Assassinations

Europe 06/09/21, 00:40

A covert police operation successfully tricked illegal groups into buying cellphones, containing messaging software that authorities constantly monitored. Operation Trojan Shield arrested at least 800 suspects, thwarted some 100 assassination attempts, and seized more than 32 tons of drugs plus $148 million in cash. These busts were thanks to a joint operation ...

World 05/29/19, 09:13

A Council of Europe report has criticized the "glacial" pace of the investigation into the car bomb assassination of a leading Maltese investigative journalist and called Wednesday for an independent public inquiry into the case.Three Maltese men are believed to have triggered the powerful car bomb that killed 53-year-old Daphne ...

Asia & Pacific 05/28/19, 09:20

Officials say plot may be linked to last week’s deadly protests in Jakarta after President Joko Widodo was officially declared the winner of April 17 elections

Africa 05/21/19, 01:05

After years of assassinations, bombings and militia firefights, Libya's eastern city of Benghazi finally feels safe again — but security has come at a heavy cost.Uniformed police are out at major intersections, cafes and restaurants stay open late into the night, and local groups hold art exhibitions and festivals. But ...

Africa 04/09/19, 03:33

A quarter-century after Rwanda's brutal genocide, President Paul Kagame remains a constant figure atop the country's politics, feted by those who say it needs his visionary leadership and loathed by others who see a firm authoritarian with a malicious streak.Kagame is so little-questioned that he speaks openly about the apparent ...

Europe 04/07/19, 17:03

The lawyer for an imprisoned Russian organized crime figure says the man has been charged in the 1998 assassination of reformist lawmaker Galina Starovoitova.Starovoitova, a prominent liberal member of the national parliament, was gunned down outside her St. Petersburg residence.Four people were convicted of taking part in the slaying or ...

America 03/12/19, 07:41

Police on Tuesday arrested two suspects in the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, a brazen assassination that shocked and angered Brazilians and sparked protests in several countries.The arrest of the men comes two days before the anniversary of the killings on March 14, 2018. ...

U.S. 03/11/19, 20:50

Lieutenant Christopher Hasson on Monday appeared in US District Court in Maryland on Monday and was sent back to jail ahead of his trial

Africa 02/20/19, 07:29

Egypt on Wednesday executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of the country's top prosecutor, security officials said.The nine were found guilty of taking part in the bombing that killed Hisham Barakat, the first assassination of a senior official in Egypt in a quarter ...

World 02/06/19, 02:39

Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an outspoken critic of foreign interference in Iraq and political meddling by powerful Iran-backed militias.On Saturday, Mashzoub was gunned down in the Shiite holy ...

Europe 02/02/19, 08:53

Poland's political fissures have widened in recent months, pitting conservatives against liberal critics who accuse the government of threatening the country's hard-won democracy by undermining the independence of the judiciary and the media.In this toxic atmosphere, there has been an increase in hate speech, political threats and, most stunningly, the ...

Europe 01/15/19, 03:53

Poland's interior ministry says police have arrested three people calling for more killings following the assassination of the mayor of Gdansk.Joachim Brudzinski said Tuesday on Twitter that police arrested the three on Monday, the day Pawel Adamowicz died after being stabbed while on stage during a charity event.He described those ...

Sports 01/14/19, 13:05

The Italian Super Cup showcasing the Serie A and Italian Cup champions is normally regarded as a friendly. But there's nothing welcoming or sociable about the match on Wednesday.Because it's in Saudi Arabia.Italian politicians and human rights activists have objected to the game being played in Saudi Arabia, citing the ...

Asia & Pacific 01/08/19, 10:40

The Netherlands accused Iran Tuesday of involvement in the murder of two dissidents on Dutch soil

Africa 12/01/18, 11:36

Burundi's attorney general has issued 17 international arrest warrants for former senior military and civilian officials suspected of involvement in the assassination of the country's first democratically elected president.At the top of the list is former president Pierre Buyoya, now the high representative of the African Union. He has not ...

Sports 11/16/18, 16:25

The annual Big Game between Stanford and California that had been scheduled for Saturday has been postponed because of dangerous air quality resulting from a wildfire some 150 miles to the north.Cal announced Friday that the game would be played Dec. 1 with a noon kickoff at Memorial Stadium in ...

Asia & Pacific 10/29/18, 06:23

Sri Lanka is in a constitutional stalemate, torn between two leaders who both claim to be its legitimate prime minister. President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and dissolved his Cabinet on Friday, abruptly ending a strained coalition government between two traditionally opposed political parties. Former strongman President Mahinda ...

World 10/19/18, 01:46

Afghanistan was reeling Friday, a day after an audacious assassination claimed by the Taliban that killed two senior officials in Kandahar province while the top U.S. commander who attended the high-level meeting where the attack happened was unharmed.Thursday's meeting, on security plans for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections this weekend, had just ...

World 10/09/18, 00:36

The disputed jailhouse death of an opposition councilman arrested on allegations of plotting to kill President Nicolas Maduro has triggered alarm among many Venezuelans and swift condemnation from several foreign dignitaries.Venezuela's government said on Monday that Fernando Alban took his own life by leaping from the 10th floor of the ...

America 10/08/18, 21:45

A jailed councilman in Venezuela arrested on suspicion of involvement in a failed assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro has died of suicide, the government said Monday.The official suicide claim drew swift denials from opposition leaders close to Fernando Alban and dozens of his supporters gathered outside the office of ...