Estevao Willian struck deep into stoppage time to give Chelsea victory and condemn Liverpool to a third successive defeat in a dramatic climax at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea’s winning goal, greeted with wild celebrations that ended with coach Enzo Maresca being sent off, was deserved but it was another bitterly disappointing outcome for the out-of-sorts Premier League champions. Moises Caicedo made the breakthrough for the hosts after 14 minutes as he fired a rising 20-yard drive past Giorgi Mamardashvili, deputising for the injured Alisson. Liverpool head coach Arne Slot dropped £116m summer signing Florian Wirtz to the bench after losses at…
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New Insights from detectives close to the 20 kilogram cocaine seizure in London can now reveal insightful details on the case, a stroke of novel ideas that security agencies continue to use to identify and neutralize evasive drug trafficking enterprises. The enterprise operates locally and internationally by leveraging multinational security cooperation with our strategic partners. Jesse Bryan Da Mata Dos Santos, a British National, who was arrested on May 14, 2025 at Heathrow Airport, London with 20 kilograms of cocaine valued at about Sh100 million, was under active investigation by the Kenyan government. The investigation comprised of a multiagency collaboration…
Billionaire businessman Andrej Babis won parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, although his populist ANO party fell short of an overall majority, preliminary results show. At current predictions, ANO received just under 35% of the vote, earning them 81 seats in the 200-seat lower house. Babis – who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2021 – is expected to be invited to lead talks on forming a new coalition. This election has thrown up no great surprises, but leaves plenty of questions. Few believed the current centre-right coalition would survive. Few had any doubt Babis would emerge in first…
Police in Georgia clashed with anti-government protesters trying to storm the presidential palace in the capital, Tbilisi. Security forces used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse demonstrators. The Caucasus country has been in crisis since the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in last year’s parliamentary election, which the pro-European Union opposition says was stolen. Since then the government has paused talks on joining the EU. The protest took place on the same day as local elections, which the opposition is largely boycotting following a government crackdown. One organiser had earlier called for leaders of the Georgian Dream party…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki Saturday supported intensification of ongoing disarmament in Kerio Valley to ensure long-lasting peace and security in the area. Kindiki said ridding the region of firearms is the last leg in the quest to restore peace after bandits were suppressed in previous security operations. Further, he said that the government has made huge progress in the war against banditry in Kerio Valley and other bordering counties in the North Rift Region. He lauded the multi-agency security team that have suppressed the criminals and recovered guns saying that the Ruto administration will ensure a long-lasting peace in kerio…
The National Police Service (NPS) has dismissed reports alleging financial impropriety involving Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat in the recently concluded Africa Championship (CHAN). NPS termed the claims as “sensationalist, distorted, and bordering on misinformation.” In a statement on Saturday, NPS described the reports as a deliberate attempt to malign the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and the Service, calling them “personal attacks and character assassination.” It added The Standard erred in its facts and therefore ended up misinforming the public. “The NPS wishes to remind the public that the alleged ‘facts’ reported are distortions that border on misinformation,…
Declan Rice came back to haunt former club West Ham as Arsenal moved top of the Premier League, while Manchester United handed Ruben Amorim some relief with a 2-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday. In Mikel Arteta’s 300th match in charge, the Gunners proved far too strong for the struggling Hammers in a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium to further their ambitions of a first Premier League title for 22 years. Victory came at a cost for Arsenal as captain Martin Odegaard was forced off injured before half-time for the third time this season. However, the strength in depth…
An operations manager at NCBA’s Kisii branch, was charged in Kisii court with 134 criminal charges. Philip Rotich Kiprono allegedly siphoned Sh52,404,084.95 from the bank on diverse dates between December 13, 2022, and October 10, 2024, while serving in his managerial capacity at the Kisii branch. He was charged with multiple offences, including theft by servant, acquisition of proceeds of crime, possession and use of proceeds of crime, as well as forgery and uttering false documents. The offences are said to contravene provisions of the Penal Code and the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2009. He pleaded not…
US forces have killed four people in an attack on a boat off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly trafficking drugs, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says. “The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics – headed to America to poison our people,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X. It is the latest in a number of recent deadly strikes that the US has carried out on boats in international waters it says are involved in “narco-trafficking”. The strikes have attracted condemnation in countries including…
An Alaskan climbing influencer has died after falling from El Capitan, a famous vertical rock formation in California’s Yosemite National Park. Balin Miller, 23, was live-streamed on TikTok ascending and subsequently falling from the monolith on Wednesday. In an emotional social media post confirming her son’s death, his mother Jeanine Girard-Moorman said: “My heart is shattered in a million pieces. I don’t know how I will get through this. I love him so much. I want to wake up from this horrible nightmare.” Details of what caused the incident are not clear, but Miller’s brother Dylan told AFP he was…
US President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to accept a US peace plan for Gaza or face “all hell”. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday that an agreement must be reached by 18:00 Washington time (22:00 GMT) on Sunday. The plan proposes an immediate end to fighting and the release within 72 hours of 20 living Israeli hostages held by Hamas – as well as the remains of hostages thought to be dead – in exchange for hundreds of detained Gazans. Arab and Turkish mediators are understood to be pressing Hamas for a positive response…
Apple has pulled apps that let users flag sightings of officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tech giant told the BBC it had removed ICEBlock from its App Store after law enforcement made it aware of “safety risks” associated with it and “similar apps”. According to a statement sent to Fox News Digital, US Attorney General Pam Bondi had “demanded” the app’s removal saying it was “designed to put ICE officers at risk”. The app’s creator said such claims were “patently false” and accused Apple of “capitulating to an authoritarian regime.” ICEBlock is among a number of…
A major investigation into healthcare fraud is underway after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) received 1,188 case files from the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC). The files reportedly implicate individuals, organizations, and other parties suspected of defrauding the healthcare system. The files, handed over on September 1, 2025 pertain to alleged fraudulent activities that undermine government efforts to deliver quality healthcare services to the public. In response, the DCI promptly initiated investigations and assembled a multiagency task force to conduct a detailed review of the cases. The operation is aimed at…
India and China will restart direct flights between the countries this month, India’s foreign ministry has said, in another step towards ties being gradually normalised. There have been no direct flights between the two countries since 2020, following deadly troop clashes on their shared Himalayan border. But over the past year or so, Delhi and Beijing have been working towards re-building ties, including taking steps to de-escalate tensions at the border. On Thursday, India’s biggest budget airline IndiGo said that it would restart direct flights between the cities of Kolkata and Guangzhou from 26 October. In a statement released on…
A Nairobi businesswoman, Mahammud Ayni Hussein moved to court seeking orders to stop the reinstatement of two police officers she accuses of subjecting her to torture, unlawful detention, and abuse of authority. The officers are Chief Inspector Rebecca Njeri Muraya, who was the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Eastleigh North Police Station, and her colleague Sergeant Abdisalam Ahmed. The two were previously charged in court but the case was later withdrawn by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). In her application filed under a certificate of urgency, Hussein wanted the court to bar the National Police Service…