It sometimes strains the mind to adapt to the “new normal” that constitutes our contemporary legal framework since the advent of the so-called war on terror. In ...

With further negotiations pencilled in with the US and perhaps assuming that any assassination attempt would take place at ...

Will the targeted killing in which Israel excelled – and is morally justified – return to haunt it as a threatening boomerang?

Priyanka Gandhi condemned Ayatollah Khamenei’s killing as a targeted assassination and urged the Centre to prioritise safety ...

On Saturday, the United States, in a joint operation with Israel, killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For ...

Investigations show the United Arab Emirates hired American mercenaries during the Yemen war to conduct targeted assassinations, blurring the line between counterterrorism, proxy warfare, and contract ...

US helped kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a modern first. Here’s how America’s assassination taboo eroded, and why ...

It is generally agreed that in wartime, a country’s military commanders are lawful targets. It is also generally agreed that ...

The killing of a sitting head of state in the midst of ongoing negotiations marks a grave rupture in contemporary international relations, says Sonia Gandhi.

The UN Charter implicitly outlaws assassinations. Executive orders signed by past US presidents explicitly ban the ...

Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in coordinated US-Israel strikes and also the loss of lives in the ...