- Three areas of Israel including coastal hub Tel Aviv were hit Sunday morning during waves of Iranian missile attacks, with at least 23 people injured, according to rescue services and police.
- Nominated Nyandarua County MCA Beth Wahito has died after being involved in a grisly road accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway on Saturday night.
- Police officers at Ololulunga police station in Narok South sub-county are investigating an incident where a mother suspected to be mentally challenged has allegedly killed her one-year-old daughter on Saturday night.
- President Donald Trump said US air strikes on Sunday "totally obliterated" Iran's main nuclear sites, as Washington joined Israel's war with Tehran in a flashpoint moment for the Middle East.
- The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended by three months a ban on exports of cobalt intended to curb oversupply of the electric vehicle battery material, a regulatory agency said on Saturday.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she was working with the European Union on a debt-relief initiative for African states - part of Rome's efforts to help development in Africa and address the root causes of mass migration.
- Several hundred armed men, many on motorbikes, attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead and 14 wounded, the Defence Ministry said.
- At least eight people were killed Saturday when a hot air balloon with 21 passengers caught fire in southern Brazil, said the governor of Santa Catarina state, where the incident occurred.
- Panama's government on Friday temporarily suspended some constitutional rights in the western province of Bocas del Toro hours after businesses and government offices were ransacked, following more than a month of protests and road blocks over a pension reform law.
- Israel said Saturday it had killed three more Iranian commanders in its unprecedented bombing campaign against the Islamic republic, which Foreign Minister Gideon Saar claimed had delayed Tehran's alleged progress towards a nuclear weapon by two years.
- A top Belarus opposition leader, Sergei Tikhanovsky, has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna said on Saturday.
- The Nairobi Central Police Station has assured the mothers and families of the victims of last year’s anti-Finance Bill protests that their planned protest assembly set for Wednesday next week will be secured.
- A cloud of grief and rage hangs over Mwiki after a 19-year-old man was shot dead on Friday, allegedly by a police officer during protests over the brutal rape and murder of 18-year-old Abigael Wina Wanjiku.
- Kenya has joined fellow African nations in marking the 2025 edition of Africa Public Service Day (APSD), currently underway at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- The government has procured 230 milk coolers to be distributed to farmers across the country to ensure milk quality and boost prices, President William Ruto has announced.
- Samuel Omondi Okoth, a 21-year-old protester, is clinging to hope at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after surviving a brutal encounter during last Tuesday’s demonstrations.
- A group of Muslims from across the country are crying foul after allegedly being defrauded by an Imam identified as Ustadh Omar Athman in a failed plan to facilitate their pilgrimage to Mecca for Hajj and Umrah.
- Friday, June 20, marked World Refugee Day. The occasion sought to celebrate and honour refugees from around the world, and draw attention to both their life struggles and successes.
- President William Ruto has delivered a strong message to his critics, while at the same time calling for national unity and defending his administration's work.
- Jonah Kariuki, father of Boniface Kariuki who was shot at close range by a police officer during Tuesday's demonstrations in Nairobi, has revealed how he was conned Ksh.200,000 by scammers who promised to settle his son's hospital bill.
- Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has accused Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja of betraying the trust of Nairobians by allegedly unleashing goons on peaceful demonstrators.
- Kajiado North Member of Parliament Onesmus Nguro Ngogoyo is facing a constitutional petition challenging his alleged misuse of public resources through the branding of taxpayer-funded infrastructure with his personal image, name, and political slogans.
- A Nairobi court has heard that a Ksh1.6 billion parcel of land at the centre of a legal dispute was legally acquired and sold by Landmark Freight Services Limited, whose directors have now been drawn into a complex ownership battle.
- Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have apprehended 38-year-old Harriet Mary Wabwire on suspicion of defrauding a Chinese national of Ksh.13 million.
- Police in Iran's Qom province said Saturday that 22 people "linked to Israeli spy services" had been arrested since June 13, Fars news agency reported.
- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has dismissed allegations that he orchestrated the plan whereby goons infiltrated the Tuesday, June 17, protests, citing that he was outside the city.
- US President Donald Trump took credit Friday for a peace deal negotiated in Washington between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda -- and complained that he would not get a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
- The World Bank is urging "radical" debt transparency for developing countries and their lenders to stave off future crises, it said in a report released on Friday.
- Emmanuel Cherem, a 25-year-old gay man in Nigeria, tested positive for HIV two months after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cut access for at-risk groups like gay men and injecting drug users to medication that prevents infection.
- Led by industrialists Joseph Njoroge, Joyce Kiarie, and Douglas Kuria, the group urged the government to address high taxation and infrastructure gaps, which they say are stifling industrial expansion.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded Friday with all sides to "give peace a chance" in the Iran-Israel conflict, warning that the violence could spiral out of control.
- Images on Iran's state television showed protesters in Tehran holding up photographs of commanders killed since the start of the war, while others waved the flags of Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he did not "rule out" his forces taking control of Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy as part of efforts to create a buffer zone along the border.
- On Tuesday this week, peaceful protesters made for the streets of the city demanding justice over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang’ in police custody, and calling for the resignation of Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat.
- A Tunisian court has sentenced Sahbi Atig, a senior official in Ennahda, the country's main opposition party, to 15 years in prison on charges of money laundering, his lawyer said on Friday, the latest move against opposition figures under President Kais Saied.
- A collapse at a coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has killed at least 12 people, a mining source and a civil society source said on Friday.
- Rwanda has arrested prominent opposition leader Victoire Ingabire on charges of inciting public disorder and creating a criminal organisation, a state investigative agency said - a move one of her lawyers said was politically motivated.
- Democracy for Citizen Party (DCP) leader and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has renewed his attacks on President William Ruto, accusing him of ousting him from power based on what he terms as false accusations, including the controversial purchase of a land parcel in Meru County.
- The Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir has unveiled four draft regulations targeting private car owners, commercial drivers, school transport operators, and PSVs.
- President William Ruto’s daughter, Charlene Ruto, is calling for a truce between Kenya’s senior citizens and the country’s increasingly vocal Gen Z youth.
- IPOA has dismissed claims published in a local daily alleging that DIG Eliud Lagat, was interrogated by the State body’s top leadership, clarifying that he was instead received by the technical investigation team handling the probe into Albert Ojwang’s case.
- The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) parties have been reminded to demonstrate full commitment to the treaty to advance the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.
- Thika Municipality has begun its journey towards conferment of city status, following the unanimous adoption of a report by the County Assembly of Kiambu.
