According to an administration official, the US probably used a missile full of swords called the R9X missle to take out Al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
A number of world leaders have been assassinated in the twenty years since 2000. Below is the complete list.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has been shot during a campaign speech. The 67-year-old was shot from a distance of about 10 feet (3 meters). Reports claim that the suspect Yamagami Tatsuya, 41, remained on the scene up until his apprehension.
OPEC secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo unexpectedly died at the age of 63. The 2016 pact, which united the group with Russia and created OPEC+, was drafted by the native of Nigeria.
Russian colonel who carried Putin’s nuclear briefcase has been assassinated. Vadim Zimin was discovered with bullet injuries in the kitchen of his apartment in Krasnogorsk, Moscow area.
SVR calls the loss of the veteran historian a "personal tragedy." The former KGB general was found dead in an apparent suicide.
A Russian social networking firm, revealed that two of its senior executives died on a trip. The two who died were top Russian social media executives of VK who were found dead in Siberia.
A Spanish court has called former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify as to whether the CIA plotted to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Julian Assange remains in London's Belmarsh prison pending a judgment from UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on deportation to the US.
Iran has escalated its UAV program in recent years, focusing on weaponizing drones to augment the regime’s other capabilities and proxy forces. Meanwhile, a top Iranian drone engineer was assassinated under unclear circumstances.
Putin told director Oliver Stone in 2017 that he has withstood five assassination plots since becoming Russia's president. He might be able to add one more to that number as Putin survived yet another assassination attempt after the launch of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.