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Shocking moment of fiery explosion believed to have killed al-Qaeda chief

Osama Bin Laden's former right-hand man and current al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed by a CIA drone strike when he came out on the balcony of his safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Al Qaeda's Zawahiri survived harsh mountains, killed in posh Kabul locality

Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who had a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, survived years in Afghanistan's rugged mountains but his last months were spent in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood where top officials from the Taliban also live.

Reuters

US kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri: What we know so far

Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack that targeted a house in central Kabul, Afghanistan, according to the US.

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Watching Al-Qaeda Chief’s ‘Pattern of Life’ Key to His Death

As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended Ayman al-Zawahiri's decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaeda. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. US officials had built a scale model of the safe…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Die Hard to The Raid: Guardian writers on their favourite action movies

As Brad Pitt’s new thriller Bullet Train arrives in cinemas, Guardian writers have picked their most exciting action films of all time

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Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed by US drone strike in Kabul

The US President said intelligence officials tracked al-Zawahiri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family

Evening Standard

What we know about the US strike on Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday. This is what we know about how it unfolded.

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Biden declares ‘justice delivered’ after drone strike kills al-Qaida leader

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed in a CIA drone strike he ordered targeting the terrorist leader in Afghanistan.

Los Angeles Times

How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

Reuters

Biden declares ‘justice delivered’ after drone strike kills al-Qaida leader

Los Angeles Times

Biden: "Justice has been delivered" with death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

The CIA operation has delivered the most significant blow to al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden.

Axios

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike

US President Joe Biden says ‘justice has been delivered’ after al-Qaeda leader located and killed in Kabul.

Al Jazeera

Al-Qaida mastermind Ayman al-Zawahri, 71, reportedly killed

Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian surgeon who became a mastermind of jihad against the West and who took over as al-Qaida leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid, has been killed

The Independent UK

U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Zawahiri in Kabul drone missile strike

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone missile while he stood on a balcony at his home in Kabul, U.S. officials said, the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead more than a decade ago.

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin appears unable to use limp right arm to shoo away mosquito in footage

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be seen in the footage limping and appearing to be unable to use his right arm when he was attacked by mosquitos during Navy Day celebrations in St Petersburg

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin suffers 'night health scare after complaining of severe nausea'

The claim is the latest saga in the ongoing conjecture over the Russian leader's health, with many experts speculating he could be 'seriously ill'

Newcastle Herald

Challenger disaster whistleblower Richard C. Cook on how the US goaded Russia into Ukraine invasion

Two views of America's role in Ukraine war

The Independent UK

The inside story of the Cold War double agent who says he was abandoned after decades of service

‘M’ tells Eleni Braat and Ben de Jong about his life and how, in the end, he was deserted by the paymasters he had served

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Guantánamo prisoner 'was waterboarded'; agents omitted it from memo

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba: A prisoner accused of plotting al-Qaida’s bombing of the USS Cole warship in 2000 told federal interrogators years later that he was waterboarded by the CIA, an interpreter testified Thursday. But that detail was omitted from the official account of the interrogations that prosecutors want to use…

The Independent UK

From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries are in talks to off pull off yet another historic exchange

The Conversation

The cold war double agent abandoned by the spy agencies he risked his life for – podcast

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, new research reveals the story of a cold war double agent who feels abandoned after 22 years of service.

The Conversation

Revealed: untold story of the CIA/Stasi double agent abandoned after 22 years of service

I was naked, tied to a hard chair with handcuffs. Three or four burly fellows in uniform are standing around me, one of them behind me with a truncheon… ‘Sie sind ein Verräter! [You are a traitor!],’ they snap.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netflix Orders Sequel and Spinoff to Ryan Gosling Film ‘Gray Man’

Netflix Inc is turning its new spy thriller "The Gray Man" into a franchise, announcing plans on Tuesday for a sequel and spinoff to the action movie starring Ryan Gosling. "The Gray Man," one of Netflix's most expensive movies to date, began streaming on Friday and was the most watched…

WEKU

At 75, the CIA is back where it started - countering the Kremlin

As the CIA's marks its 75th anniversary, Russia's war in Ukraine is giving the spy agency a new direction after dark periods during the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?

Watching the Jan. 6 committee hearings, one could be forgiven for believing we're living in the heyday of conspiracy theories, between the Holocaust denialism of the Oath Keepers, the loony pedophilia fears of the QAnoners and the "Stop the Steal" ravings of Sidney Powell, Rudolph W. Giuliani and former President…

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