A leading journalists’ body in India has condemned what it says is the denial of voting and passport rights to a former editor. R Rajagopal, who worked at The Telegraph newspaper, says his passport renewal was held up after his name was removed from the electoral roll in West Bengal during a controversial voter list revision. Known as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the exercise is being carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to identify ineligible voters. Critics say it has wrongly removed millions of eligible voters, a charge the ECI rejects. In a statement on Sunday,…
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Missing Huruma youth Abdulaziz Duba Molu aka Zizo was in 2024 arrested by police over illegal possession of a pistol. Police had rounded up a gang of six and recovered two firearms and 18 rounds of ammunition, in a sting operation conducted in Kayole, Umoja 3 and Kiamaiko in Huruma. Pursuit of the gang comprising two women and four men including Zizo kicked in after Nairobi-based detectives led by crime researchers stationed at the region unearthed a trend in which club-hopping women spike drinks of targeted revellers, mostly those licensed to carry firearms. Once stupefied and knocked out, the women…
One of South Africa’s most senior police officers has survived an attempted assassination in Johannesburg, police say. Suspended deputy crime intelligence boss Maj-Gen Feroz Khan was shot on Sunday evening as he was driving home and has since been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery, local media say. The shooting comes just days before Khan was due to testify at a public inquiry set up to investigate criminality in South Africa’s police force. Khan, alongside two other people, was arrested in May for alleged illegal gold dealing. South African police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said in a statement released on…
The National Police Service (NPS) responded to allegations circulating on mainstream and social media regarding cases of enforced disappearances and torture, urging members of the public with credible information to formally report such incidents for investigation. NPS Spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said the Service takes the allegations seriously and remains committed to accountability and transparency. The police called on anyone with information or specific claims of enforced disappearances, torture, or other human rights violations to report the matter at the nearest police station to facilitate investigations. The NPS also confirmed receiving a report concerning a missing person, identified as Davis Lichuma,…
Fourteen people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia, state media reported on Sunday. The helicopter, belonging to state oil giant Aramco, crashed in the eastern coastal city of Ras Tanura at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT) killing all those on board, according to the Saudi Press Agency. All 14 victims were Saudi citizens, it reported, with investigations under way to determine the cause of the crash. Aramco did not immediately comment. The Saudi energy ministry shared its condolences with the victims’ families. Ras Tanura is home to a major Aramco oil refinery – one of the largest…
A British man has been arrested in Ecuador after the body of a woman was found inside a suitcase in Colombia. Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith, 46, from Bournemouth, Dorset, is alleged to have caused the death of 36-year-old Natalia Villalba in an apartment in Bogota on 18 June, local authorities said. The Attorney General’s Office in Colombia said Foster-Smith was suspected of beating Villalba to death before placing her body in a suitcase, attempting to conceal what happened, and fleeing the scene. An arrest warrant was obtained by prosecutors in Colombia and an Interpol Red Notice was issued, authorities said. Foster-Smith…
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Sunday issued a clarification on the implementation of new motor vehicle inspection regulations, assuring motorists and transport operators that some requirements will not be enforced immediately. In a statement released by Director General, the Authority said school transport operators will not face penalties for failing to comply with Rule 13, which requires reflectorised red stop mechanical signal arms, and Rule 14, which mandates telematic systems under the Traffic (School Transport) Rules, 2026. The Authority also announced that commercial service vehicle operators will not be penalized for non-compliance with the telematic system requirement under…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has called for renewed efforts to instil discipline and moral values in learners, saying academic excellence alone cannot build a stable society. Speaking during the 60th anniversary celebrations of Burieruri Boys Senior School in Igembe Central Constituency, Prof Kindiki said the recent wave of unrest in some boarding schools underscored the need to strengthen value-based education. “Education without values gives knowledge without character,” he said. The Deputy President said students should be taught to embrace dialogue and peaceful resolution of disputes instead of resorting to arson, destruction of property or violence whenever grievances arise. Prof Kindiki…
President William Ruto has called for a return to the values of traditional African parenting to curb the sporadic cases of school unrest recently witnessed in several institutions across the country. Ruto explained that African parenting style allowed a child’s character to be moulded by the community rather than the individualistic manner of today’s parenting. “Let us recover the wisdom of African parenting, where no child belonged to one household alone, but to the whole community; where every elder was a guardian and every child a shared responsibility,” he said. He made the remarks during the 60th anniversary celebrations of…
Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq’s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported. It said the arrests were based on a statement made by former Deputy Minister of Oil Adnan al-Jumaili, who was arrested last month, and “included members of Parliament whose immunity had been lifted.” Iraqi security forces sealed off all entrances to the capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone early Sunday and carried out raids inside the compound that houses key government institutions and foreign embassies. A security agency report obtained by The Associated Press said that seven people were arrested, among them five…
Two 11-year-old boys have separately been rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings within hours of each other, after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela. Video footage of the first boy, named as Moises, showed him being pulled from the twisted debris – his eyes covered to protect them from the sun – to the applause of rescuers. Hours later, interim President Delcy Rodríquez announced another 11-year-old boy had been rescued, and posted a video of him on X, being carried down a huge mound of wreckage on a stretcher. Since the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes on Wednesday, officials have confirmed…
Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local authorities said. The pilot and 10 passengers died in the incident, including five students and five instructors, local officials said. The plane, which was being used by a parachutist school, had taken off from Nancy-Essey airfield when it crashed, local media reported. Police have urged the public to avoid the area around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. The French interior minister was on his way to the scene, the interior ministry said. Yves Seguy, the prefect of the eastern…
A man identified as Abdulaziz Molu Duba, also known as Zizo, was allegedly abducted by a group of armed men in Kiamaiko, Nairobi, on Tuesday evening, with his whereabouts remaining unknown. At last one person was killed, another shot during the protests in Kiamaiko The locals demanded that he be released. He was a popular dealer in the area. The locals demonstrated for two days on Wednesday and Friday over the incident. According to information provided by witnesses, the incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. near the Juja Farm railway crossing. Zizo was travelling in a private vehicle with three…
The Jubilee Party deputy party leader and former internal security Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has called on the government to suspend the planned rollout of mandatory annual vehicle inspections for private vehicles older than four years, arguing that the policy will impose an unfair financial burden on millions of motorists. In a statement issued on Sunday Matiang’i said while road safety is a legitimate national objective, the proposed inspection regime should be evidence-based, proportionate and sensitive to the economic challenges facing Kenyans. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has announced that, effective July 1, private vehicles older than four…
Police in Mombasa are investigating the murder of a caretaker and the robbery of valuable gemstones after what is believed to have been a carefully planned fake mineral transaction in Nyali. The incident was reported on Saturday evening by two businessmen involved in the buying and selling of minerals. The pair told investigators they had arranged to meet a prospective buyer identified only as Abduba at City Mall in Nyali before being directed to proceed to a house on Nyali Second Avenue. According to police, the businessmen were ushered into the compound of an unoccupied house, where four men armed…