Demonstrators crowded into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, mixing anti-authoritarian messages with support for immigrants and calls to protect democracy. Governors across the U.S. urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilized the National Guard ahead of marchers gathering in major downtowns and small towns. Through midday, confrontations were isolated. Atlanta’s 5,000-capacity “No Kings” rally quickly reached its limit, with thousands more demonstrators gathered outside barriers to hear speakers in front of the state Capitol. Huge crowds marched in New York, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, some…
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Political leaders from across the spectrum and around the country called for calm after one Minnesota lawmaker was killed and another was seriously injured in apparent politically motivated shootings on Saturday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state law enforcement officials said Saturday that former state Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously injured in a pair of shootings that the governor labeled as “politically-motivated assassinations.” The violence in Minnesota is only the latest incident of apparent politically-fueled attacks in America in recent weeks, which include a pair of Israeli…
An overnight attack in a central Nigerian town killed at least 45 people, a spokesman for the state governor’s office said. “Not fewer than 45 people have been confirmed killed by armed bandits in an early Saturday morning attack on Yelwata,” a town in Benue State, said spokesman Tersoo Kula. Locals told AFP they feared around 100 people had died. “It is terribly bad, many people have died,” Amineh Liapha Hir, a resident of the town, told AFP. “It could be more than 100, and many houses were also burnt.” Another local resident, Christian Msuega, said that he had escaped…
A call for all staff in Nigeria’s ministry of agriculture to pray to help the country achieve food security has caused controversy. An internal memo from the head of the ministry’s HR department urges staff to attend a solemn prayer session and fast for the next three Mondays. Some Nigerians have responded by questioning the government’s commitment to the task of bringing down the high cost of food. A press release from the agriculture ministry on Saturday downplayed the issue, saying the call for prayers was not an official policy to tackle food insecurity but was intended to boost staff…
The identities of two Kenya Defense Forces personnel who were Saturday killed in a plane crash in Kwale County was revealed. The incident happened at about midday moments after the fixed wing plane crashed on June 14. On board the plane was Maj Evander Ochieng Amondi who was the instructor and his student Lt DM Nzuva, officials said. They both died on the spot. The aircraft belonged to Kenya Airforce and was based in Mombasa for training purposes. It crashed in Mafundani village after takeoff from Mombasa International Airport. KDF said a Kenya Air Force Grob 120A aircraft experienced an…
There were chaos in Nairobi Central Business District on Friday, June 13, 2025, when angry hawkers burnt a Nairobi City County vehicle near Afya Centre. The van was first overturned and set on fire near following confrontation. Police officers were forced to fire teargas canisters to disperse the irate mob. The chaos, happening at the heart of the city, unfolded after the hawkers and county askaris reportedly engaged in a standoff. The county officials had tried to push the traders out of the streets in vain. Shop owners have been complaining of obstruction from the defiant hawkers and sought the…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and a host of Kenya Kwanza leaders visited Gisii region Friday with messages reaffirming the administration’s commitment to empower citizens as a cornerstone of President William Ruto’s leadership agenda. They emphasized that the government’s policies and programs were firmly focused on uplifting ordinary Kenyans through job creation, affordable credit access, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Deputy President especially insisted that much has already been done during the pre COVID period to slash down the cost of living. “Empowerment is not just a promise—it is the heartbeat of this government and there are projects…
A black box was found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu confirmed. All but one of the 242 people on the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area less than 60 seconds after take-off on Thursday. An official told the BBC that at least eight people on the ground were also killed. “The [recovery of the black box] marks an important step forward in the…
As the massive size and scope of Israel’s overnight attacks on Iran have come into view on Friday, Donald Trump is presented with a major new foreign policy crisis – as well as a diplomatic dilemma. How does the American president who promised to be a peacemaker handle a dramatic military escalation in the Middle East? In the hours after the strike, Trump appears to be struggling to find a consistent message in the face of a grave blow to his diplomatic efforts. Last night, US diplomats reacted coolly to the first reports of the Israeli strikes. While it was…
Oil market participants have switched to dreading a shortage in fuel from focusing on impending oversupply in just two days this week. After Israel attacked Iran and Tehran pledged to retaliate, oil prices jumped as much as 13% to their highest since January as investors price in an increased probability of a major disruption in Middle East oil supplies. Part of the reason for the rapid spike is that spare capacity among OPEC and allies to pump more oil to offset any disruption is roughly equivalent to Iran’s output, according to analysts and OPEC watchers. Saudi Arabia and the United…
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, briefly showed up to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend. Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was on a break and spent about 40 minutes in the building. He didn’t get into the main courtroom and instead observed testimony on a closed-circuit monitor in an overflow room. Asked if he was at the courthouse to support Combs, he responded “yes” and nodded. He then hustled to an elevator and did…
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The Nairobi Central Officer Commanding Station Samson Talam was trailed and arrested on Friday after dramatic hunt. Police said Talam was trailed to Eldoret town where he was nabbed in what police believe was part of an attempt to escape. He had switched off his mobile phones since Thursday amid a hunt on him. He was later handed over to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority for processing, police said. Police said this brings to three, the number of those in custody over the murder. Another female police office targeted in the case was found and questioned for the better part…
Kenya unveiled a Sh4.29 trillion budget for the 2025/26 financial year, with education, national security, and infrastructure emerging as the biggest beneficiaries. Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, said the budget focuses on stimulating economic recovery and creating jobs under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), with continued investments in manufacturing, ICT, and the creative economy. The education sector received the largest allocation, with Sh702.7 billion set aside. This includes Sh387.2 billion for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Sh58.9 billion for free primary and secondary education, and Sh58.5 billion for higher education loans and scholarships.…