- Iran staged military parades on Friday to mark its annual Army Day celebrations, showcasing a wide array of its latest domestically built drones, missiles, tanks, and other hardware.
- A woman is in custody after being found in possession of nearly 300 grams of cocaine, following a sting by a multi-agency security team targeting drug trafficking routes between Kenya’s Northern Frontier and the capital.
- ODM leader Raila Odinga has finally spoken out amid reports of a rift within the political outfit owing to the MoU signed with President Ruto’s UDA that gave birth to the broad-based government.
- Seven Chinese nationals have been convicted by the Kapenguria Law Courts for engaging in illegal mining operations along the Wei-Wei River in Sigor, Pokot Central Sub-County.
- While China's leaders use their economic and political might to fight Donald Trump's trade war "to the end", its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign online.
- The Ugandan government intends to introduce a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians for certain offences even after the practice was banned by the Supreme Court.
- Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares's face is worn with exhaustion as he waits to collect a small portion of his pension.
- Last week, Orengo boldly told ODM supporters in front of Raila Odinga and President William Ruto that they should stand up and fight for their rights.
- The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has announced that limited slots are now available for students to apply for placement at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC).
- Residents of Mwea in Kirinyaga County are expressing growing concern over a surge in livestock theft, with donkeys becoming a prime target in recent weeks.
- Two men were killed in a mass shooting at a university in Florida allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff with her old service weapon, police in the southeastern US state said Thursday.
- Minority Leader in the National Assembly, Junet Mohamed, has castigated the appointment of politicians as ambassadors at the expense of career diplomats, citing President William Ruto's latest nominations.
- One person died on the spot while two others sustained serious injuries after Kamenwo quarry in Bomet County caved in while the victims were harvesting the sand in between the rocks.
- Ford Motor is recalling more than 148,000 vehicles in the United States as part of two recalls, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday.
- Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.
- Nigeria has achieved a 35 per cent reduction in electricity subsidies following a tariff increase implemented last year for some users, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu said on Thursday, easing some pressure on public finances in Africa's most populous nation.
- Russia said on Thursday it would treat Ukrainian strikes on transport infrastructure using German Taurus long-range missiles as "direct participation" in the conflict by Berlin.
- Two joint Somali-U.S. airstrikes killed 12 al Shabaab militants in central Somalia and destroyed a ship carrying weapons for the al Qaeda-linked group, the Somali government said on Thursday, following recent advances by the Islamists.
- President William Ruto has defended his contributions to churches, declaring that his government will continue contributing to religious institutions despite growing criticism.
- A godown operated by a Chinese company along Mombasa Road has been shut down by the Ministry of Health following allegations of importing 1,716 cartons containing 11 different cigarette brands illegally.
- The US special envoy to Africa on Thursday called on Rwanda to withdraw all its troops from the Democratic Republic Congo and stop any support for the M23 rebel group.
- Popular matatu operator Super Metro Sacco has received a green light to resume operations after the Transport Licensing Appeals Board vacated an earlier suspension order that had temporarily halted the company’s services.
- Former Vihiga County Deputy Governor Caleb Amaswache, who served under ex-county boss Moses Akaranga, is now hawking firewood in Luanda town to earn a living and pay his bills.
- It’s been three weeks since the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) opened the portal for students to apply for places in institutions of higher learning.
- Clashes between Sudanese paramilitaries and the regular army have killed at least 57 civilians in the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, a medical source and a volunteer aid group said Thursday.
- As night falls over Nairobi, streetlights flicker on in neighborhoods that many avoid after dark. For women like Felista Abdalla, however, this is the beginning of a work shift—one that could cost them their lives.
- Three men, including a government official, were on Thursday charged with 18 criminal offences related to the forgery of official stamps, making false documents, and unlawful possession of government property.
- Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has suspended two senior Ministry officials for their alleged involvement in malpractice and ethical breaches in kidney transplant services at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret.
- Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has suspended two senior Ministry officials for their alleged involvement in malpractice and ethical breaches in kidney transplant services at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret.
- President William Ruto has advised new Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries to focus on service delivery to Kenyans and not the sideshows that usually come with high office.
- Two men who were posing as female masseuses are being held in police custody after they were accused of robbing a client Ksh.280,000 during a massage session.
- The High Court in Eldoret has ordered the National Land Commission (NLC) to pay the Tom Ojienda and Associates law firm Ksh.9.3 million accrued legal fees after failing to compensate the firm for its services.
- Migori Senator Eddy Oketch holds that the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is a poor financing structure due to the frail oversight of its utilization.
- The two gases - dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, and dimethyl disulfide, or DMDS - involved in Webb's observations of the planet named K2-18 b are generated on Earth by living organisms, primarily microbial life such as marine phytoplankton - algae.
- Trump is banking that his tariffs will lead to a bonanza of beneficial trade deals, lowering barriers to US products and shifting global manufacturing to the United States.
