Assassinations

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman addresses the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. The Crown Prince addressed the summit on Wednesday, his first such comments since the killing earlier this month of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

National Security

‘Justice and accountability’: Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee sues Saudi crown prince in US court over killing

Zach Halaschak · October 20, 2020 6:49 pm

In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, attends a rally in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner and the Kremlinâs fiercest critic. He has outlasted many opposition figures and is undeterred by incessant attempts to stop his work.

Beltway Confidential

Alexei Navalny plays the Kremlin at its own game

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2020 10:28 am

In this handout photo taken from a video published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny steps down in a hospital in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

Russia plays hardball on Alexei Navalny poisoning

Tom Rogan · September 25, 2020 10:21 am

Mark David Chapman

‘I deserve zero, nothing’: John Lennon assassin tells parole board he killed the Beatle for ‘self-glory’

Zach Halaschak · September 22, 2020 9:13 pm

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his Instagram account, shows himself, center, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany.

Putin critic Alexei Navalny demands Russia return his clothes after suspected poisoning

Zach Halaschak · September 21, 2020 10:05 pm

National Security

'I had him all set': Trump says he wanted to kill Assad, but Mattis opposed it

Zach Halaschak · September 15, 2020 7:10 pm

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 11, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration underplays intelligence on Alexei Navalny poisoning

Tom Rogan · September 10, 2020 4:39 pm

In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, centre, attends a rally in Moscow, Russia. Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner and the Kremlinâs fiercest critic. He has outlasted many opposition figures and is undeterred by incessant attempts to stop his work.

Germany: Putin critic Alexei Navalny poisoned with same nerve agent used on ex-Soviet spy Sergei Skripal

Zach Halaschak · September 2, 2020 2:55 pm

An empty stretcher is carried back into an ambulance which is believed to have transported Alexei Navalny at the emergency entrance of the Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug.22, 2020. The dissident who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning has been transferred from the Siberian city of Omsk. Navalny is flown to Germany to receive treatment.

Boris Johnson says Navalny poisoning ‘shocked the world’ and demands a full investigation

Zach Halaschak · August 26, 2020 10:12 pm

‘Empty noise’: Kremlin brushes off claim that Putin was behind poisoning of opposition leader

Zach Halaschak · August 25, 2020 11:17 pm

US announces visa restrictions for more than a dozen Iranians over 1990 assassination

Zach Halaschak · August 21, 2020 9:16 pm

Mohammed bin Salman in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, May 30, 2017.

Ex-Saudi official accuses crown prince of sending ‘Tiger Squad’ to assassinate him

Zach Halaschak · August 7, 2020 3:23 pm