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Who killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse? Two key suspects speak out from jail

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Five days after returning to Haiti from South Florida, where he had delivered a letter signed by a Haiti Supreme Court justice seeking help to overthrow Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, James Solages was at the airport in Port-au-Prince headed back to the U.S.

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Accused of killing Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, Colombian ex-soldier breaks his silence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Retired Sgt. Edwin Blanquicet Rodríguez had spent 20 years in the Colombian military when he received an offer: Travel to Haiti as part of a security team to protect a politician and guard electrical infrastructure projects.

Miami Herald

Suspect confesses to killing Malta journalist, says hit was "just business"

The man accused of detonating a car bomb that killed a prominent Maltese journalist has confessed to the crime in an interview with a Reuters reporter and says he will soon implicate others in plotting to assassinate her.

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Turkey Rejects Request to Extradite Haiti Assassination Suspect

A Turkish court rejected on Monday a request to extradite a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Moise, the 53-year-old former businessman who took office in 2017, was shot dead in July 2021 at his private residence and his wife was…

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Turkish court rejects request to extradite Haiti assassination suspect

A Turkish court rejected on Monday a request to extradite a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

Reuters

Mystery Shrouds Iran’s Downplaying of Israeli Assassinations

A senior member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard colonel Sayyad Khodai was killed outside his home in Tehran on May 22 by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike. In Iran, thousands grieved for Khodai and held his funeral procession, where he was remembered as a hero for fighting ISIS. However, Israeli media…

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John Hinckley apologises for Reagan assassination attempt and insists he’s an ‘ordinary guy’

‘It’s something I don’t want to remember’

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Murder plot, looming Roe v Wade ruling & protests at family homes: How Supreme Court security became political

As an alleged assassination plot is foiled outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home, the issues of protecting judges and the First Amendment right to protest have come into conflict, reports Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Russian-installed Kherson official killed in bomb blast

A senior official in the Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region was killed in an apparent assassination on Friday, the deputy head of the administration told Reuters.

Reuters

Belgium returns tooth taken in 1961 from slain Congolese icon

Relatives of murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba attend a sombre ceremony in Brussels as Belgium returns his tooth. It's all that remains of him after his assassination in 1961. Also, Kenya has no reproductive health legislation but the public is going to have its say on a regional bill…

France 24

A murder plot, the looming Roe v Wade ruling and protests at family homes: How Supreme Court security became political

As an alleged assassination plot is foiled outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home, the issues of protecting judges and the First Amendment right to protest have come into conflict, reports Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Remains of independence hero Patrice Lumumba returned to Congo

The remains of the first post-independence Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba arrived Wednesday in the Democratic Republic Congo, more than six decades after his assassination. The remains will go on tour around the country, before being laid to rest in the capital, Kinshasa, next week.

Radio France Internationale

Saudi Arabia, Turkey seek to mend ties as crown prince visits Ankara

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Turkey are turning the page on years of strained relations, exacerbated by the 2018 assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Face-to-face dialogue is the order of the day between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Recep Tayyip…

France 24

MP whose murder sparked Irish civil war to get Commons plaque

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was assassinated by IRA gunmen 100 years ago and then all but forgotten

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Honduras sentences former executive for murder of environmental activist

A Honduran court sentenced a former energy executive to over two decades behind bars Monday for his role in the murder of Berta Caceres, whose 2016 assassination spotlighted the danger facing environmental and indigenous activists in the Central American country.

The Guardian - UK

Honduras: man who planned Berta Cáceres’s murder jailed for 22 years

Roberto David Castillo sentenced for role in assassination of Indigenous environmentalist in 2016

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How Patrice Lumumba's assassination drove student activism, shaping the Congo's future

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 and oppression of Belgian colonialism.

The Times of India

Meet Bros on Sidhu Moose Wala's demise: We've heard his music and we know he was an extraordinarily gifted musician

The assassination of Punjabi singer-rapper Sidhu Moose Wala has sent shock waves through the entire music industry. He was shot dead on May 29.

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Lebanese Officials Demand Arrest Warrants Against Convicted Hariri Killers

Lebanese former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora urged on Friday the judiciary to issue arrest warrants against the convicted killers of ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. He also called on Lebanese authorities to arrest them and bring them to justice. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) appeals judges had on Thursday sentenced…

The Times of India

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC refuses to release Nalini Sriharan sans governor nod

CHENNAI: A month after the Supreme Court ordered the release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convict A G Perarivalan, the Madras high court on Friday refused a similar relief to two of his co-convicts and lifers Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran.

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Saudi Arabia Welcomes STL Verdict against Terrorist Hezbollah Agents

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Friday the verdict issued by Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) against agents of the terrorist Hezbollah militia, reported the Saudi Press Agency. STL appeals judges on Thursday sentenced two Hezbollah members in absentia to life imprisonment for their role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese…

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Hezbollah Members Get Life Terms for Hariri’s Death

Appeals judges at an international tribunal sentenced two members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah to life imprisonment Thursday for their roles in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the deaths of 21 other people in a massive bombing in Beirut in 2005. Neither of the convicted men, Hassan…

The Independent UK

Hezbollah members get life terms for Lebanese leader's death

Appeals judges at an international tribunal have sentenced two members of the militant Hezbollah group to life imprisonment for their roles in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the deaths of 21 other people

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Lebanon: Hariri Killers to Be Sentenced as End Looms for Court

A UN-backed court for Lebanon will sentence two Hezbollah members in their absence Thursday for the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafic Hariri in what could be the cash-strapped tribunal's final act. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is based in the Netherlands, found Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi…

The Independent UK

A murder plot, the looming Roe v Wade ruling and protests at family homes: How Supreme Court security became political

As an alleged assassination plot is foiled outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home, the issues of protecting judges and the First Amendment right to protest have come into conflict, reports Rachel Sharp

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