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Moment Brazilian lawmaker is assassinated while talking to family outside his home
2 weeks ago

Moment Brazilian lawmaker is assassinated while talking to family outside his home

Daily Mail  

A disturbing video showed the moment a councilman was shot to death in front of his home in Brazil. Marcos de Araujo, 57, and a woman had their backs turned to the killers and were talking to his mother-in-law, Marina Maia, 75, when two gunmen ran up and opened fire on Thursday night. Marcos de Araujo, a councilman for the …

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The organizer of a Christmas fair in southern Mexico is assassinated at his holiday event
2 weeks, 2 days ago

The organizer of a Christmas fair in southern Mexico is assassinated at his holiday event

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The organizer of a Christmas fair in southern Mexico was assassinated at his city’s holiday event, authorities said late Tuesday. The governor of the southern state of Guerrero said gunmen killed the organizer of the annual Christmas and New Year’s fair in the state capital of Chilpancingo. Evelyn Salgado called the Christmas Eve killing of Martín Ramírez …

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Israel acknowledges it assassinated Hamas chief Haniyeh for first time
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Israel acknowledges it assassinated Hamas chief Haniyeh for first time

Al Jazeera  

Defence Minister Israel Katz warns Houthi rebels that Israel will ‘behead’ its leaders as it did to Hamas. Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz has for the first time publicly acknowledged that his country assassinated Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, warning that the Yemen-based Houthis will also be struck a “severe blow”. Speaking on Monday evening at an event honouring …

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Kremlin vows revenge after General assassinated
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Kremlin vows revenge after General assassinated

ABC  

Nick Grimm: The Kremlin has warned Ukraine it faces imminent revenge for the killing of a top Russian general in a targeted attack in the capital Moscow. Ukrainian sources have confirmed that the country's intelligence service, the SBU, was responsible for the killing, a day after the general was accused of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers.Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss …

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Who was Igor Kirillov, top Russian general assassinated in a scooter blast in Moscow?
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Who was Igor Kirillov, top Russian general assassinated in a scooter blast in Moscow?

Firstpost  

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was the chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection troops and a senior member of the Kremlin. His troops have been accused of using “barbaric chemical weapons in Ukraine” including “multiple reports of the use of the toxic choking agent chloropicrin.” The day before Kirillov was killed, Ukraine’s SBU security agencies said he was charged …

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For the first time, Pawar has been politically assassinated, says BJP leader
4 weeks, 2 days ago

For the first time, Pawar has been politically assassinated, says BJP leader

Hindustan Times  

Only days after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the political discourse in Maharashtra is deteriorating and needs to be restored, two politicians from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party used harsh and offensive language to attack Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar. At a public meeting organised by the BJP in Markadwadi village, in Solapur district, in support of Electronic Voting …

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Impeached, corruption scandals, assassinated: The troubled history of South Korean presidents
1 month ago

Impeached, corruption scandals, assassinated: The troubled history of South Korean presidents

Firstpost  

Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law has had far-reaching effects. However, this is not the first time the country has seen a leader fall from grace Protesters hold placards during a candlelight vigil to condemn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declarations of the failed martial law and to call for his resignation in Seoul, South Korea, December …

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Philippines VP publicly threatens to have president Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Philippines VP publicly threatens to have president Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the “active threat” against …

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Philippine Vice President Threatens to Have President Assassinated
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Philippine Vice President Threatens to Have President Assassinated

Deccan Chronicle  

Manila: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. "Acting on the vice president's clear and unequivocal statement that she had contracted an assassin to kill the …

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The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. The Presidential Security Command boosted Marcos’ security and said it considered the vice president’s threat, which …

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Philippine VP, claiming threat on her life, says she’ll have the president assassinated if she’s killed
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Philippine VP, claiming threat on her life, says she’ll have the president assassinated if she’s killed

LA Times  

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. The Presidential Security Command boosted Marcos’ security and said it considered the vice president’s threat, which was “made so …

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Philippine Vice-President threatens to have President assassinated
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Philippine Vice-President threatens to have President assassinated

India Today  

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the “active threat” against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to an elite presidential guards force …

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Sara Duterte: Philippine vice president says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sara Duterte: Philippine vice president says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed

CNN  

Manila, Philippines Reuters — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated if she herself were killed, prompting Marcos’ office to vow “immediate proper action.” In a dramatic sign of a widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the Southeast Asian nation, Duterte told an early morning press conference …

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Catholic priest, noted human rights defender, assassinated in southern Mexico
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Catholic priest, noted human rights defender, assassinated in southern Mexico

