Twenty-one hours was not enough to end 47 years of hostility between Iran and the US. The historic high-level talks in Islamabad, during a pause in weeks of grievous war, were always unlikely to end any other way. Calling this marathon negotiating session a failure belies the scale of the challenge in narrowing wide gaps on complex issues ranging from age-old suspicion about Iran’s nuclear programme to new challenges this war has thrown up – most of all Iran’s control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, whose closure is causing economic shocks worldwide. To do a deal, they also needed…
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A special police unit is set to be deployed to Trans-Nzoia County to contain rising cases of political violence and criminal gang activity, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced. Speaking at KAG Mother Church Grounds in Kitalale, Trans-Nzoia County, during an interdenominational church service, the CS said he has agreed with the Inspector General of Police to immediately deploy the unit to decisively deal with criminals who have terrorized residents for far too long. “I have told the Inspector General of Police to deploy a special team to Trans Nzoia to put an end to gangs that have been…
Justin Bieber made a nostalgia-fuelled return to the major stage as Coachella’s much-anticipated headline act. The 32-year-old spent much of Saturday night’s gig sitting in front of a laptop and singing to YouTube music videos of his older hits, such as Baby and Never say Never – delighting the crowd in an apparent tribute to the platform on which he was discovered. He also played some of the home videos that had brought him to the industry’s attention aged 12, pulling them up on the big screen, and appeared to interact with the live comments on the YouTube stream of…
At least 30 people are feared to have been killed in a stampede at a popular tourist site in Haiti on Saturday. The incident took place on Saturday during an annual Easter gathering at the Laferrière Citadel, a Unesco World Heritage site, Jean Henri Petit, head of civil protection for Haiti’s Nord department, said, warning the death toll could yet rise. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé said the incident occurred “during a tourist event attended by many young people” at the site, in the northern town of Milot. He said an investigation had been launched and “all relevant authorities” mobilised…
Buying a vacation home abroad is part lifestyle decision and part real-estate transaction. The first part is usually fun. People imagine longer stays, better weather, more space, and a place that feels like an escape instead of a hotel. The second part is where many buyers get careless. A beautiful property in the wrong legal, tax, or ownership setup can become stressful very quickly. That tension shows up in almost every market. Buyers may start by comparing San Miguel de Allende homes, a coastal apartment in Spain, or a villa in Portugal, but the real work begins once they move…
Cash management can look simple from the outside. Money comes in, money goes out, and the goal seems obvious: keep enough on hand to pay bills and avoid waste. In practice, small habits shape the outcome. A late deposit, a weak approval process, or a sloppy cash count can turn a healthy operation into a stressful one. Many businesses learn that lesson the hard way. A retail team may start with decent sales and still run into shortages, missing funds, or poor visibility from one week to the next. In those moments, brands like Carnation Enterprises often enter the conversation…
A suspected live hand grenade was recovered from a scrap metal yard in Syokimau, Machakos County, prompting a response from bomb disposal experts. According to police the incident was discovered on April 10, 2026, at around 6:00 p.m. at Ironera Steel Metal Works, located along Mombasa Road, approximately four kilometres south of the station. The company supervisor reported that casual labourers sorting scrap metal at the facility stumbled upon the explosive device during their work. The workers handed over the object to the supervisor, who secured it in an isolated area within the premises. Police officers from Syokimau, in collaboration…
Police in Nairobi launched investigations into the death of a 9-year-old boy under unclear circumstances in Buruburu. According to police the incident came to light after the child’s mother reported that her son, Peterson Bahati, a Grade One pupil at Kaloleni Primary School, left home on April 10 at around 10:00 a.m. to play outside. He later returned home at about 8:30 p.m. with visible injuries on his head and right thumb. When questioned about the injuries, the child reportedly said he wanted to sleep and did not explain what had happened. The mother bathed and fed him before he…
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives arrested four more suspects linked to the murder of a British national and multiple robbery with violence incidents following an intelligence-led, multi-agency operation in Ukunda. The operation was conducted by DCI officers drawn from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CR&IB) Headquarters, working jointly with their counterparts drawn from SCCIO Nyali and SCCIO Msambweni (Ukunda) on Saturday. The suspects, Bernard Mbusu, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Evans Muthengi Mutaki and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge were apprehended at Ideal Apartments, Ukunda. The arrests follow investigations into a robbery with violence incident involving an American national in Nyali and…
A machete-wielding suspect attacked three people at New York City’s Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation’s biggest rail hub. The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and a 65-year-old man about the head and face and left a 70-year-old woman with cuts to her shoulder in the subway platform attack. Police said the assailant, 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, ignored repeated demands to drop the weapon and called himself Lucifer. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said “innocent people were attacked in a senseless act of violence”. New York Mayor Zohran…
Nearly 400 people have been sentenced in Nigeria for links with militant Islamic groups following mass trials. The convicts were given sentences ranging from five years to life imprisonment after linked to Boko Haram or a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap). The trials came at a time when the government is under intense pressure to curb rising insecurity in Africa’s most-populous state. Security forces are battling multiple armed groups, from militant Islamists to separatists, and kidnapping-for-ransom gangs. Boko Haram launched an insurgency in the north-east in 2009, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing…
The US government recently announced plans to relocate the headquarters for the national forest service from Washington DC to the state of Utah This has stirred up worries that it intends to greatly shrink – or even shut down – the agency that manages the nation’s forests, fights wildfires and conducts biological research. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the service, has said the move is part of a sweeping restructuring that will make the agency more effective and tie it closer to the millions of acres it oversees. US President Donald Trump’s administration also plans to shut…
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell has strongly denied allegations of sexual misconduct from former staff, as top allies intensify pressure on him to exit the California governor’s race. “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” he said in a statement after multiple women made allegations ranging from sexual harassment to rape. Within hours of the accusations surfacing on Friday, Swalwell – one of the leading candidates to replace outgoing governor Gavin Newsom – lost backing from prominent supporters, including Senator Adam Schiff and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Swalwell has vowed…
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A 17-year-old Form Four student was found dead in a dam in Namasanda village, Bungoma South Sub-County, after she was reported missing the previous night. According to police, the incident was reported on April 10, 2026, at around 12:00 noon. The body was first spotted floating in the dam by a local resident. Police visited the scene and, with the help of members of the public, retrieved the body from the water. The deceased was identified as a student at St. Peters Musikoma High School. Family members told police that she had gone missing the previous night under unclear circumstances.…