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Argentine lawmaker fights for life after shooting; official dies
An Argentine lawmaker was seriously injured and a provincial official was killed Thursday in one of the most brazen political attacks in the country since it returned to democracy in 1983. Officials say that lawmaker Hector Olivares was shot at around 7 a.m. local time ...
Ukraine says it uncovered 47-person hit list after staging Putin critic's murder
Ukraine, seeking to reassure its Western allies after faking the murder of a Russian dissident to thwart what it said was a plot on his life, told them on Friday its ruse led to the discovery of a hit list of 47 people whom ...
Two women accused of fatally poisoning the estranged half brother of North Korea's ruler pleaded not guilty as their trial began Monday in Malaysia's High Court, nearly eight months after the brazen airport assassination that sparked a diplomatic standoff. Siti Aisyah of Indonesia and Doan ...
North Korea threatens U.S. with 'nuclear hammer' after CIA chief appears to hint at regime change
North Korea vowed Tuesday to strike the U.S. with a "powerful nuclear hammer" after CIA chief Mike Pompeo hinted last week that Washington was open to the possibility of regime change. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), quoting a Foreign Ministry spokesman, issued a ...
Ties to Japan may factor in Kim Jong Nam's mysterious murder
Fears by Kim Jong Un over his legitimacy as North Korea’s hereditary leader due to his grandfather’s work in a Japanese military factory may have had a role in brother’s murder.
On JFK anniversary, Zapruder relative says assassination film hovers over family
Alexandra Zapruder was not yet born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy's motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago on Tuesday, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy. On Nov. 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder, a ...
Taliban attacks over in two days in Helmand province kill 24 police officers
Taliban attacks on a district in the southern province of Helmand province killed at least 24 police officers over the past two days, an Afghan official said Sunday. Kareem Atal, the director of Helmand's provincial council, said that battles between government forces and militants have ...
Raqqa activists hide out after Islamic State assassins find, befriend, kill colleagues in Turkey
The killing of the young Syrian activist took place close enough to his family's home in southern Turkey that his youngest brother heard his piercing scream. Ibrahim Abdelqader's attackers stabbed him dozens of times and left his partially decapitated corpse hanging from a doorframe. His ...
Video claims Islamic State responsibility for 2013 Tunisia assassinations
A new video has surfaced with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the 2013 assassinations of two Tunisian politicians. The armed, bearded men in the video also condemned this Sunday's presidential elections in Tunisia, called on Tunisians to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State, ...
