As Dutch Prime Minister Gets Extra Security, Fears Focus on Drug Gangs

Signs of concern for the country’s leader have rattled many in the Netherlands, but experts are split on whether criminal organizations there would really risk targeting politicians.

John Hinckley Jr., Who Tried to Kill Reagan, Will Be Free in June

Mr. Hinckley, 66, who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, will be “untethered to the court” next year after a judge’s ruling on Monday, his lawyer said.

Navalny to the Russian Opposition: ‘Be Discouraged, a Little Bit’

Emblematic of the beleaguered state of the opposition, a forlorn group of volunteers maintains a 24-hour vigil at the spot where a prominent democracy advocate was killed in 2015.

Top Adviser to Ukrainian President Is Targeted in an Assassination Attempt

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was returning to Ukraine from New York immediately after giving his U.N. speech. The adviser, Serhiy Shefir, was unharmed, but his driver was shot and wounded in the attack.

U.K. Police Charge 3rd Man in Effort to Kill Russian Dissident

The authorities added a suspect in the attempted assassination of Sergei V. Skripal in 2018. Separately, a European court blamed Russia for Alexander V. Litvinenko’s murder in 2006.

U.K. Police Charge 3rd Man in Effort to Kill Russian Dissident

The authorities added a suspect in the attempted assassination of Sergei V. Skripal in 2018. Separately, a European court blamed Russia for Alexander V. Litvinenko’s murder in 2006.

Floods, Hunger, Violence: A Power Struggle Is the Least of Haiti’s Worries.

In a country where food is scarce and the land can shake underfoot at any moment, political infighting is just one crisis among many.

Haiti Prosecutor Says Evidence Links Prime Minister to President’s Killing

The country’s chief prosecutor wants Ariel Henry, the acting prime minister, to answer questions about the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse this summer.

Haiti Prosecutor Says Evidence Links Prime Minister to President’s Killing

The country’s chief prosecutor wants Ariel Henry, the acting prime minister, to answer questions about the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse this summer.

Opinion | Robert Kennedy Was My Dad. His Assassin Doesn’t Deserve Parole.

Sirhan Sirhan killed the father I never knew. Why should he go free?

Opinion | Robert Kennedy Was My Dad. His Assassin Doesn’t Deserve Parole.

Sirhan Sirhan killed the father I never knew. Why should he go free?

Israel’s Spy Agency Snubbed the U.S. Can Trust Be Restored?

Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, heads to Washington promising better relations and seeking support for covert attacks on Iran’s nuclear program.

12 Years, $800 Million, One Conviction: Lebanon Tribunal Winds Down Short of Answers

Established in 2009 to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the tribunal failed to show who ordered the attack or why.

Behind the Haiti Assassination, Colombia’s Growing Mercenary Industry

Exporting soldiers has become a vast industry in Colombia, fueled by the country’s long U.S.-backed war, limited opportunity at home and growing demand abroad.

Haiti, Urged by Foreign Powers, Announces New Government

Claude Joseph was the country’s leader in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination. He will hand power to Ariel Henry and join a new unity government intended to keep Haiti stable.

Tense Funeral for Haiti Leader Exposes Rifts, and U.S. Delegation Departs Early

Angry protests before and during the funeral reflected the nation’s deep divisions, a backdrop to a moment many had hoped would help mend a fractured nation. Shots were reported outside the event.

Priscilla McMillan, Who Knew Both Kennedy and Oswald, Dies at 92

A Cold War scholar, she met Lee Harvey Oswald four years before President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and later wrote “Marina and Lee,” a book about him and his Russian wife.

Murder Mystery: What Were Colombian Military Vets Doing in Haiti?

At least 20 Colombians have been implicated by Haitian officials in the plot to assassinate the president. But their role in the killing, if any, is murky.

Haiti Calls U.S. for Troops, After Wild Day of Gunfights and Suspicion

At least 20 people were arrested in the assassination of the Haitian president — 18 Colombians and 2 Americans of Haitian descent — on a day of deepening mystery.

Political Crisis in Haiti Deepens Over Rival Claims to Power

Despite the interim prime minister’s claim that he is in charge after the president’s assassination, a volatile political situation poses yet another challenge to democracies in the Western Hemisphere.