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Bomb targeting Japan PM complicates timing of election, BOJ move

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s political fortunes had been improving of late. This weekend’s assassination attempt may change that, depending on the motivation of his bomb-wielding attacker.

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SDF Commander Killed in Turkish Drone Attack

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed, and his escort was injured in an attack by a Turkish drone near Nusaybeen crossing on the border with Türkiye in al-Qamishli. The Observatory pointed out that the attack came a week…

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Japanese PM Unhurt after Blast during Campaign Event

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device at a campaign event in a western port city, officials said. Police wrestled a suspect to the ground as screaming bystanders scrambled to get away and smoke filled the air. Although no one was hurt,…

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Sudan fatwa call worries UN as Bashir loyalists up activity

The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about a request for a fatwa seeking the assassination of its head in Sudan, as loyalists of ousted leader Omar al-Bashir stepped up opposition to a draft deal for a new civilian government.

Reuters

More Colombian suspects in Moïse assassination questioned by FBI during Haiti visit

U.S. federal agents visited Haiti this week where they questioned several Colombian suspects in the ongoing investigation into the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Miami Herald

Azerbaijan Expels 4 Iranian Diplomats for 'Provocative Actions'

Azerbaijan on Thursday said it was expelling four Iranian diplomats over "provocative actions" in the latest deterioration of relations between the neighbors, in part due to Baku's improving relations with Tehran's arch-enemy Israel. Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran have grown increasingly strained in recent months, with the dispute coming to…

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Ex-gangster says Thomas Cashman will be 'eaten alive' in jail for murder of 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Thomas Cashman shot and killed nine-year-old schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel in August last year at her home in Liverpool during a botched assassination attempt on a convicted burglar.

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Indian opposition decries new schoolbook's omission of Hindu rage at Mahatma Gandhi

Indian opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the removal from some schoolbooks of references to how independence hero Mahatma Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity angered some Hindu extremists and led to his assassination.

Reuters

Thomas Cashman will be 'eaten alive' in jail after murdering girl, 9, warns ex-gangster

Thomas Cashman shot and killed nine-year-old schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel in August last year at her home in Liverpool during a botched assassination attempt on a convicted burglar

Daily Mirror

Man ordered hit on pregnant lover to hide affair from wife as she is shot dead

Eight-months pregnant mum-of-one Letycia Peixoto Fonseca, 31, when an assassination orchestrated by her lover Diogo Viola, 40, saw her killed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the beginning of March

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'approved FSB assassination of war blogger Tatarsky' while blaming Ukraine

The Russian authorities will seek to blame the Ukrainian special services and 26-year-old Daria Trepova who passed a bomb hidden in a statuette to the hardline war reporter and propagandist at a St Petersburg cafe

Daily Mirror

Azerbaijan Arrests 4 Over Attempted Assassination of Anti-Iran Lawmaker

Azerbaijan arrested four people in connection with the attempted assassination of an anti-Iran lawmaker, who was shot and wounded last week, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Representative Fazil Mustafa, who has been highly critical of Iran, was receiving treatment in a hospital after being shot in the attack. Mustafa's assistant,…

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Azerbaijan arrests four over attempted killing of lawmaker

Azerbaijan has arrested four people in connection with the attempted assassination of a member of parliament who was shot and wounded last week, an interior ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Reuters

Bomb Kills Russian War Blogger in St Petersburg Cafe

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg café on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine. Russia's state Investigative Committee said it had opened a murder…

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Haiti: The wounds of a broken country

The security situation in Haiti has spiralled out of control since the shock assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, with the country increasingly beset by violence. Today, unrest has reached such levels that the United Nations is being urged to intervene and there has been a total breakdown…

Liverpool Echo

CCTV shows moment Thomas Cashman shoots Joseph Nee in cold-blooded ambush

The footage shows the bungled assassination attempt that led to the death of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

The Conversation

MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths

The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing debate ever since his assassination on April 4, 1968.

France 24

Haiti's spiralling crisis: Political instability, hunger and gang violence

In this special edition, we focus on the continuing crisis in Haiti. The country, which has still not recovered from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake and a hurricane six years later, has been spiralling even deeper into disaster since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise almost two years ago.…

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Say Nothing: LA production company to begin filming series exploring murder of Jean McConville

It comes from the team behind dramas 'The People vs OJ Simpson' and 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace'

Dublin Live

Three Dublin restaurants receive accolades on Sunday Times Best Restaurants list

The rankings, which are compiled by food critics Sally and John McKenna, were released this weekend with Assassination Custard, Bastible and Chapter One ranking as the top three restaurants in Dublin

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Yemen Reviews Options to Counter Houthi Escalation, Vows Punishment

Yemen’s government vowed to punish Houthi militias for stepping up terrorist activities in the governorates of Marib, Shabwah and Taiz. This came during a meeting in the interim capital Aden on Monday. Late last week, Houthis staged an assassination attempt targeting the governor of Taiz.

The Independent UK

Suspect in assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse accepts plea deal in Florida

A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in US federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021

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Taiz Governor Survives Houthi Drone Attack

The governor of Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, Nabil Shamsan, escaped a Houthi drone attack that targeted his convoy upon his return from a visit to the port city of Mocha on Saturday. At the same time, Houthis have been expanding their efforts to take over the Hareb district of…

Al Jazeera

Man pleads guilty in US probe of Haiti president assassination

Rodolphe Jaar faces charges of conspiring to murder or kidnap President Jovenal Moise and providing support to the plot.

The Independent UK

Man pleads guilty to role in Haiti president's assassination

A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021

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