The brazen coup attempt that took the life of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse holds all the elements of a three-act Shakespearean tragedy: plots and subplots, ambition and betrayal, gore and death, all ensnaring the circle of people closest to him, including his wife. Martine Moïse, who was wounded in the middle-of-the-night attack in the president’s […]
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Russia claims it foiled assassination attempt in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims it had prevented an assassination attempt of a “political figure” in Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti said on Feb. 19. The FSB alleged that the attempted assassination was carried out by Russian citizen Vitali Dyatlenko, supposedly recruited by the Security Service of […]
U.S. and Haiti investigations into Jovenel Moïse assassination offer stark differences
U.S. and Haitian authorities agree that a pastor’s ambition to rule Haiti three years ago led to the shocking assassination of the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. But the two nations’ investigations diverge on whether Haitian-American minister Christian Emmanuel Sanon played a leading or supporting role in the slaying. Sanon, arrested in Haiti after Moïse’s death […]
Military intelligence reports assassination attempt on Russian military pilot
Oleg Stegachev, the crew commander of a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber, was shot at in the Russian city of Engels, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reported on Feb. 3. Russia has regularly used the Engels air base, which is located around 730 kilometers southeast of Moscow and hundreds of kilometers from Ukraine, to attack Ukraine […]
‘Operation Anthropoid:’ The assassination of the Nazi Butcher of Prague
The assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich, via Operation Anthropoid, is one of those WWII missions that everyone should know about … but few do. This meticulously planned mission to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi official remains a testament to the unwavering determination of those who dare to challenge tyranny. In the heart of World War […]
Trump lawyer goes on defense after assassination comment: ‘He didn’t kill anyone’
Former President Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba defended the immunity argument on Sean Hannity’s Show brought by a Trump attorney during the Tuesday hearing, saying that Trump “didn’t kill anyone.” Trump’s attorney John Sauer said Tuesday, during the hearing that reviewed a motion to potentially toss his election interference charges, that the former president should have […]
South Korean opposition leader in hospital after assassination attempt
South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill him during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Mr Lee, 59, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was airlifted to a Seoul hospital for surgery after receiving […]
Putin’s oldest ally was the mastermind behind the assassination of Wagner warlord Prigozhin: report
The Wagner Group boss’ plane crash death was an assassination, The Wall Street Journal reported. A close Putin ally drove the plan, with the death seen as suspicious by observers. A bomb was put under the plane wing, per the report. The death of mutinous Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash was an […]
Russian Security Council secretary ordered Prigozhin’s assassination
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev allegedly ordered the assassination of the late head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote on Dec. 22, citing Western intelligence and a former Russian intelligence officer. Prigozhin’s Wagner Group became a crucial part of the Russian war machine after Russia’s full-scale invasion […]
We still don’t have all records related to JFK’s assassination
On the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, 99% of the government documents related to his killing have been released. The government, under both President Biden and former President Donald Trump, has released more documents in the past few years related to JFK’s killing on Nov. 22, 1963. But both Biden […]
Ex-DEA informant pleads guilty in 2021 assassination of Haitian president
A former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose killing in 2021 caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Joseph Vincent, a dual Haitian-American citizen who lived in the U.S. and attended meetings in South Florida […]
US uncovers Sikh assassination plot, testing ties with India
Ties between India and the United States had never looked better than they did in June, when President Joe Biden honored Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a pomp-filled state visit. The relationship was among the most consequential in the world and “more dynamic than at any time in history,” Mr. Biden declared as he stood […]