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Tunisia sentences 4 to death over pivotal 2013 assassination

Mar. 27, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Four people were sentenced Wednesday to death and two to life in prison for a murder that sparked widespread unrest in Tunisia and became emblematic of the country's early challenges transitioning from dictatorship to democracy after the Arab Spring. Chokri...

Today in History: March 15, Julius Caesar is assassinated

Mar. 15, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Friday, March 15, the 75th day of 2024. There are 291 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and...

'Manhunt,' about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class

Mar. 14, 2024 23:43 PM EDT

A new series transforms the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln into a true crime thriller that goes deeper into the story than most textbooks. Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play with his...

Pakistan's lawmakers pick Asif Ali Zardari as the country's president for a second time

Mar. 09, 2024 11:19 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's lawmakers elected Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday as the country’s president for the second time. He is the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto and the father of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Zardari...

'They messed it up': Biden's backing for Haiti's unpopular leader digs US into deeper policy hole

Mar. 07, 2024 18:11 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the country’s president in 2021, he did so over the protest of wide segments of the population but with the full-throated support of the Biden administration. Now, almost three years...

A timeline of Haiti's gang violence and how the country got to where it is

Mar. 07, 2024 17:16 PM EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars, which have spiraled since the 2021 assassination of the country’s president. Gang leaders have grown increasingly violent and empowered, taking advantage of power vacuums in the Caribbean nation...

Five suspects in the assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate will stand trial

Feb. 28, 2024 21:29 PM EST

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that five of six suspects in last year’s assassination of a presidential candidate will stand trial, including a leader of a powerful criminal gang who Ecuadorian authorities accuse of coordinating the slaying from his prison cell. ...

Former Haitian police chief accused in 2021 presidential slaying resigns as OAS representative

Feb. 22, 2024 13:10 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Léon Charles, the former chief of Haiti’s National Police who was recently accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, announced Thursday that he was stepping down as permanent representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States. ...

Attorney for widow of slain Haitian president rejects indictment and says it's politically motivated

Feb. 21, 2024 16:36 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An attorney for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s widow, who was indicted in his assassination, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he believes the accusations against her are politically motivated. U.S.-based attorney Paul Turner said he was...

A widow and 2 powerful officials indicted: Takeaways from the probe into Haiti president's slaying

Feb. 20, 2024 22:56 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge who investigated the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has indicted some 50 suspects in the case, including the slain president's widow, the former prime minister and the former head of Haiti's national police force. The...