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Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi are among the prominent figures assassinated in the 21st century.

Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday by a gunman who opened fire on him as he delivered a campaign speech on a street in western Japan, shocking the country.

An Islamic State supporter has been given a whole-life sentence for stabbing a British lawmaker to death in revenge for his voting in support for airstrikes on Syria.

British leader Boris Johnson is refusing to retract his claim that a political opponent helped a sex abuser evade justice, after protesters echoed the allegation during an ugly street confrontation.

A 25-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a British lawmaker who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents.

Hundreds of residents in the southeast English coastal resort of Southend have paid their respects to their longtime member of Parliament.

British police have charged a 25-year-old man with the murder of a Conservative lawmaker, alleging that the killing was an act of terrorism by a supporter of the Islamic State group.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has led a somber British Parliament in honoring the Conservative lawmaker stabbed to death as he met constituents at a church hall.

The father of a man held for the fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker during a meeting with local voters has told British media that he was shocked and “traumatized” by his son’s arrest, as police continue questioning the suspect under terrorism laws.

The fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker has cast fresh doubt on the continued viability of what he had called “the great British tradition” of parliamentarians readily meeting voters.

Leaders from across Britain's political spectrum have come together to pay tribute to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police have described as a terrorist attack.

July 13: Following a Conservative Party leadership contest, Home Secretary Theresa May becomes prime minister. June 8: A general election called by May to bolster her party’s representation in Parliament to help with the Brexit negotiations backfires. Her Conservative Party loses its majority and continues in a weakened state as a minority government. Jan. 15, 2019: The Brexit deal comes back to Parliament, where it is overwhelmingly defeated on a 432-202 vote. Sept. 3: Rebel Conservative Party lawmakers vote against the government in protest of Johnson’s strategy.

"He tried to thrust his war medals into my hands, [saying] 'take them back, give them back to the Prime Minister, I don't want them,'" before going into an aggressive spiel about Brexit, Allen told CNN. Since the 2016 referendum, MPs have faced abuse on social media and in person for their stances on Brexit. "Many of us in this place are subject to death threats and abuse every single day. Brabin told CNN, however, that Johnson's language was helping "fuel hatred" and because anxiety is high among constituents, "the voice of panic and fear is heard louder." "I don't think it's just Brexit," Allen said.