Israel says Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, and the head of the paramilitary Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani, have been killed in Israeli air strikes. “Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated last night and have joined Khamenei, the head of the annihilation programme, along with all those eliminated from the Axis of Evil in the depths of hell,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said. Their deaths have not been immediately confirmed by Iranian authorities. Larijani would be the most senior Iranian official to be assassinated since the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on the first day of Israeli…
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A federal judge on Monday blocked the US government from making sweeping changes to childhood immunisations, in a blow to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s agenda. Since taking office a year ago, Kennedy has sought to change and loosen vaccine regulations, including slashing the number of recommended shots for children from 17 to 11. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other large medical groups had sued, saying Kennedy’s changes violated federal law. Judge Brian Murphy also suspended Kennedy’s appointments to an advisory vaccine panel, many of whom were vaccine-sceptics. Kennedy was a longtime antivaccine activist before joining President Donald…
The Trump administration’s top official on counterterrorism has resigned from his position, citing opposition to the war in Iran, and urged the president to “reverse course”. In a letter posted on Tuesday to his X account, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said that Iran posed “no imminent threat” to the US and claimed that the Trump administration “started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby”. Kent, 45, is a US special forces and CIA veteran whose wife, navy cryptologic technician Shannon Kent, was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019. With his…
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga nominated Danish Otieno Onyango as the new Deputy Governor following a vacancy created by the resignation of the previous office holder. In an Executive Order issued on March 16, 2026, Wanga said the nomination is in line with provisions of the County Governments Act and is subject to approval by the Homa Bay County Assembly. Onyango, a seasoned public servant, has been serving as the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Roads and Public Works. He previously rose through the ranks in national government to the position of Undersecretary in the State Department of Infrastructure.…
At least 23 people have been killed and 108 injured by a series of suspected suicide bombings in Maiduguri, marking one of the worst recent attacks on the capital of Borno state. A post office, a popular weekly market and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital were hit within minutes of each other at around 19:30 local time (18:30 GMT) on Monday, police in the north-eastern state say. The sites, which are among the city’s busiest locations, had drawn large crowds after the day’s Ramadan fast was broken. Nigeria’s military has blamed the attack on militants from the notorious Boko…
Millions in Cuba have been left without power after the national electricity grid collapsed on Monday, the country’s power operator says. Much of the island including the capital, Havana, was plunged into darkness, with streets only illuminated by headlamps and battery-powered lights on Monday. UNE, Cuba’s grid operator, said early on Tuesday morning that it was gradually restoring electricity to provinces and cities around the country. It is the latest in a series of widespread blackouts to hit the Caribbean island, where aging electricity infrastructure and chronic fuel shortages have been exacerbated by a US blockade on oil shipments to…
A Palestinian woman who was detained during Gaza war protests at Columbia University has been released after a year in immigration detention in Texas, her lawyers say. Leqaa Kordia, 33, was among more than 100 demonstrators arrested outside the New York City college’s campus in April 2024, but she was released. She was arrested again in March 2025 during a routine immigration check-in. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said she had overstayed her student visa, which was terminated in 2022 “for lack of attendance”. Federal officials also launched an investigation into funds she sent overseas, which she said was…
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is planning to delay a high stakes visit to China later in March by about a month because of the Iran war. “We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,” he told reporters at the White House, adding that it was important that he remained available to oversee the war. The meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently set to take place between 31 March to 2 April, following their last face to face talks in October last year. Chinese foreign affairs spokesman Lin Jian said…
More than 100 people have been killed in a Pakistani air strike on a drug treatment centre in Afghanistan’s capital, forensic laboratory sources told the BBC. Some of the bodies were injured beyond recognition, sources at the Kabul Forensic Medicine department said. Taliban officials have put casualty figures much higher. The UN called for a swift investigation. Pakistan denied striking the facility deliberately, saying it had “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure”. The cross-border conflict re-erupted last month, with Pakistan saying Afghanistan was harbouring militants who attacked its territory, something Kabul denied. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan…
At least four people died while several others are feared trapped following the collapse of a four-storey building at Blue Estate in Shauri Moyo, Nairobi. Police said the incident occurred on Monday afternoon when a structure marked for demolition along the Nairobi River suddenly caved in. Authorities said the building, located within Blue Estate in the Shauri Moyo area, had been earmarked for demolition for being on riparian land under the ongoing river regeneration programme. Preliminary investigations indicate that a group of young men had entered the building to dismantle parts of it in search of scrap metal when the…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) filed a Notice of Appeal on a High Court decision that acquitted George Natembeya, the Governor of Trans Nzoia County, in a case related to the alleged unlawful acquisition of public funds and conflict of interest. The Appeal follows a judgment delivered on 4th of March 2026 by Justice Bahati Mwamuye, which barred the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) from investigating, recommending prosecution, or initiating criminal proceedings against the county boss. The court also awarded the Governor General…
Chelsea have been fined £10m and handed a suspended transfer ban after admitting making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018. The £10m fine is the largest ever imposed by the Premier League, topping the £5.5m fine given to West Ham United in 2007 over the signings of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez. However, the Blues avoided a sporting sanction, such as a points deduction, for what the Premier League called “voluntarily self-reporting… historical breaches of rules”. Chelsea also received an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban and a £750,000 fine over the…
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with breast cancer, President Donald Trump has announced. Trump praised Wiles on Truth Social on Monday, before revealing, “unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, and has decided to take on this challenge, IMMEDIATELY, as opposed to waiting”. Wiles will continue to work “virtually full time at the White House” while undergoing treatment, Trump wrote. Wiles, 68, is the first woman to serve in the position. Considered the most important White House staff role, chiefs of staff keep the president’s agenda on track. Wiles, a longtime political…
Four directors linked to the management of The Nairobi Hospital were Monday released on bond after denying criminal charges related to alleged contlict of interest over the loss of Sh 8 million at the facility and failure to file statutory financial statements. Dr. Job Obwaka, the chairman of the hospital’s board, appeared before Milimani Law Courts alongside co-accused Vice Chairman and Lawyer Samson Kinyanjui and directors Chris Bichage Munga Nyamaratandi and Valarie Akinyi Gaya, where they pleaded not guilty to multiple charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena. They were all charged that on or before the 31st day of…
The Ecuadorean government has deployed more than 75,000 police officers and soldiers to four of the country’s most violence-wracked provinces, the interior minister says. The authorities have also declared a night-time curfew in these areas as part of a “new phase” in their “war” on criminal gangs. Since coming to office in November 2023, President Daniel Noboa has tried to quell drug-related violence but nevertheless Ecuador registered a record murder rate in 2025. Noboa has also joined a US-led alliance of 17 countries aimed at fighting criminal cartels in the Western Hemisphere. “We’re at war,” Ecuadorean Interior Minister John Reimberg…