Assassination
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Mossad's history with explosive technology
The Explainer Infamous Israeli spy agency has not claimed responsibility for Hezbollah's exploding pagers but has 'decades-long' list of remote assassinations
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Suspect lurked 12 hours at Trump course, fired no shots
Speed Read Ryan Routh, 58, did not have Trump in his line of sight when the Secret Service apprehended him
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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FBI: Secret Service stops 2nd Trump assassination try
Speed Read The former president evaded a second assassination attempt at his golf club in Palm Beach, Florida
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Israel's history of assassinations: full sound and fury, but what does it really signify?
In the Spotlight The killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is the latest in a long line of covert assassinations by an Israeli government skilled at making geopolitical waves, even if the long-term impact is less certain
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Trump security boosted weeks ago due to 'Iran plot'
Speed Read The recent shooting at a Pennsylvania rally is not believed to be connected
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Is Trump's attempted assassination a reckoning for the Secret Service?
Today's Big Question The incident is widely being described as a massive failure by the agency
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Trump's attempted assassination becomes a potent political force in a single striking image
In the Spotlight Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci may have captured the most consequential photograph of 21st century politics
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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How political violence has influenced US elections
The Explainer Failed assassinations haven't always helped candidates at the ballot box
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Haitian judge indicts slain president's widow
Speed Read Former first lady Martine Moïse is charged as an accomplice in the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Alleged Sikh assassination plot rocks US-India relations
Talking Point By accusing an Indian government official of orchestrating an assassination attempt on a US citizen in New York, the Justice Department risks a diplomatic crisis between two superpower
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Are assassins out to kill Vladimir Putin?
Under the Radar Ukraine’s head of intelligence claims Russian president has been target of hit
By The Week Staff Published
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Spencer Perceval to David Amess: a history of MPs murdered in office
In Depth Death of Southend West MP comes just five years after Jo Cox was killed
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What next for ‘strife-torn’ Haiti after assassination of Jovenel Moise?
In Depth Interim prime minister replaced by murdered leader’s pick for top job
By The Week Staff Published
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Florida doctor arrested as alleged ‘middleman’ in Haiti president assassination
feature Police claim key suspect flew into the Caribbean country with ‘political motives’
By The Week Staff Published
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