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Every mention in the Kenyan press over the period you choose, compiled as a PDF or Word document.
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Capital News
… The countries with the highest number of executions last year were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the US, in that order, Amnesty International data shows. …
Fort Hood attacker’s execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysThe Standard
… The court that convicted Hasan was told he was opposed to the US military's occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and that he had spoken online with an alleged Al-Qaeda figure, radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen subsequently killed in a US drone strike in Yemen. …
US military to livestream firing squad execution of former Army majorCitizen Digital
… US media outlet Axios reported that top Trump cabinet members met Friday to discuss the war in Iran, as well as the conflict in Yemen, where the Tehran-backed Houthis have been fighting government forces and attacking Saudi Arabia.
Iran FM tells US there is no military solution to their conflictThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeSecurity forces of the internationally-recognised Yemeni government man a checkpoint on a street in Taiz amid concerns over Houthi infiltration, late on September 27, 2026. …
Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missiles, dronesCitizen Digital
… States." Hossein Mohebi, a spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying: "We will not cease punishing the US until Iran's seven conditions are met." Mohebi had told AFP in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that ending hostilities in Yemen …
Iran stands firm on Hormuz plan after US rejectionThe Standard
… Hossein Mohebi, a spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying: "We will not cease punishing the US until Iran's seven conditions are met." Mohebi had told AFP in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that ending hostilities in Yemen was also …
Iran stands firm on Hormuz plan after US rejectionCapital News
… However, Yemen’s Houthis – allied to Iran – have recently intensified attacks aimed at disrupting oil exports from Saudi Arabia via the Red Sea on the other side of the Arabian peninsula. …
Iran offers US deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven daysCapital News
… Houthi forces have intensified attacks and advanced along Yemen’s Red Sea coast towards the Bab el-Mandeb, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and a critical route for shipping to and from the Suez Canal. …
Sudan-Saudi maritime border push raises strategic and sovereignty concerns for EgyptThe Standard
… In September, Houthi forces seized Yemen's Red Sea coast and gained significant control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the canal's southern gateway. …
Red Sea sovereign stake: Sudan in delimitation talks with Saudi Arabia amid Egyptian concernsCitizen Digital
… flee By AFP September 23, 2026 03:01 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi force intended to be sent to fight in support of Palestinians in Gaza march in Sanaa, Yemen …
Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of deadly strikes as thousands fleeIsrael holds a general election on Tuesday, the first since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, with voters deciding on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership amid regional wars, international isolation, and debate over security and accountability.
27 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Israel holds a general election on Tuesday, the first since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, with voters deciding on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership amid regional wars, international isolation, and debate over security and accountability.
27 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ethiopian passport holders can travel to only 17 countries without a visa and 33 destinations with visas on arrival, according to the 2026 Global Passport Power Index, placing Ethiopia at position 90 alongside Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan. Only five African Union member states — Kenya, Benin, The Gambia, Rwanda and Togo — allow Ethiopians visa-free entry, with economic conditions, security concerns and diplomatic relations cited as factors limiting the passport's standing.
26 October 2026 · Capital News →
Former US President Barack Obama has attacked the Trump administration over the Iran war and high consumer prices while campaigning for Democrats ahead of the 3 November midterm elections, which will decide which party controls Congress. Trump meanwhile touted his administration's immigration and tariff policies at a rally in Georgia.
25 October 2026 · Capital News →
Explosions sounded in Saudi Arabia's capital on Sunday as Riyadh international airport prepared to reopen following a two-week closure caused by Houthi strikes. Yemen's Houthis, backed by Iran, have conducted repeated attacks on the airport, including a strike this month that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, and have warned the facility remains unsafe.
25 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
As Israel prepares for elections on October 27, voters will weigh in on military conscription, the economy, and a state commission of inquiry into failures that allowed Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. The attack, which killed over 1,200 people, remains a defining national trauma shaping the country's politics and society.
22 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Riyadh on Wednesday in an unannounced trip to show solidarity with Saudi Arabia as it faces intensified attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. The visit was also part of a Gulf tour to secure oil and diesel supplies to help lower prices in France following violent protests over soaring living costs.
21 October 2026 · The Standard →
A Saudi Arabian national guard reconnaissance helicopter crashed due to technical malfunction near the border with Yemen on Sunday, killing its two-officer crew. The incident marks the first military fatalities since Yemen's conflict reignited in July following a four-year truce.
18 October 2026 · The Standard →
Novak Djokovic has accepted a wildcard for the ATP 500 tournament in Basel later this month as the 39-year-old seeks to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin. Currently ranked 11th in the Race to Turin standings, Djokovic must finish in the top eight to qualify for the November showpiece.
17 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia targeting civilian facilities and critical infrastructure, conveyed condolences for those killed, and reaffirmed Kenya's solidarity with the Kingdom and commitment to opposing terrorism and violent extremism.