LA Times  

A Roman Catholic priest who was a leading voice for peace and conciliation in Mexico’s strife-torn southern Chiapas state was assassinated Sunday after celebrating Mass, authorities said, sparking a wave of denunciations throughout the country. Mexico’s two largest criminal syndicates — the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation cartels — are at war for smuggling routes in Chiapas, authorities say, …

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FBI flagged as 'major government contractor' questions why Harris isn't being assassinated
3 months, 3 weeks ago

FBI flagged as 'major government contractor' questions why Harris isn't being assassinated

Raw Story  

The richest man in the world, who also happens to be a U.S. defense contractor, is being criticized on social media on Sunday after questioning why people aren't trying to assassinate Vice President Kamala Harris. Elon Musk, who owns the social media company that he renamed from Twitter to "X," posted a controversial statement in response. Former Republican lawmaker Adam …

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Who is Khaled Meshaal, set to be Hamas chief after Ismail Haniyeh ‘assassinated’?
5 months, 1 week ago

Who is Khaled Meshaal, set to be Hamas chief after Ismail Haniyeh ‘assassinated’?

Hindustan Times  

Hamas is likely to pick senior member Khaled Meshaal as its new leader after Wednesday's ‘assassination’ of Ismail Haniyeh, apparently by Israel, in Iran's capital, Tehran, where Haniyeh attended the swearing-in of Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new President. FILE - Khaled Mashaal, at the time, leader of the militant group Hamas, that has governed Gaza since a 2007 takeover, speaks during …

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Hamas leader is assassinated after Israel vowed to kill him
5 months, 1 week ago

Hamas leader is assassinated after Israel vowed to kill him

Daily Mail  

The top political leader of Hamas was assassinated yesterday in a stunning Israeli strike in Iran that has left the Palestinian group vowing to take revenge. But Israel's Defence Forces seized the chance to hit Haniyeh and conducted an airstrike on his residence in Tehran just hours after the event, killing the Hamas leader and a security guard. 'Brother leader, …

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in 'Israeli raid' in Iran
5 months, 1 week ago

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in 'Israeli raid' in Iran

Business Standard  

Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards have been killed in Tehran. "With condolences to the heroic nation of Palestine and the Islamic nation and combatants of the Resistant Front and the noble nation of Iran, this morning the residence of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic Resistance …

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, bodyguard ‘assassinated’ in Iran; Israel blamed
5 months, 1 week ago

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, bodyguard ‘assassinated’ in Iran; Israel blamed

Hindustan Times  

Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Islamist group Hamas that runs the Palestinian territory of Gaza, has been ‘assassinated’ in Iran's Tehran, a Hamas statement confirmed on Wednesday. Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh The confirmation from Hamas regarding Haniyeh's death came after Iran's Revolutionary Guards informed about the ‘martyrdom’ of the Gaza-based group's foremost leader. "With condolences to the …

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From Paris to Beirut: Israel’s long record of assassinating Palestinians
5 months, 1 week ago

From Paris to Beirut: Israel’s long record of assassinating Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

Ismail Haniyeh is the latest in a list of Palestinian leaders believed to have been assassinated by Israel. In recordings made public on December 4, 2023, the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency, Ronen Bar, said that the country would kill Hamas leaders “in every location, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Turkey, in Qatar, everyone”. …

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Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran
5 months, 1 week ago

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

Al Jazeera  

Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran where he had been attending the president’s inauguration. Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to a statement from the group that runs the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, which blamed Israel for his killing. Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said Haniyeh’s killing takes the war with …

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Trump was nearly assassinated in their small town. Now they grapple with politics, grief and anger
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump was nearly assassinated in their small town. Now they grapple with politics, grief and anger

LA Times  

About 15 minutes before former President Trump took the stage for his Saturday rally in Butler, he shook hands with Jondavid Longo, the mayor of nearby Slippery Rock. He saw Secret Service agents pounce on Trump and then the former president stand back up, raising a fist into the air in what Longo could describe only as an act of …

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NBA legend Steve Kerr speaks out on Donald Trump shooting - 40 years after his own father was assassinated
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA legend Steve Kerr speaks out on Donald Trump shooting - 40 years after his own father was assassinated

Daily Mail  

Team USA Olympics coach Steve Kerr has condemned a 'shameful' and 'demoralizing' day in the history of the United States, after former President Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally. The historic events unfolded thousands of miles from where Team USA's basketball team are preparing for the upcoming Paris Olympics, but head coach Kerr used a press conference to …

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‘Lincoln, JFK’: List of US presidents who were assassinated or survived attacks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Lincoln, JFK’: List of US presidents who were assassinated or survived attacks

Hindustan Times  

Former US President Donald Trump escaped with just a minor injury to his ear on Saturday after an assassination attempt on him at an election rally in Pennsylvania. President Ronald Reagan being shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel, March 30, 1981. US Presidents who were assassinated Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, …

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