Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying at least 250 people caught fire while at sea, officials say. The captain of the ship reported the fire – off Madura island – as the vessel sailed from the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya in East Java, to Makassar in South Sulawesi, according to Basarnas, the National Search and Rescue Agency. Footage played by local Indonesian news outlet iNews shows large numbers of people in life jackets on what appears to be a lifeboat. Other clips show people climbing down from the ferry that has…
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The body of renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja has been recovered on Broad Peak in Pakistan, rescuers have said. The Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Sunday that he was found about 5,700m up the mountain, where three further bodies have been sighted although their identities have not been confirmed. The 43-year-old’s death was announced on Saturday by his company, Elite Expeditions, which said he was among 10 people were killed in the avalanche. The Prince of Wales was among those to pay tribute. Purja, who was born in Nepal and later served in the British Army, was known for…
On the evening of August 1, 2026, an improvised explosive device detonated at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow, killing three people and injuring at least 21 others. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) has launched a terrorism investigation into the incident. The explosion occurred at approximately 7:55 PM Moscow time (4:55 PM GMT) on Saturday, August 1, 2026. Some earlier reports cited 8:00 PM or 8:10 PM, but the NAC’s official statement fixed the time at 7:55 PM. The blast took place at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant, located on the ground floor of one of…
Police launched a murder investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found floating in River Ruguti in Chuka South Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County. The incident was reported on Saturday after members of the public spotted the body in the river near the Chuka–Embu highway bridge, about six kilometres north of the station. Police officers visited the scene. Investigators established that the body, believed to be that of a man aged about 35 years, was floating in the river with a black mask covering the face and both hands tied behind the back with a sisal rope. With the…
Police in Kitui County are investigating the killing of a woman and her one-year-old son after they were found dead along a village pathway, while the woman’s husband was discovered nearby with a throat injury. The incident was reported at Zombe Police Station on Saturday by locals who alerted police that two lifeless bodies had been found at Kilimboni Village. Police officers rushed to the scene and found the body of Joyce Kavutha, an adult woman, lying in a pool of blood with a deep cut to her throat. Nearby was the body of her infant son, aged about one…
An eight-year-old girl died in Embu County after succumbing to injuries sustained in a swarm of bee attacks while collecting firewood with other children. The incident was reported at Gachoka Police Station in Mbeere South Sub-County on Saturday. According to police, the child’s mother reported that her daughter, died at their home after her condition deteriorated following the attack. Preliminary investigations indicate that on Friday at about 1 p.m., the child and other children had gone to collect firewood in a nearby bush in Syomanthi Village, Gachuriri Sub-location, when they were attacked by a swarm of bees. The other children…
Teenage sensation Amaan Ganatra made a dream start to his rallying career on Saturday, winning Round 1 of the 2026 Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC ) at just 17 years old. The Ganatra Racing driver, with Mudasar Chaudry reading the notes, clocked 01:52:03.1 to take his first ever KNRC victory and maximum points after also winning the Power Stage. “It’s a big relief, I mean, the whole team put in a lot of work and to bring back a good result on my first KNRC event at such a younger age is really a big achievement,” Amaan said. “After the…
According to the latest TIFA poll released on July 24, 2026, your support in Mt. Kenya has collapsed to just 8 per cent. This is the region that delivered your victory in 2022 with approximately 70 per cent support. Today, you are losing the very foundation of your presidency. Your current re-election probability stands at 50-60 per cent—a coin toss. To secure a second term, you need to push that to 70-80 per cent. The single most important lever is stabilising Mt. Kenya. The math is unforgiving: Mt. Kenya is home to about 5.7 million registered voters—the country’s largest vote…
Renowned mountaineer and former British Army soldier Nirmal Purja is among those killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said. Sharing the news on social media, Elite Expeditions said it confirmed with “profound sadness and immense heartbreak” that Purja had died in Thursday’s avalanche. It also said that none of other nine members of the expedition had survived. Purja, a Nepali-born climber, was known for scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019. Pakistani officials had previously announced that the bodies of three climbers from the expedition – American Mallory…
Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino’s Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies. On Saturday, Infantino said Fifa would no longer proceed with the proposal to sell stakes in the governing body’s competitions to private investors. Uefa – which governs European football – had earlier voted to boycott World Cups if the plans went ahead, and other governing bodies also voiced their opposition. On Saturday, Uefa said it welcomed the decision to withdraw the plan, describing it as “a victory for the whole game”. It also accused Infantino of failing to deliver…
Spain has condemned the “selfish, polarising and unlawful” reaction of some EU countries to the influx of about 60,000 migrants from Morocco to Ceuta. Officials say almost all those who reached the enclave on 30 July have returned, while Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Saturday that the death toll had risen to at least 67. It comes after Italy temporarily suspended the EU’s border-free Schengen arrangement with Spain, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the scenes “shocking”. Finland and Denmark backed Italy’s move, while Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš urged a temporary suspension of Spain’s Schengen membership. In…
Leaders of countries making up an African Union military mission in Somalia on Friday insisted they wanted to extend its mandate, despite Washington ending political and critical financial support. Somalia has battled Al-Shabaab insurgents for around two decades, but the Islamist group still controls vast swathes of the country. The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is the leading force supporting the Somali army, providing roughly 12,000 troops. But the United States has announced it will end support to the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), which crucially provides logistics to the mission, at the end of…
Spain’s prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media. Pedro Sánchez called the incident a “violation of Spain’s territorial integrity”. Italy has responded by suspending the EU’s border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain. As of Friday evening, more than 48,000 of the migrants had voluntarily returned to Morocco, Spanish officials said. The influx comes after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla, another Spanish enclave, cannot be…
Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s position came under further scrutiny on Friday as the governing body’s chief operating officer strongly criticised his plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors. In a statement released to the Associated Press, Kevin Lamour described the controversial plans as “the project of one person” and said “the time has now come for football political leaders to ask themselves the right questions and make the right decisions”. The lengthy statement did not mention Infantino by name. It came on the same day a third confederation spoke out against the plans, a senior adviser to Infantino…
A postmortem exercise on the body of prominent mental health researcher Dr. Victoria Mutiso revealed died from excessive bleeding after sustaining three gunshot wounds during a fatal shooting in Nairobi’s Upper Hill area on Wednesday. The autopsy was conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital Mortuary by Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor, assisted by pathologist Bernard Midia. Dr. Oduor said the injuries inflicted on Dr. Mutiso were fatal. “What led to her death was severe bleeding. There were also chest injuries and head injuries because of the three gunshot wounds,” said Dr Oduor. The pathologist disclosed that Dr. Mutiso was…