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A member of the National Guard stands guard at a crime scene where two people were shot in Acapulco, Mexico, May 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo
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Mexican candidate assassinations hit grim record ahead of Sunday's election

The killing takes the number of assassinated candidates in the 2024 election season to 37, one more than during the 2021 midterm election when 36 candidates were killed, according to data from...

A mural features the image of late Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. File Photo: Chris Helgren/Reuters
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India calls Canada arrests over Sikh activist murder ‘political compulsion’

National Mourning Day observed recalling Bangabandhu
Bangladesh

National Mourning Day observed recalling Bangabandhu

An electrician works next to a political advertisement of Ecuador's presidential candidate Jan Topic in Quito on 12 August 2023. Photo: AFP
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Slain Ecuadorian presidential candidate's party picks his replacement

Photo: Collected
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Iran says 9 face death over nuclear scientist's assassination

Photo: DAWN
Politics

Imran Khan Shooting Raises Stakes in Showdown With Pakistan Army

Vladimir Putin narrowly survives assassination attempt
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Vladimir Putin narrowly survives assassination attempt

A man holds a picture of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez during a march to protest against an incident in which a man pointed a gun at her outside her home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
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Argentina shaken by assassination attempt on vice president

A picture of late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while campaigning for a parliamentary election, is seen at Headquarters of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, Japan July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Japan police chief wants to resign over Abe shooting

Shinzo Abe. TBS Sketch
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Abe, Bhutto, Gaddafi: High-profile political assassinations this century

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo
Middle East

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say colonel assassinated in Tehran

File photo of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal
Bangladesh

Tipu murder mystery to be unravelled soon: Home minister

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah speaks after submitting his candidacy papers for the upcoming presidential election at the headquarters of the electoral commission in Tripoli, Libya November 21, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Libyan PM survives assassination attempt, source close to him says