Assassination
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President Donald Trump’s order on the release of 80,000 pages of files connected to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been carried out. The National Archives on Tuesday announced the publication titled, “JFK Assassination Records – 2025 Documents Release.” The government agency noted that the release was in accordance with President Trump’s…
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The apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his South Florida golf course on Sunday ignited longstanding concerns among security experts that Trump’s regular golf habit might make him vulnerable to assailants. Nearly every president in recent history has played golf, but the frequency and predictability of Trump’s outings have raised worries for…
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A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Prosecutors in Brooklyn announced criminal charges against Asif Merchant, accusing him of traveling to New York to try to hire a hitman for the assassinations. The plot…
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Gunmen have killed the female mayor of a town in Mexico just hours after the country celebrated the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the nation’s first woman president. Yolanda Sánchez was shot in the town of Cotija, which she had governed since September 2021. She was the first woman to be elected to the post. Widespread violence…
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Some concerned elders across the country have vowed to hold the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, responsible if anything happens to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. To this end, the elders under the aegis of the Conference of Nigerian Elders for Peace and Good Governance (CNEPGG), urged President…
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Pope Francis condemned an assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister as a “vile act of terrorism” and said Tuesday he is praying for peace in the country. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sent a telegram to Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressing Francis’ solidarity and prayers to al-Kadhimi’s family and those injured in…
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In a sharp criticism against the country’s military which had refused to arrest one of his most vocal critics without a warrant, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte claims he has evidence of a plot to assassinate him. Image: Rodrigo Duterte On Tuesday, Duterte told a state-owned television network that he possessed a recording provided by a…
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Any number of historic moments in the civil-rights struggle have been used to identify Martin Luther King, Jr. — prime mover of the Montgomery bus boycott, keynote speaker at the March on Washington, youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. But in retrospect, single events are less important than the fact that King, and his policy of…
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Martin Luther King Jr., whose assassination was 50 years ago this week, was known for his soaring oratory as well as his leadership of the U.S. civil rights movement. Image: Martin Luther King Jr Here are some inspirational quotes from the minister and civil rights leader who was gunned down in Memphis on April 4, 1968. “If a…
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Footage from a CCTV camera at the Kuala Lumpur airport showing how two female suspects attacked and killed Kim Jong Un’s estranged stepbrother was shown during a court trial on Wednesday. The two women were seen hurrying away in different directions after the incident but another video which was recorded two days earlier shows the…
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