Rebuttals come after US media report alleges that the CIA has ‘directly participated’ in deadly anti-cartel operations.
Antananarivo, Madagascar – Authorities in Madagascar have charged 13 suspects, including a senior military officer, over an alleged plot to assassinate interim leader Michael Randrianirina, intensifying concerns over political instability in the island nation. The charges come as Madagascar continues to grapple with unrest following last year’s youth-led protests that…
A Pakistani national accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot targeting senior American political figures has told a U.S. court that he was coerced by Iran’s powerful military force to participate in the scheme. Asif Raza Merchant, 47, is facing charges in the United States after prosecutors alleged he attempted to…
Haiti’s fragile political transition took a dramatic turn on Friday after the country’s transitional presidential council announced it had voted to dismiss Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, just two weeks before the panel itself is scheduled to step down. Council’s Announcement Council member Edgard Leblanc Fils, speaking at a news…
The man who assassinated Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after the shocking murder that stunned the nation and reverberated across the world. On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, the Nara District Court handed down the sentence to Tetsuya…
Mexican authorities have detained Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega, a former intelligence agent suspected of involvement in the 1994 assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio, the presidential frontrunner whose murder shocked the nation and continues to stir controversy. According to judicial sources cited by AFP, Sánchez Ortega was arrested on Saturday in…