- Jeffrey Epstein was not murdered, did not blackmail prominent figures and did not keep a "client list," the FBI and Justice Department said Monday, debunking notable conspiracy theories about the disgraced US financier.
- Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over a flood-ravaged central Texas landscape on Monday as hopes dimmed for finding more survivors among dozens still missing from a disaster that has claimed at least 96 lives, many of them children.
- U.S. President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza.
- Rescuers in Texas searched Monday for bodies swept away by flash floods that killed almost 90 people, including 27 girls and counselors at a summer camp that was destroyed by torrents of water.
- A tense and chilly morning set the tone for a city on edge. Parents, unsure of their children’s safety, kept them home. In cases where learners braved the cold and uncertainty, many were promptly sent back due to low turnout, staff shortages, and security concerns stemming from road barricades and…
- Monday was a sad and chilling day for journalism in Kenya, as journalists once again found themselves on the receiving end of violence while simply doing their job.
- Phone camera footage from Kiserian, a town in Kajiado North, showed a fleet of at least ten high-performance vehicles—predominantly Subaru Outback models—moving in tight formation.
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has commended law enforcement officers deployed in Nairobi on Monday for their role in maintaining order and minimizing violence during the Saba Saba protests.
- In a press statement issued Monday evening, KNCHR Vice Chairperson Dr. Raymond Nyeris confirmed that by 6:30 p.m., the Commission had documented ten deaths, twenty-nine injuries, two abductions, and thirty-seven arrests in seventeen counties.
- At least four people have been confirmed dead and scores wounded by police gunshots during Monday’s Saba Saba protests in Kajiado’s Kitengela town, Nairobi’s Kangemi area, and Olkalou in Nyandarua County.
- The World Food Programme said Monday it had airdropped food aid to help tens of thousands of people in remote parts of South Sudan where surging conflict has pushed some communities "to the brink of famine".
- Someone captured it best when he said: "To prevent protesters from closing roads, disrupting business and causing massive losses, the government has closed roads, disrupted business and caused massive losses."
- The High Court in Eldoret has sentenced a 52-year-old Ugandan herbalist to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of the murder of a Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) official.
- When it comes to mountain rescues, St. Bernards may have met their match, with a Chihuahua being hailed for helping save a man who fell into a glacier crevasse in Switzerland.
- Deputy Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has denied reports of Kenyans being denied access to Nairobi’s CBD and other major roads in the city on Saba Saba day.
- Kenya marked its fight for democracy on Monday, with police blocking main roads in Nairobi ahead of potential protests, after last month's demonstrations descended into violent clashes.
- Nairobi Woman representative Esther Passaris has announced that she will pause the pre-publication process of a controversial Protest Bill, the Public Order (Amendment) Bill 2025.
- Belgut Member of Parliament (MP) Nelson Koech has claimed that the temporary suspension of the 10:00 PM Madaraka Express passenger train service from Mombasa to Nairobi on Sunday was prompted by an attack threat.
- Kenya Railways has announced the resumption of operations for the Mombasa to Nairobi Madaraka Express passenger train. In a statement, the railway operator confirmed that the train will depart from Mombasa at 8 a.m. on Monday morning.
- Saba Saba is remembered as the day when nationwide protests took place on July 7, 1990, Kenyans took to the streets to demand free elections and the approval of multiparty democracy in Kenya.
- North Korea has barred Western influencers from joining a delegation of tourists to an international trade fair in October, a China-based tour operator told AFP on Monday.
- The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including 28 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp continued and fears of more flooding prompted evacuations of volunteer responders.
- Kenyans living in the Nairobi Metropolitan area might not be able to access the Nairobi Central Business District, or surrounding areas ahead of the Saba Saba protests.
- Former Runyenjes MP Njeru Kathangu has drawn a stark contrast between Kenya’s current wave of youth-led protests and the pro-democracy movement of the 1990s, saying the new generation is driven not by ideology, but by the urgent need for economic survival.
- The crew of a commercial vessel in the Red Sea off Yemen was forced to abandon ship Sunday after it was hit by rocket-propelled grenades and other ordnance in the latest attack in the vital shipping lane, monitors said.
- Motorists travelling from Kwale County en route to Nairobi via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) were caught in the gridlock as police launched a security operation to inspect vehicles ferrying groups of young festival-goers.
- In Nairobi’s Central Business District, traders worked late into Sunday evening welding metal doors and fortifying entryways—painful reminders of the heavy losses many incurred during the June 25th protests.
- Violence erupted on Friday along the Kapenguria-Lodwar road after furious residents stormed and torched several mud-thatched homes believed to have been occupied by the suspects.
- In a statement issued Saturday, the NPS reaffirmed its constitutional mandate to maintain peace, law, and order, emphasizing that any deviation from lawful protest will result in firm and appropriate action.
- The decision, communicated through a public notice on Saturday evening, affects passengers scheduled to travel on the night service along the busy Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) route.
- Addressing residents during a Women Empowerment Programme in Msambweni, Kwale County, the Speaker urged leaders and citizens alike to rise above tribal politics and focus on empowering all Kenyans equally.
- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced a temporary shutdown of its voter verification portal to allow for scheduled system maintenance.
- Elon Musk, an ex-ally of US President Donald Trump, said Saturday he had launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country's "one-party system."
- Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has rallied Kenyans to converge at Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi on Monday to mark the anniversary of the historic Saba Saba protests.
- Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has issued a stern warning to civil servants against skipping work on Monday amid planned Saba Saba protests.
- Mike Duncan Kamau, a second-year Law student at Mt Kenya University ( MKU), is happy to be alive after he was shot six times during the June 25, 2025, protests in Nairobi.
- Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka clutched his mother's hand and silently vowed to protect her.
- The National Council of Churches of Kenya has urged security agencies to practice restraint ahead of the planned Saba Saba Protests set to be held on Monday, July 7, 2025.
