Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris has announced the government’s return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan. In the early days of the civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, the army-aligned government fled the capital, which was quickly overrun by rival troops. The government has pursued a gradual return to Khartoum since the army recapturedthe city last March. “Today, we return, and the Government of Hope returns to the national capital,” Idris told reporters on Sunday in Khartoum, which has…
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For more than 10 days, a manhunt for the suspect in the killings of Spencer and Monique Tepe in their Ohio home with their two young children inside gripped their community and captured national attention. The ex-husband of Monique Tepe, identified by court records as Michael David McKee, 39, was arrested on two counts of murder on Saturday, an incident report shows. Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds on December 30 in their upscale house in Columbus. The couple’s two children, ages 4 and 1, were not physically harmed when they were…
FBI Director Kash Patel has named Christopher Raia, a seasoned career agent, to replace Dan Bongino as deputy director, according to people briefed on the matter. Raia is a respected agent with 22 years’ experience, and his appointment restores the decades-long tradition of having a career agent serve in the role. He will serve alongside co-deputy director Andrew Bailey, a political appointee installed in that role in September by Attorney General Pam Bondi. The deputy FBI director role is responsible for day-to-day management of the FBI, which is why Patel wanted an insider to handle the job. His plans for…
The family of Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital of negligence over the death of her 21-month-old son. Nkanu Nnamdi died at a hospital in Nigeria on Wednesday following a short illness, leaving the family of the acclaimed postcolonial feminist writer “devastated”. Now, the family allege there was a litany of failures at Euracare Hospital in Lagos that led to the toddler’s death, including being denied oxygen and being given too much sedation, causing a heart attack. The hospital expressed its “deepest sympathies” over the loss of the child but denied improper care, which it said had…
A newly married couple were killed when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Islamabad where they were sleeping after their wedding party, police have said. A further six people – including wedding guests and family members – who were staying there also died in the blast. More than a dozen people were injured. The explosion took place at 07:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Sunday, causing the roof to collapse. Parts of the walls were blown away, leaving piles of bricks, large concrete slabs and furniture strewn across the floor. Injured people were trapped under the rubble and…
Donald Trump has urged Cuba to “make a deal” or face consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money would now stop. The US president has been turning his attention to Cuba since US forces seized Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro in a 3 January raid on its capital, Caracas. Venezuela, a long-standing ally of Cuba, is believed to send around 35,000 barrels of oil a day to the island. Cuba’s foreign minister responded by saying his nation retained the right to import fuel “without interference”, while its president said: “No one dictates what we do.” The Trump administration’s…
The taxman officials intercepted a consignment of illicit ethanol worth Sh16.26 million near the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) corridor in Nairobi, following an operation prompted by an intelligence tip-off about the movement of unlawful ethanol in the area. Officers from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Enforcement Team, Nairobi, swung into action after receiving information that lorries reported to be transporting ethanol had been sighted within a yard near the SGR corridor. However, the taxman said that upon arrival, their officers found that the lorries had already departed. Despite the lorries leaving the scene, the enforcement team recovered the illicit ethanol…
Israeli police said Sunday they detained a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of obstructing an investigation, with local media reporting that it was tied to leaks of military information during the Gaza war. Police did not name the individual, but Israeli media reported it was Tzachi Braverman, Netanyahu’s current chief of staff, who is designated to be Israel’s next ambassador to the UK. “This morning, a senior official in the prime minister’s office was detained for questioning… on suspicion of obstructing an investigation,” the police said. “The suspect… is currently being questioned under caution.” Former Netanyahu aide…
Crystal Palace’s defence of the FA Cup came to an embarrassing end as they were beaten 2-1 by sixth-tier Macclesfield on Saturday in the biggest shock in the competition’s history. The 117 places that separate Premier League outfit Palace from Macclesfield of the National League North in the English football pyramid is the most ever overcome by an underdog in FA Cup history. Captain Paul Dawson and Isaac Buckley-Ricketts scored either side of half-time to secure a famous victory for a club that were forced to reform in 2020 after being wound up for unpaid debts. “I can’t believe it,…
Ethiopia on Saturday started building what the prime minister says will be Africa’s biggest airport when completed in the town of Bishoftu, southeast of the capital Addis Ababa. The massive travel hub is expected to cost around $12.7 billion (Ksh.1.6 trillion) and eventually be able to handle some 110 million passengers a year at full capacity. Construction is expected to take five years. Partly financed by national carrier Ethiopian Airlines, the Bishoftu hub is expected to replace the capital’s Bole Airport, which can handle up to 25 million passengers annually. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday announced construction of “the…
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) confirmed the death of Samuel Macharia Wanjohi, a porter who went missing while trekking on Mt. Kenya late last year, following an extensive multi-agency search operation. In a statement issued Saturday, KWS said Wanjohi was reported missing on December 23, 2025, while hiking along the Sirimon–Shipton route within Mt. Kenya National Park. His body was discovered on January 9, 2026, off the Marania trail in the Hinde Valley area, at an altitude of approximately 4,300 metres above sea level. KWS said its Mountain Search and Rescue Unit was activated immediately after the disappearance was reported,…
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru said Saturday United Democratic Alliance (UDA) grassroot elections had recorded impressive voter turnout despite many of the polling stations opening late. Waiguru who casted her vote at Kiamugumo Primary school at around 2.30pm, said however delay in opening of the polling stations had affected voter turnout. The Governor said many of the polling stations had recorded and average of about 200 voters saying the turn out was a prove that the party still enjoys a strong grassroot support. “Bearing in mind this was not a general election but a Party election, we take the turn out…
As protests in Iran continue and Iranian authorities issued coordinated warnings to protesters, a doctor and medic at two hospitals told the BBC their facilities were overwhelmed with injuries. One doctor said a Tehran eye hospital had gone into crisis mode, while the BBC also obtained a message from a medic in another hospital saying it did not have enough surgeons to cope with the influx of patients. On Friday, US President Donald Trump said Iran was in “big trouble” and warned “you better not start shooting because we’ll start shooting too”. Iran in a letter to the UN Security…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from halting around $10 billion in social services funding to multiple Democratic states, a move the agency argued was necessary to crack down on fraud — but the states called unconstitutional. The states covered by the decision are California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois and Colorado. HHS announced plans to freeze the funding earlier this week. The move would cut off some $7 billion from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, $2.4 billion from the Child Care Development Fund and $870 million in social services grants. U.S.…
Kevin Durant moved past the great Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA all-time scoring list but his 30 points could not guide the Houston Rockets to a win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Durant, 37, has 31,435 points in his career and is now seventh on the all-time list. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers leads the way with 42,601. The Trail Blazers triumphed 111-105 at Moda Center in Portland. Chamberlain, who died in 1999, is the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game and was a two-time champion with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Lakers. In…