16 October 2026 · Capital News →
Acute hunger has doubled worldwide over the past decade, affecting 266 million people across 47 countries and territories, while humanitarian food aid funding in crisis-hit countries fell by 59 per cent between 2022 and 2025, according to Action Against Hunger's new report released ahead of World Food Day.
16 October 2026 · Capital News →
World number three Carlos Alcaraz has been added to Vienna's ATP tournament after Saudi Arabia's Six Kings Slam exhibition was postponed to late December following Houthi attacks on the kingdom.
16 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Saudi Arabia said an attack on an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran sparked a limited fire with no casualties, while debris from intercepted Houthi missiles wounded four people in Riyadh and damaged 15 homes. The attack came after the Saudi-led coalition struck Houthi facilities across western Yemen.
14 October 2026 · The Standard →
Yemen's Houthis said Saudi Arabia struck an oil facility belonging to the Yemen Petroleum Company in Sanaa on Tuesday after the Riyadh-led coalition ordered civilians to evacuate the area. In response, the Houthis threatened to target Riyadh's international airport, a refinery, and an Aramco facility in Dammam if the strike went ahead.
13 October 2026 · The Standard →
A fresh Houthi attack hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 11 others, the day after another deadly attack by the Iran-backed Yemeni group forced authorities to suspend operations there. The Houthis claimed multiple attacks over 24 hours and threatened to continue targeting Saudi transit hubs.
12 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Houthi forces attacked Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after a strike that killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend operations. The Iran-backed group claimed multiple attacks over the preceding 24 hours and threatened to continue targeting the kingdom's transit hubs.
12 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and 116 went missing when a boat carrying 305 people from Djibouti to Yemen capsized off Djibouti on October 8–9, according to the International Organization for Migration.
11 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led military coalition blamed Yemen's Houthis for the deadliest attack in the kingdom since May 2015, though the Houthis have not commented.
11 October 2026 · Capital News →
At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, as the Iran-backed Houthis escalate a campaign launched this summer. The dead included nationals from Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, and Egypt.
11 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A boat carrying 350 people from Djibouti to Yemen capsized off the coast of Djibouti on October 8–9, killing at least 109 migrants, including 15 children, and leaving around 116 missing, according to the International Organization for Migration.
11 October 2026 · The Standard →
The Pentagon will livestream the firing squad execution of US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, convicted of shooting 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced. The execution will be the first by the US military since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II.
9 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the execution by firing squad of former Army major Nidal Hasan — who killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009 — will be livestreamed to the public. A Defense Department official said this would be the first public execution in the US in nearly a century and is considered unprecedented in the modern era.
9 October 2026 · Capital News →
The US military will livestream the firing squad execution of convicted military shooter Nidal Hasan, set for December 3, marking the first such execution by the military since World War II. The plan has drawn condemnation from the UN, which says livestreaming the execution would breach prohibitions on torture.
9 October 2026 · The Standard →
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that there is no military solution to Iran's conflict with the United States, and that only negotiations based on justice and fairness could end the war launched by the US and Israel in late February. He warned that if enemies choose military confrontation again, Iran's response will be stronger than before.
4 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles and four drones fired by the Iran-backed Houthis over southern Saudi cities Jazan and Khamis Mushait. The attacks are the latest since July when a years-long truce collapsed and renewed hostilities embroiled Yemen in the wider Middle East war.
2 October 2026 · The Standard →
Iran reaffirmed its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal, keeping the Middle East conflict at a stalemate. Iran's plan requires a halt to all hostilities across the region, including Lebanon, and restoration of a ceasefire agreement that previously called for releasing frozen Iranian assets, lifting sanctions on Iranian oil, and ending the US naval blockade.
27 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Iran stood firm on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the plan requires cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East, release of frozen Iranian assets, lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil, and an end to the US naval blockade, stating "We will not back down from them."
27 September 2026 · The Standard →
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has proposed a deal to the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if necessary conditions in a memorandum of understanding signed in June are met. According to the Wall Street Journal, US President Donald Trump has privately rejected the deal, though the US has not yet officially responded.
26 September 2026 · Capital News →
Sudan has begun setting up technical and institutional arrangements to advance maritime delimitation with Saudi Arabia through a newly established bilateral council, potentially affecting Egypt's territorial claims and Suez Canal interests in the Red Sea region.
24 September 2026 · Capital News →
Sudan and Saudi Arabia have established a technical committee to delimit their maritime border, which has remained undefined for nearly half a century. The committee will review maps and legal documents to draft a delimitation plan, with Saudi coordination also planned for maritime surveillance centres.
24 September 2026 · The Standard →
Yemen's Houthis have accused Saudi Arabia of launching deadly strikes killing civilians and prisoners, as the Iran-backed group seizes strategic Red Sea territory. The UN forecasts over 230,000 displaced in coming months, with hundreds already dead and thousands fleeing the Houthi takeover.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →