Man Held in Plot to Kill British Prime Minister
A man has been ordered held Wednesday after being accused in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Assassination
10,744 More Kennedy Assassination Records Released
The National Archives on Friday released 10,744 FBI records — some that have never been previously disclosed — related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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‘Less Than 1 Percent’ of CIA Records on JFK Assassination Still Withheld
Some of the nearly 3,000 newly released declassified records on the Kennedy assassination will remain under wraps for at least six months pending review, but the CIA said Thursday night that “every single one” of its records will be unveiled eventually, with “less than 1 percent” of the information redacted.
Read moreWitness at Malaysia Trial Says Four More Suspects in Kim Murder
A Malaysian police officer testified Thursday that the two women on trial in the murder of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader were seen on airport security videos with two men believed to have provided the VX nerve agent used to kill him.
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Video of Fatal Attack on Kim Jong Nam Shown at Women’s Trial
A security camera video showing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader being attacked at a Malaysian airport and the two suspects hurrying away afterward was presented at their murder trial on Wednesday.
Read moreTrial in Kim Murder Visits Lab to Examine VX-Tainted Clothes
The Malaysian court holding the trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader moved temporarily Monday to a high-security laboratory to view the nerve agent-tainted clothes the suspects wore the day of the attack.
Read more40 Sentenced to Life for Attempting to Kill Erdogan
A court in southwestern Turkey sentenced 40 suspects to life in prison Wednesday, convicting them of charges that include attempting to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during last year’s failed coup, Turkish state television TRT reported.
Read moreBank Averts Subpoena Tied to Cuban Political Assassination
The Second Circuit dealt a legal blow Monday to the son of a Cuban counter-revolutionary who was assassinated in the 1970s.
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Last of Secret JFK Files Slated for Release This Fall
After 54 years, the last remaining investigative records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are set to be released in October, and their contents could range from mundane to shocking.
Read moreNemtsov Killer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Russia
The man convicted of gunning down Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.
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Five Found Guilty in Russian Opposition Leader’s Murder Trial
A jury on Thursday found five men guilty in the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bringing to a close a trial that Nemtsov’s allies believe failed to bring the slaying’s alleged masterminds to justice.
Read moreThe Strange Life, and Sudden Death, of a North Korean Exile
Kim Jong Nam had spent years in exile, gambling and drinking and arranging the occasional business deal as he traveled across Asia and Europe. But Kim’s outwardly easygoing lifestyle hid the fact that by then he’d known for years: that his younger half-brother, now the ruler of North Korea, had ordered him hunted down.
Read morePolice: Suspects in N. Korean Death Coated Hands With Poison
The two women suspected of fatally poisoning a scion of North Korea’s ruling family were trained to coat their hands with toxic chemicals and then wipe them on his face, police in Malaysia said Wednesday, announcing they were seeking a North Korean diplomat in connection with the attack.
Read moreWoman Arrested in Killing of North Korean Leader’s Brother
Malaysian police arrested a woman Wednesday in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader’s exiled half brother who South Korean spies say once begged his sibling to spare his life.
Read moreMyanmar Mourns Assassination of Suu Kyi Adviser
Thousands of Myanmar politicians, activists and others shocked by the assassination of a longtime adviser to leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Monday at a cemetery for an emotional funeral ceremony, while police investigated the motive for the killing.
Read moreMoscow Doubts Killer of Ambassador Was a Lone Wolf
The spokesman for President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday indicated that Moscow doesn’t believe the gunman who killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey acted on his own, but refused to explain the reasons for the suspicion.
Read moreTurkish Official: Envoy’s Killer Unlikely to Have Been Alone
The Turkish policeman who assassinated Russia’s ambassador was unlikely to have acted alone, a senior Turkish government official said Tuesday, as investigators from both countries hunted for clues as to who might have been behind the killing.
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