- South Korea resumed Sunday a loudspeaker propaganda campaign against the North as Pyongyang sent a fresh barrage of trash-filled balloons across the border.
- The White House declined to say on Sunday whether President Joe Biden will meet Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister visits Washington next month to address the U.S. Congress.
- Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has come out to explain how the government will collect contributions to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
- It is a race against time for the National Assembly Committee on Finance as it holds its final public participation exercise on the finance bill in a public forum at the KICC on Monday.
- The Akorino church National Thanksgiving ceremony in Nakuru County on Sunday provided the platform for a head-on encounter between President Ruto and his deputy Gachagua.
- Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Sunday his party was quitting the government after threatening last month to leave over the lack of post-war strategy for the Gaza Strip.
- Britain's defence ministry said on Sunday a statement by Yemen's Houthis that they had fired ballistic missiles at a British destroyer in the Red Sea was false.
- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold an outdoor rally in sweltering Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, seeking to shore up support in a swing state he lost twice but which polls suggest is leaning his way in the Nov. 5 election.
- The death toll has risen to 41 following an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman Congolese army spokesman said.
- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern.
- Muguka and miraa traders in Kwale County face difficulty in their business after the county government passed the 2024/25 Finance Bill which provides for heavy taxes on the leafy stimulant.
- British diet guru and TV personality Michael Mosley was found dead on Sunday on the Greek island of Symi where he went missing this week, police said.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday publicly apologised to President William Ruto for his lateness to an Akorino prayer service in Nakuru County.
- The Ministry of Health has advised the public that the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is still active and in use as the government works on the modernities to roll out the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
- Iran on Sunday announced the six candidates, mostly conservatives, approved for the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash.
- Information, Communication and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has said the Nyanza region will support President William Ruto for a second term in office in the 2027 general election.
- Players in Kenya's creative industry have raised concerns over some clauses proposed in the unsavory Finance Bill 2024 which they argue will adversely cripple growth in the sector.
- Children department in Nakuru County has identified informal settlements and estates hosting flower farm workers as some of the major hotspots in cases of child abuse and neglect.
- Hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of Accra on Saturday in a peaceful protest against power supply outages affecting businesses and daily life across the West African nation.
- The Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) Malindi on Saturday apprehended two suspected traffickers who were in possession of bhang valued at Ksh.12 million weighing over 429kg.
- A section of Bungoma leaders have told off Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for propagating divisive politics across the country terming it a time bomb for the recurrence of tribalism.
- A section of Bungoma leaders have told off Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for propagating divisive politics across the country terming it a time bomb for the recurrence of tribalism.
- In July 2023, Beth Waithera, who worked as a hawker in Nairobi CBD woke up early in the morning, prepared her baby and took her to a day care facility.
- In July 2023, Beth Waithera, who worked as a hawker in Nairobi CBD woke up early in the morning, prepared her baby and took her to a day care facility.
- Amid Mexico's heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups.
- Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday that Palestinian officials said killed more than 200 people, one of the single bloodiest Israeli assaults of the eight-month-old war.
- Haiti's new interim prime minister, Garry Conille, is in stable condition after being hospitalized for an unspecified illness on Saturday afternoon, his office said.
- South Korea will begin loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday that will be "unbearable" for the Kim Jong Un regime, its National Security Council said, after Pyongyang resumed sending balloons carrying trash across the border.
- More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday charged with taking part in a failed coup and other offences that carry the death penalty.
- Humanitarian aid entering Gaza by sea via a U.S.- built pier will resume in the coming days, the Israeli military said on Saturday, after repairs to the structure were completed.
- Heavy rain brought flash flooding to Australia's largest city, Sydney, on Saturday, prompting rescues and evacuation orders for several low-lying suburbs.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his legitimacy is recognised and determined by the Ukrainian people, while criticizing that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- The United States may have to deploy more strategic nuclear weapons in coming years to deter growing threats from Russia, China and other adversaries, a senior White House aide said on Friday.
- The Israeli military said it rescued four hostages held since October in a raid in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday while Palestinian officials said an Israeli attack in the same area killed more than 50 people.
- Junior Secondary School (JSS) leaders have agreed to suspend their ongoing demonstrations to facilitate the passage of the national budget on Thursday.
- Six suspected wildlife traffickers are expected to be arraigned on Monday after being apprehended in possession of two elephant tusks valued at Ksh.5 million and four live terrapins in Kaloleni.
- Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse has weighed in on the contentious debate surrounding Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's advocacy for a ‘one man, one vote, one shilling" resource allocation model.
- The Saudi Export Development Authority (Saudi Exports) has successfully concluded its participation in the Build-Africa 2024 exhibition, held in Kenya from June 5-7.
- President William Ruto has seemingly shifted his stance regarding the height limitations for high-rise buildings near Nairobi's Moi Air Force Base in Eastleigh.
- DP Rigathi Gachagua has asked Kenya Kwanza leaders to stop divisive politics and focus on supporting President William Ruto in delivering development as promised to Kenyans.
- A 22-year-old man who was arrested in Murang'a County on Wednesday for attempting to rape a woman in his car is recuperating at a Thika hospital following an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
- Lilian Seenoi-Barr made history this week when she became the first Black Mayor of Northern Ireland. On Monday night, she was officially installed as Mayor of Derry City and Strabane at a special council meeting.
