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Khamenei’s assassination—what did US achieve by ripping up international law

Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.

Shinzo Abe’s killer gets life term: Defence sought leniency on grounds of ‘religious abuse’

Abe was fatally shot by Tetsuya Yamagami while delivering speech at rally in Nara, a prefecture in south of Kyoto. Yamagami has been awarded life term after 3-year trial.

Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

Trump shares 80,000 pages of material on former US president John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963

Kennedy's murder was blamed on lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald, but many Americans believe it was a conspiracy despite federal agencies reaffirming the official conclusion.

Asif Merchant, Pakistani arrested for assassination plot in US, part of new Iranian covert campaign

Merchant began travelling to Iran in 2017, married a woman in Tehran last year, then shuttled between the city and Karachi several times. He went to US in Nov 2023, and again in April.

Pakistan national arrested by FBI in US for foiled plot to assassinate Trump

Asif Raza Merchant said he wanted to target individuals in US ‘hurting Pakistan and the world, [the] Muslim world’, according to court documents, adding ‘these are not just normal people’.

Donald Trump shot in the ear during campaign, FBI to probe rally

Shooter dead, 1 rally attendee killed, 2 others injured. Law enforcement officials told reporters they had tentatively identified suspected shooter but were not ready to do so publicly.

Slovak PM Robert Fico shot at multiple times & injured in abdomen, police detain suspected attacker

Fico is being evacuated from the town of Handlova to Banská Bystrica due to the need for emergency intervention, according to local reports. 

Targeted assassinations now have a buffet of tech options—flying Ginsu, drones, AI guns

Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Baqir al-Saadi was assassinated using a ‘flying Ginsu’ this month. It’s among the increasingly sophisticated weapon systems being used in targeted killings.

How a poisoner’s handbook helped Vladimir Putin rise to absolute power

Throughout Putin's political career, dozens of powerful rivals have died—in circumstances far too opaque for Russian authorities to even trouble themselves with the pretence of an investigation.

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The oil pipelines that could decide the Iran war

Washington: Iran’s strategy in its war with the US and Israel is by now clear: Impose an intolerable economic cost on President Donald Trump,...

An economic ‘sagar manthan’ beckons: As IT growth dwindles, manufacturing exports to take driver’s seat

A depreciating INR, combined with FTAs with the UK, US and EU, gives India tariff advantages over China, Vietnam, and Bangladesh.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.