Recently, Salman Rushdie became the victim of an assassination attempt. For decades, senior Islamic clerics in Iran have threatened Rushdie with death. Here’s what happened.
When the US and South Korea previously conducted military exercises, in 2017, Kim authorized a nuclear test. This time, the US is holding drills simulating Kim Jong-un’s assassination.
A senior administration official told reporters how the CIA identified and killed Al Qaeda chief Zawahiri at a Kabul safe house on July 30.
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.
