Ikramuddin Saree, a former police commander in Afghanistan's Takhar and Baghlan provinces under the pre-Taliban republic, was shot dead on the evening of December 24 outside his office in Tehran. Sources close to him and the anti-Taliban National Resistance Front of Afghanistan confirmed the killing, saying Saree and a companion died while another was wounded. Ali Maisam Nazary, a spokesman for the opposition group, accused the Taliban of orchestrating the assassination. The Taliban has not commented.
Hadi, 32, was a prominent leader of Bangladesh's 2024 student-led uprising. He acted as a spokesperson for Inquilab Mancha, or Platform for Revolution, and was planning to stand as a member of parliament for the Dhaka-8 constituency in the Bijoynagar area of the city in the upcoming elections, expected in February 2026. Hadi was also an outspoken critic of India, where Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled following the uprising last year, and its influence on domestic politics in Bangladesh.
Mangione, 27, was arrested in December 2024 and charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan. Public officials condemned the shocking assassination. Mangione became a folk hero to some Americans who decry steep healthcare costs. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges and is expected to face trial next year. Mangione has pleaded not guilty in a separate federal case where prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.
A mayor in Mexico's western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities have said. The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, was gunned down Saturday night in the town's historic centre. He was rushed to a hospital where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina.
The Thai defendant, who was arrested in Cambodia the day after the shooting, had faced a potential death sentence for the premeditated murder but his sentence was commuted to life as he confessed. Who was Lim Kimya? Kimya, 74, was a dual Cambodian and French citizen and a member of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from 2013 to 2017.
We are examining every facet of this assassination. We are meticulously investigating theories and questions, including the location from where the shot was taken, the possibility of accomplices, the text message confession and related conversations, Discord chats, the angle of the shot and bullet impact, how the weapon was transported, hand gestures observed as potential signals' near Charlie at the time of his assassination, and visitors to the alleged shooter's residence in the hours and days leading up to September 10, 2025.
The last message he had texted me was the day before he passed away, Noem answered. And it said, 'We have to hold these mayors and local officials accountable for what they're doing.' I was traveling and in meetings in a different time zone and I didn't see it and missed it. I will always feel bad that I didn't respond because I would have said, 'Absolutely, I'm on it,' which I am, but I think he knew that, said Noem.
A federal manhunt is under way for anyone involved in the assassination of the conservative commentator and Trump ally. The FBI office in Salt Lake City, Utah, has posted two images of a person of interest in the killing of Charlie Kirk, a conservative American activist and ally of United States President Donald Trump. Kirk was speaking at a debate at Utah Valley University when authorities say a shooter fired
Politics definitely has a huge part in it. Trump and when I say Trump has a huge part in it, I don't necessarily mean he's to blame for it but he's so divisive, without even really his face is just divisive. Like, he just people hate him so much, Portnoy said. And the left and the right, the rhetoric especially to me the left is insane. And it just boils, boils, boils, boils. And this happened with Trump, when, his assassination attempt, there was like a three-hour period of let's tone down the rhetoric,' and then they're right back to it.
Authorities have recovered the gun used by the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, but are still engaged in an active manhunt for the shooter. FBI Salt Lake City Special Agent-In-Charge Robert Bohls said they recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle in a wooded area where Kirk's killer is believed to have fled. In addition, Bohls confirmed that they have images of the assassin, and investigators are analyzing video of the gunman's movements, as well as palm and footprints found near the weapon.
In late August, Andriy Parubiy was walking down a street in Lviv, western Ukraine, when a man disguised as a delivery driver followed him and suddenly opened fire. The former Ukrainian parliamentary leader was killed in broad daylight with several shots fired. A surveillance camera captured the crime, sending shockwaves throughout the country. A debate is now underway in Ukraine about how politicians, activists, and celebrities have become targets in Russia's hybrid warfare.
