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‘Treacherous assassination’: Who was Saif al-Islam Gaddafi?
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, former Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s son, and his number 2, was killed by “four masked men”.
![Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi appears in front of supporters and journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. Seif al-Islam, then-wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and who ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo earlier said had been arrested by the rebels, claimed the insurgents had suffered "heavy casualties" when they stormed Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli. [Dario Lopez-Mills/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1770238685.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, Libya on May 25, 2014. [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1770151889.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A giant portrait of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in 2024, is unfurled on Barceloneta Beach in the second anniversary of her death and after a film about her death received an Oscar nomination, in Barcelona, Spain on Jan. 29, 2026. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769779598.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A woman stands next to flowers displayed on barriers at the entrance of "La Madrague" house, property of late Brigitte Bardot in Saint-Tropez, southeastern France on Dec. 29, 2025. [Miguel Medina/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1767042833.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Brigitte Bardot, French film icon turned far-right provocateur, dies at 91
Actor reshaped French cinema before retreating from global fame into animal rights activism and far-right politics.
![French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot poses in an office of the French National Assembly in Paris after a conference criticizing the transport of live animals to the slaughterhouse [Jack Guez/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/000_896C6KG-1766918156.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Turkiye, Libya intensify probe into deadly plane crash near Ankara
Search teams find site of crash that killed Libyan army chief and seven other people, including three crew members.
![Libyan military delegation members arrive at the wreckage site following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff General Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, in Ankara on December 24, 2025. [Adem Altan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/000_88YD8WG-1766685211.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Acclaimed British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
A chronicler of the everyday, Parr made work famed for its biting observations delivered in highly saturated colour.
Famed for sculptural structures, architect Frank Gehry dies at age 96
Gehry blended pop art with monumental architecture that reshaped skylines from Prague to Los Angeles and New York City.
Tom Stoppard, celebrated British playwright, dies aged 88
Stoppard’s writing, often philosophical or scientific but consistently funny, gave rise to the term Stoppardian.
Viola Ford Fletcher, survivor of 1921 Tulsa Massacre, dies age 111
Fletcher fought for greater recognition of one of the deadliest incidents of race violence in US history.
![Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher gestures while speaking during an interview with The Associated Press, June 16, 2023, in New York [Mary Altaffer/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AP25328780756178-1764038143.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Funeral held for former US vice president, Iraq War architect Dick Cheney
Former US presidents and national figures convene to honour man who leaves fraught legacy, but Trump was notably absent.
James Watson, who co-discovered DNA double helix, dies at 97
Scientist helped break new ground in study of genetics, but later caused outcry with promotion of racist ideas.
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Dick Cheney’s legacy looms over US and the world
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.
Published On 4 Nov 2025
Dick Cheney, the controversial power behind the Bush throne, dead at 84
Cheney wielded rare clout in Washington for over three decades, becoming the most powerful US vice president ever.
![Former US Vice President Dick Cheney looks on during the primary election night party of Republican candidate US Representative Liz Cheney in Jackson, Wyoming, US August 16, 2022 [David Stubbs/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2022-08-17T041052Z_67866770_RC23YV90NHZK_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-WYOMING-1762255182.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
