires and placed stones on the…
Politician Rose Mbithe Mulwa, her two children, Chris Mulwa and Angela Mulwa, and two police constables were Tuesday charged with the murder of city lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu. The five accused persons were arraigned before the Kibera High…
Credit Bank’s men’s squash team clinched the title at the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) Interbanks Tournament after defeating Absa, capping a strong performance by the lender at the two-week sporting competition. The bank’s Chief…
Rapper Jay-Z will perform at the Super Bowl half-time show in February, the NFL has announced. Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation has produced the half-time show since 2019, and he plays a key role in selecting each year’s performer but he has not…
