Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Assassination

Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

WEKU · Aug 20, 2023

Ecuador votes in presidential poll after a campaign marked by candidate’s murder

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.

France 24 · Aug 20, 2023

Hitman devs can't fix the in-game Death Wall

IO Interactive has released a new patch for Hitman: The World of Assassination which addresses the "Death Wall" bug with boxes.

TechRadar · Aug 18, 2023

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ecuador election: assassination looms large as voters prepare to go to polls

Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety

Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023

Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate's assassination

The unprecedented violence affecting Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate's killing

Ecuador's government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

Pope condemns 'unjustifiable' assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate

Pope Francis is strongly condemning the “unjustifiable” assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

The year that broke US politics: what 1968 can tell us about 2024

Historian Luke Nichter considers the turmoil you know about – assassinations, chaotic conventions, the racist rise of George Wallace – but also the backroom dramas you don’t

The Guardian - US · Aug 12, 2023

How Ecuador reached the shocking point of a political assassination

Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.

WEKU · Aug 11, 2023

Cartel politics: On an assassination and Ecuador’s fight against drugs

If Ecuador’s politicians and state institutions continue to let criminal gangs have their way, it is only a matter of time before the country becomes a failed state

The Hindu · Aug 11, 2023

Lunch comments led to a Winklevoss ‘character assassination’ campaign, DCG claims

DCG punched back at claims by the Winklevoss twins in an ongoing lawsuit over the demise of Earn.

Fortune · Aug 11, 2023

Killing of Ecuador candidate deepens country's sense of vulnerability to crime

The brazen assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a crowded political rally has deepened the country’s sense of vulnerability to its rising crime

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

AP-Week in Pictures: Aug. 3 - Aug. 10, 2023

From fiery protests in Haiti, to wildfires in Hawaii, to an assassination in Ecuador, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

The Guardian - US · Aug 10, 2023

Ecuador’s descent into violence reaches new low with candidate’s assassination

Shock and horror after Fernando Villavicencio, who campaigned on tough-on-crime platform, killed in burst of gunfire in Quito

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2023

Female ‘Russian spy’ detained over alleged Zelensky assassination plot

The woman ‘was caught red-handed’ trying to pass information to Russians, Ukrainian defence forces say

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Ukrainian mother who lost an eye in ‘attempted assassination’ is Playboy cover star

‘Doctors in Ukraine said I was probably going to die,’ Iryna Bilotserkovets said after attack. ‘I didn’t agree’

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience · Aug 3, 2023

Rare 'Ides of March' dagger coin minted by Brutus after Julius Caesar's murder goes to auction

Brutus minted the silver denarius as a way to pay his troops in the aftermath of Julius Caesar's assassination.

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023

UK needs to guard against more assassination attempts on MPs, warns Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden

As the Government publishes a new register of risks facing the country

WEKU · Aug 2, 2023

Aid efforts for Haitians suffer blow with kidnapping of American nurse and daughter

Gang warfare has increasingly plagued Haiti since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Criminal control has worsened and today the innocent are often killed, raped and held for ransom.

The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2023

Unrepentant Robert Kennedy Jr attempts to revive campaign after antisemitism accusations

At an event in New York hosted by celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach, RFK Jr told the audience he was facing ‘censorship’ and ‘character assassination’

The Guardian - US · Jul 25, 2023

Witness claims police said ‘Is he one of us?’ as they restrained Malcolm X killer

Mustafa Hassan says comment proved to him that police and FBI knew beforehand that there would be an attempt on activist’s life

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Lawyers for Malcolm X’s family reveal ‘explosive’ witness and video bolstering assassination conspiracy claims

Malcolm X was a pivotal figure in the struggle for Black civil rights and the nascent Black Power movement

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

He witnessed Malcolm X’s assassination. 58 years later, he’s trying to help prove a government conspiracy

Prominent religious and civil rights leader was assassinated at 39-years-old in 1965. Ariana Baio reports

1 … 107 108 109 110

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.