Assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders is a gamble for Benjamin Netanyahu that buys him time but risks wider wars: The missile that struck a building in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing Hezbollah’s senior military commander Fuad Shukr, had been widely anticipated. Three days earlier, a Hezbollah rocket – which had no doubt missed its …
Chad presidential election: assassination of main opposition figure casts doubt on country’s return to democracy: The assassination of Chad’s main opposition leader, Yaya Dillo, is hanging heavy over presidential elections due in early May. Dillo was killed on 28 February when the headquarters of the opposition Party Socialiste sans Frontières (Party of Socialists without Borders) …
JFK assassination 60 years on: seven experts on what to watch, see and read to understand the event and its consequences: John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy in the limousine in Dallas minutes before the assassination. Walt Cisco/Dallas Morning News November 22 2023 marks 60 years since US president John F. Kennedy was shot and …
The Plot to Save South Africa: masterful account of an assassination that nearly derailed efforts to end apartheid: Chris Hani (R) after being elected secretary general of the South African Communist Party in December 1991. To his left is the former secretary general Jo Slovo. Walter Dhladhla/AFP via Getty Images I was about to set …
Gandhi’s image is under scrutiny 75 years after his assassination – but his protest principles are being revived: Harshit Srivastava S3/Shutterstock Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi remains, even 75 years after his assassination, a useful symbol for many in India. For secularists, the leader of the country’s independence movement represents an imagined India of the past. …
Afghanistan: assassination of al-Qaida chief reveals tensions at the top of the Taliban: The killing of the al-Qaida leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in Kabul by a US drone strike on July 31 raises some crucial questions. It appears the ruling Taliban were aware of, and gave their blessing to, al-Zawahiri staying in one of the residential …
How Patrice Lumumba’s assassination drove student activism, shaping the Congo’s future: A protestor holds a picture of Patrice Lumumba. Hatim Kaghat/AFP via Getty Images During a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), King Philippe of Belgium made a speech to the national parliament in Kinshasa expressing his “deepest regrets” for the exploitation …
South Africa in the news: Babita Deokaran was a guardian of public accountability — her assassination is a descent into the abyss of chaos: It is sad and tragic that we treat whistle-blowers as pariahs for their moral courage. These are the consequences of a lawless society. Endemic and brazen corruption has been the pivotal …
Guns, drones and poison: the new age of assassination: Nobody has officially claimed responsibility for deploying the satellite-controlled machine-gun with “artificial intelligence” used to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran at the end of November. But you would get fairly short odds were you to take a bet on it being the Mossad, …
Who Shot JFK? Assassination in American Culture MN742 – a Culture interest event taking place on 2020-09-26 15:00:00 in United States The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 was a turning point in American history. Despite the passage of time, there is still no consensus of what happened and who killed …
Alexei Navalny poisoning: what theatrical assassination attempts reveal about Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in Russia: Vladimir Putin’s intelligence and security organs have used a variety of lethal ways over the past few decades to dispatch those who oppose him or the Russian state – an increasingly difficult line to draw. These murders and attempted …
Qassem Suleimani air strike: why this is a dangerous escalation of US assassination policy: The US government has killed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force, the elite wing of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards, in an air strike that took place in the early hours of January 3. This is the latest …
South Africa in the news: Presidency reacts to assassination of Nigerian in South Africa: The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has expressed worry over the killing of another Nigerian in South Africa. DAILY POST reports that …: “South Africa” – BingNews Lions eat rhino poachers on …