- Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and other company board members settled a shareholder lawsuit on Thursday concerning decisions made in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
- Emil Bove, US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, moved a step closer Thursday to becoming a federal appellate judge, after a fiery Senate committee meeting that featured a walkout by Democrats.
- Britain and Germany signed landmark deals Wednesday to boost defence ties and crackdown on people smuggling gangs on the first official visit to the UK by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
- France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces' long presence in the West African country and a milestone in a withdrawal from the wider region.
- Mount Kenya MPs allied to the government have condemned what they are calling reckless, selfish politics behind the recent wave of violence that rocked parts of Central Kenya.
- The just-released report on the state of education in Kenya has raised red flags over critical challenges threatening learning outcomes across the country.
- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has accused ODM leader Raila Odinga of hypocrisy over his proposal for an inter-generational dialogue, with the aim of bridging the gap between the government and the country’s youth.
- Tiberius Ekisa, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Officer in charge of Nairobi Central, testified before the inquest into Rex Masai's killing on Thursday.
- Former Karachuonyo Member of Parliament Dr. Phoebe Muga Asiyo has died in a hospital in North Carolina, United States of America, at the age of 93 years.
- A cloud of shock and grief hangs over the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) following the mysterious and tragic death of a patient, whose body was discovered in a blood-soaked bed shortly after visiting hours on Thursday afternoon.
- Political and religious leaders are top on the list of individuals and entities being investigated by the government for aiding and abetting banditry in West Pokot County.
- Civil society group Operation Linda Jamii has filed a constitutional petition challenging the appointment of Michael Nyachae as the chairperson of the board of the Development Bank of Kenya.
- Post-mortems were on Thursday conducted on the bodies of two young men who were shot dead by police during the recent Saba Saba protests in Kirinyaga County.
- Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested three senior employees and an intern of the National Treasury following numerous bribery allegations.
- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has announced that 2,452 members of the county’s Green Army out of 3,500 whose two-year contracts have ended, will be confirmed as permanent and pensionable employees of the Nairobi County Government.
- President William Ruto has stepped in to resolve the escalating dispute over the Baba Dogo grounds in Ruaraka, Nairobi, ordering an immediate withdrawal of police officers stationed at the contested site.
- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will be forced to reduce its budget for both the by-elections and the General Elections in 2027.
- An Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church killed two people on Thursday, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as Israel said it "never targets" religious sites and regretted any harm to civilians.
- Students of Mawego National Polytechnic in Homa Bay County have written to the interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo requesting for the reinstatement of Mawego police station to curb the rising cases of insecurity in the area.
- A High Court sitting in Busia has allowed petitioners to seek urgent conservatory orders staying the decision of the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) to temporarily close milling operations in the lower and upper western catchment areas for three months.
- A High Court sitting in Busia has allowed petitioners to seek urgent conservatory orders staying the decision of the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) to temporarily close milling operations in the lower and upper western catchment areas for three months.
- A new report has revealed that 7.4 percent of children in Kenya are enrolling in Grade 1 without having passed through Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE), highlighting persistent gaps in foundational learning access across the country.
- The victim, identified as Kennedy Okeyo, died while receiving treatment at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, where he had been transferred from a facility in Ahero following the assault.
- Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga has accused Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang’o of overstepping her constitutional mandate and taking on tasks she argues fall under the Office of the Auditor-General.
- Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga has accused Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang’o of overstepping her constitutional mandate and taking on tasks she argues fall under the Office of the Auditor-General.
- The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has condemned what it describes as an “escalating trend” of public vilification and personal attacks against judges, particularly over bail and bond rulings.
- Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, has overhauled the military's top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to ensure the armed forces back his bid for an eighth term after a public outcry.
- Eswatini's government said on Wednesday that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the United States in isolated prison units under a deal with President Donald Trump's administration, but sought to eventually send them home.
- A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure upgrades to protect against natural disasters.
- The former Communist Party head of Tibet was handed a suspended death sentence on Wednesday for taking bribes worth almost Ksh.6.4 billion, a court in China said.
- Russia said Wednesday it had seized 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds) of cocaine hidden under a shipment of bananas, calling it its largest bust of drugs from Latin America this year.
- Ford is recalling 694,271 crossover SUVs in the United States due to a fuel leak issue that could increase the risk of a fire, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday, following a year-long investigation.
- The Israeli army launched a new round of strikes near the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters on Wednesday, state-run television said, after Israel warned Damascus against targeting the Druze community.
- U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on South Africa could cause around 100,000 job losses, with the agriculture and automotive sectors hardest-hit, central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Wednesday.
- Ethiopia has arrested dozens of suspected Islamic State militants, who it claimed have been trained and deployed to carry out operations across the country, the state-affiliated Fana broadcaster reported.
- IPOA on Wednesday presented evidence that placed the main suspect in the killing of Rex Masai, police officer Isaiah Murangiri, near the scene of the crime.
- The Ministry of Health is sounding an alarm over consumable products in the market, saying that most of them do not meet the required threshold for proper nutritional content.
- Wetlands are disappearing faster than any other ecosystem on Earth, threatening biodiversity, livelihoods, and critical ecosystem services valued at over $39 trillion, according to a new report launched in Nairobi.
- Anguish and desperate cries on Wednesday rent the air outside Thika Law Courts, where 58 suspects stood behind cell gates, agitated after a bail ruling.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has secured orders to preserve a Ksh.50 million school land located in Kitale town due to contested ownership.
- The family of James Nayo, a 37-year-old fisherman fatally shot during the Saba Saba demonstrations in Naivasha, is demanding justice following a postmortem that revealed he was shot from behind.
- The 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20) officially opened in Nairobi on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
- The rift between the Kenya National Police Service Commission (NPSC) and the command of the Kenya Police continues to widen, with the commission now claiming that the police are preventing it from executing its constitutionally mandated functions.
