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The Justice Department announced in November that an Iranian plot to kill Trump before the presidential election had been thwarted.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries on Wednesday when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination that stunned his small Central European nation and drew a chorus of international condemnation.
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The assassination of a leading presidential candidate in Ecuador less than two weeks before the vote adds pressure to a country already wracked by political and drug violence.
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President Guillermo Lasso confirmed Fernando Villavicencio's death and hinted at organised crime involvement in the assassination. Despite not being the frontrunner, 59-year-old Villavicencio was one of the eight candidates in the approaching August 20 presidential election, representing the Build Ecuador Movement.
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Shehbaz also said he will step down if his involvement is found in any conspiracy related to the attack on Khan.
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The attack on Khan is likely to put any political equilibrium out of reach for years
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Khan escaped with a bullet wound to his right calf, while several of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party officials were also hit by the spray of gunfire aimed at their modified container truck as it slowly drove through a thick crowd near Gujranwala
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Imran Khan attacked: Condemning the attack on the cricketer-turned-politician as sad and cowardly, Pakistan president Arif Alvi tweeted: “I thank Allah for my survival in the murderous attack of Bahadur @ImranKhanPTI...."
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Imran Khan, 70, was injured when the unidentified gunman opened fire on the container-mounted truck carrying him during his protest march, but he was out of danger in what his party claimed was an "assassination attempt."
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Amid voting Sunday, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors’ office for further investigation toward pressing murder charges.
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Shinzo Abe remained, till his death, the most influential politician in the country, and a power to reckon with.
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Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech on a street corner and taken to hospital by helicopter. His death was announced late on Friday.
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PM Modi mourned the demise of Shinzo Abe, 67, and recounted how the former Japanese PM had dedicated his life to make the world a better place. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also joined him in mourning and said “India today has lost a close friend”.
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The “inexplicable delay not on account of the prisoner (which) is inexcusable”, besides his good behaviour and education gained during these years in incarceration, helped the cause of the convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
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The 34-year-old CPI(M) activist Sandeep Kumar was stabbed nine times in the chest by a gang of motorcycle-borne assailants, local media outlets reported.
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At least 20 BJP workers have been killed since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Most BJP leaders in the Kashmir Valley have been designated as ‘protected persons’ and are kept in safe houses and hotels.
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In recent years, organised mercenary forces have appeared in theatres of conflict across the world: Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Syria, Ukraine. The United Nations estimates that private military contractors make upwards of $100 billion a year.
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While the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh aims to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities on the one hand, it also seeks to weaken the Iranian regime from within. The method points to the enemy within and sows suspicion and discord within the ranks of Iranian security and intelligence
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This is extremely disturbing for reasons that have nothing to do with the court's reasoning. In fact, the verdict and its aftermath show exactly how the verdict will become a political moral hazard for the country.
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For years, Tom Stone has offered a course at Southern Methodist University designed to teach students what matters about the Kennedy presidency and that fateful Nov 22 in 1963. This semester he has been co-teaching a special course to coincide with the 50th anniversary.
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Musharraf was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and facilitation of murder, said state prosecutor Chaudhry Muhammad Azhar. If convicted, Musharraf can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
