Civilian casualties rise as fighting in Syria’s Idlib province intensifies

By VOA,

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says she is alarmed at the rising number of civilian casualties due to intensified attacks by Syrian governm...

Idlib , Islamic State militants , Michelle Bachelet , President Bashar al-Assad , Syria , U.N

Egyptian security forces kill 16 suspected militants: state media

By Reuters,

Egyptian security forces killed 16 suspected militants in two separate raids in the city of Arish in North Sinai, state media said on Tuesday. The ...

city of Arish , killed , militants

Seven militants killed in North Sinai: Egyptian military

By Reuters,

Seven militants were killed and 15 Egyptian military personnel were killed or wounded in a clash in North Sinai on Saturday, the Egyptian military sai...

Egyptian Military , North Sinai

Zimbabwe set to retrieve trapped illegal miners, more casualties expected

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean authorities are expected to start retrieving trapped illegal gold miners on Friday but none are expected to have survived flooding in the s...

Zimbabwe

UNMISS Boss: Conditions improving in South Sudan

By VOA,

The head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said there is reason to be hopeful that the country's transitional government will succeed. D...

south sudan

Senior Somali military officer killed in roadside bombing

By VOA,

A senior Somali military commander was killed in a powerful roadside explosion near the capital, Mogadishu, Tuesday just two months after his several ...

Roadside bombing , Somali

Fire breaks out in Kangemi

By Citizen Reporter,

A fire has broken out in Kangemi’s Sodom area under unclear circumstances. The fire has reportedly razed down several structures in the area but ...

Fire break out , Kangemi

Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank, say he threw bomb

By Reuters,

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian and wounded another in the occupied West Bank on Monday, medical officials said. The army said the two had been...

israeli , Palaestian

PHOTOS: Fire razes down JKUAT cafeteria

By Ian Omondi,

Students at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) main campus on Monday woke up to a fire at the institution. The fire is ...

Fire , JKUAT , Prof. Victoria Ngumi

Suicide car bomb explosion in Somalia leaves casualties: police

By Reuters,

A suicide car bomb exploded outside a military base for Ethiopian soldiers in southern Somalia on Saturday, leaving an unspecified number of casualtie...

Al Shabaab , AMISOM , Car bomb explosion , Islamic sharia law , suicide

Snow traps thousands of cars on Italy motorway, 200 occupants rescued

By Reuters,

Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italy’s A22 motorway on Saturday, and firefighters rescued 200 people who ha...

Cars , italy , snow , traps

Recording breaking Onkai predicts tough season ahead

By Citizen Reporter,

KCB Nakuru Rally winner Onkar Rai has predicted a ‘fast and furious’ Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC)  season following a neck-and-neck ...

Baldev Chager , Carl “Flash” Tundo , KCB Nakuru Rally winner , Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) , Onkar Rai , tough season

One dead after protesters storm Turkish military camp in north Iraq: Kurdish officials

By Reuters,

One protester was killed and at least 10 others wounded when they stormed a Turkish military camp near Dohuk in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish regio...

Iraq , killed , Kurdish region , Turkish military

Trump longtime ally Stone arrested in U.S. Special Counsel probe

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone was arrested on Friday on charges of obstruction, witness tampering and making false stateme...

Girl walks into hospital with eye problem, leaves with missing teeth

By Raquel Muigai,

Imagine taking your child for a simple eye surgery, only for them to come out of the surgery with missing teeth and complications that require them to...

molo , PCEA Kikuyu Mission Hospital , surgery

Car bomb kills one, injures 14 in Syria: state media

By Reuters,

 A car bomb detonated in the government-held Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding 14, Syrian state media reported. F...

Car bomb in Syria

Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumbawa: USGS

By Reuters,

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck south of the Indonesian town of Raba, off the central island of Sumbawa, the U.S. Geological Survey said, the se...

earthquake , Indonesia , magnitude 6.6 , South , struck

Saudi-led coalition launches air strikes on Yemeni capital

By Reuters,

A Saudi-led coalition launched several air strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa overnight, stoking tensions among Yemen’s warring parties as the...

Air strike , Saudi , United Nations , Yemen

Thousands flee as militants kill more than 100 soldiers in northeast Nigeria: aid agencies

By Reuters,

Armed groups have killed more than 100 soldiers and seized a huge stock of weapons in clashes in northeast Nigeria since Dec. 26, a report by a group ...

Soldiers killed in Nigeria

Private security guards in Kenya to be armed with guns

By Elphas Lagat,

Security guards at the mall, hospital or bank you frequent will in the coming days be armed with a gun as authorities have acknowledged they are the f...

Security Guards , watchmen