6+ hour, 50+ min ago   (182+ words) One person has died and 102 have been rescued from a stricken Indonesian passenger ferry in the Java Sea, an official said. A search and rescue operation was launched after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which was carrying…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (189+ words) At least 16 elderly residents have died in a fire at a nursing home in Chile, according to authorities. Ten others were evacuated after a blaze broke out at El Edén home around 640km (400 miles) south of the capital Santiago, on Friday…...

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1283+ words) Populist statements will abound ostensibly meant to protect Kenyan citizens, but whose effects may be the opposite of what is intended. I was coincidentally in the middle of reading Mahmood Mamdani’s book, Slow Poison, when news seeped in that President…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (132+ words) Authorities said it would take about five hours for a six-person rescue team to reach the ship's last know position. Indonesia has launched a search and rescue operation after contact was lost with a ferry carrying 243 people, the nation's search…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago   (651+ words) President meant well in protecting Kenyan traders but he sent the wrong message of xenophobia and intolerance witnessed in South Africa. More broadly, it should foster a conversation about our immigration policy and our attitude towards immigrants in general. Being…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (333+ words) The capture of Mokha would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab strait. Yemen's Houthi movement has seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed pro-government forces, military sources say. The capture of Mokha…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (264+ words) Galagodaatte Gnanasara will serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing political cartoonist. Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has overturned a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ordered him to serve…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (587+ words) Zelensky and his wife Olena were on the jet at Chisinau, Moldova's capital Russian drone incursion delays Zelensky flight A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was delayed by a Russian drone as he prepared to fly to attend a…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (523+ words) Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen with China’s Vice Minister for Public Security Qi Yanjun ob September 10,2026/OKM ‎Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has assured China of the safety of its citizens, contractors and investments in Kenya as the government moves…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (819+ words) Measures include closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem, withdrawing representatives from the Gaza Support Center Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves after delivering a speech during the General Debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at…...