Assassinations
Amid America’s immigration crisis, several murders recorded along the U.S. border
Amid the escalation of America's immigration crisis, several murder incidents are recorded along the United States border, where professional-type weapons and methods were used the Daily Mail reported. According to Texas law enforcement officials, many innocent people have become the drug cartels' victims along the southern border's United States side. On Oct. ...
FBI catches 800 suspected criminals using an encrypted chat app
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 ...
Report criticizes probe into slaying of Malta journalist
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 ...
Indonesian police: 4 top officials target of failed assassination plot
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
Hifter’s rule brings security to eastern Libya, at a cost
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 ...
25 years after genocide, Rwanda’s Kagame is praised, feared
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 ...
Lawyer: Crime figure charged in Russian lawmaker’s killing
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 ...
Brazil police: 2 men arrested in killing of Marielle Franco
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. ...
Coast guard officer accused of making hit list pleads not guilty
Lieutenant Christopher Hasson on Monday appeared in US District Court in Maryland on Monday and was sent back to jail ahead of his trial
Egypt executes 9 over 2015 assassination of top prosecutor
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 ...
Slain Iraqi novelist criticized foreign meddling, militias
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 ...
Poland’s political divide widens more after mayor is slain
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 ...
Poland arrests 3 urging more deaths after mayor slain
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 ...
Italian Super Cup to be played against backdrop of protests
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 ...
Iran behind 2 assassinations in the Netherlands: Dutch ministers
The Netherlands accused Iran Tuesday of involvement in the murder of two dissidents on Dutch soil
Burundi issues arrest warrants around 1993 assassination
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 ...
Cal-Stanford Big Game postponed because of wildfire smoke
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 ...
Explains: How Sri Lanka plunged into political crisis
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 ...
Taliban attack kills Afghan officials, US general unhurt
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 ...
Venezuelan opposition denies jailed politician took own life
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 ...

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