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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

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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…

France 24

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

Liverpool Echo

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.

The Conversation

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.…

France 24

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'

Belfast 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

Dublin Live

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.

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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…

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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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Drug dealer admits backing plot in first guilty plea in assassination of Haiti’s president

MIAMI — A convicted Haitian drug trafficker pleaded guilty Friday to providing money to pay for weapons, food and lodging for Colombian commandos and others suspected of executing the fatal shooting of Haiti’s president, marking the first guilty plea in the murder conspiracy case in Miami federal court.

Reuters

Man behind guns in Haitian president's assassination pleads guilty

A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Friday to three charges involving his role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, gunned down in his home in 2021.

The Conversation

Poisons are a potent tool for murder in fiction – a toxicologist explains how some dangerous chemicals kill

People have used poisons throughout history for a variety of purposes: to hunt animals for food, to treat diseases and to achieve nefarious ends like murder and assassination.

The Conversation

A string of assassinations in Afghanistan point to ISIS-K resurgence – and US officials warn of possible attacks on American interests in next 6 months

Since returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have struggled to contain the Islamic State Khorasan province, or ISIS-K – the official Islamic State group affiliate operating in Afghanistan.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal opposition leader alleges assassination attempt as protests flare

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko claimed Monday to have survived an assassination attempt during his appearance at a politically charged trial that has sparked unrest. Meanwhile, President Macky Sall has rejected claims that it would be unconstitutional for him to seek a controversial third mandate.

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Al-Quds Brigades Says Commander Killed in Syria, Accuses Israel

A commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad was killed in Syria on Sunday in what it described as an assassination by Israeli agents. The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group, said in a statement that Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, 31, was killed Sunday morning in…

Miami Herald

Federal judge issues gag order silencing lawyers for defendants in Haiti assassination

MIAMI — A Miami federal judge has issued a gag order in the assassination case of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, barring defense attorneys from disclosing any evidence to outside parties based on “safety concerns” about witnesses involved in the high-profile case as well as law enforcement personnel, U.S. citizens stationed…

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