Man commits suicide at Catholic church in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

A Sunday service at Nyangati St. John Catholic church in Kutus, Kirinyaga County was briefly disrupted after a 26-year-old man committed suicide withi...

SDA church now dismisses allegations of leadership wrangles

By Ian Omondi,

The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) executive office has now rubbished reports of alleged leadership wrangles within the church. This comes after offic...

Central Kenya Conference , Nairobi Central SDA church , Pr. John Kiragu Ngunyi , SDA wrangles

Muslims at haj gather on Mount Arafat to atone for sins

By Reuters,

Two million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Saturday amid the summer heat and regional tensions for a vigil to atone for their si...

Mount Arafat , Muslims , Pilgrims , vigil

Chaos rock Nairobi Central SDA church, worshippers locked out

By Kadzo Gunga,

Chaos at Nairobi Central SDA church continued on Saturday morning after police chased away worshippers due to escalating leadership wrangles. Membe...

Chaos , Nairobi Central SDA church , SDA

11 Mirere students suspended over suspected devil worship

By Violet Auma,

11 students of Mirere Secondary School in Kakamega County have been suspended for allegedly being devil worshippers. Some of the students are alleg...

Devil Worship , Mirere Secondary School

Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Egypt

By Reuters,

A suicide bombing killed at least two people in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Thursday, a day after four headless bodies were found there, security ...

Egypt , Islamic militants , North Sinai , Suicide bombing

Palestinian shot dead by police after stabbing two Israelis in Jerusalem

By Reuters,

A Palestinian stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem on Friday, wounding one of them critically, before being shot dead by police, an Israeli police spokes...

israeli , Jerusalem , Palestinian , Ramadan , stab

‘Save us from the Satans’: Survivors of Sri Lanka church attack pray

By Reuters,

A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning. Around 9 ...

Islamic state , President Maithripala Sirisena , Sri Lanka , SUICIDE BOMBERS

Deserted beaches, empty rooms: Sri Lanka tourism takes a hit after bombings

By Reuters,

Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travelers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicid...

Islamic state , President Maithripala Sirisena , Sri Lanka , Suicide bombings , tourism

Churches in Sri Lankan capital cancel Sunday mass due to threat

By Reuters,

Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have canceled Sunday mass in the capital Colombo for a second straight week, citing foreign intelligence warnings of t...

Pastor among 10 injured as worshippers fight at church in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Ten worshippers including a pastor were injured on Sunday after two rival groups clashed at Ngucui AIPCA church in Mwea Constituency, Kirinyaga County...

Kirinyaga

Muslims flee, christians grieve in Sri Lankan town

By VOA,

As mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed in the Easter suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negom...

Sri Lanka

Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe

By Reuters,

Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursd...

Sri Lanka Bomb scare

Christchurch attack survivors offered New Zealand residency

By Reuters,

New Zealand will grant permanent residency to all survivors of the mass shooting at two Christchurch mosques in which 50 Muslim worshippers were kille...

Brenton Tarrant , Christchurch , Muslim worshippers , New Zealand , terrorism

At least 137 people killed, over 500 injured in six blasts in Sri Lanka

By CNN,

At least 138 people have been killed and more than 560 injured after a series of coordinated bomb blasts at a number of high-end hotels and churches a...

Sri Lanka

Sudan’s intelligence chief quits, protesters keep up pressure

By Reuters,

Sudan security and intelligence chief quit on Saturday, state media reported, a day after the defense minister stepped down abruptly as interim leader...

Bashir , Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh , Salah Gosh , Sudan

Head of Sudan’s military council steps down, a day after Bashir toppled

By Reuters,

Sudan’s military minister stepped down abruptly on Friday as head of the country’s transitional ruling military council after only a day in the po...

Bashir , military , Sudan

Australia could Jail, fine social media execs for streaming violence

By VOA,

Australia’s Parliament passed legislation Thursday that could imprison social media executives if their platforms stream real violence such as the N...

Australia

Leader of far right Australian party questions 1996 massacre

By VOA,

The leader of Australia’s far-right One Nation party is under fire after she was captured on camera suggesting that a deadly mass shooting that led ...

Australian

At Memorial, mosque survivor says he forgives attacker

By VOA,

A man who survived New Zealand’s mosque attacks told a crowd of about 20,000 people Friday that he forgives the terrorist who killed his wife and 49...

Mosque