In the year 40 AD, the Trung sisters led one of the most incredible rebellions against China, taking on the powerful Eastern Han dynasty. 

Born into an aristocratic family in what’s now northern Vietnam, the sisters were trained from an early age in combat and military strategy. 

Sparked by an assassination, they went to war. 

But history holds different accounts of how this story ended. 

Host: Aslan Pahari 

Producer: Hannah Jose 

Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls 

Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat 

Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research 

Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven 

Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn 

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world’s most shocking assassinations – from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you’ll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end. 

When Daniel Pearl touches down in Karachi, Pakistan, he knows he's taking a risk.

A big one.

He's a Jewish American reporter for the Wall Street Journal, investigating terrorism in a country hostile to America.

He’s also highly experienced and well-versed in security protocols.

So how does it all go so wrong?

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

Magistrate Giovanni Falcone should have been too scared to take on the Sicilian mafia.

After all, many of his colleagues had died trying to bring the Cosa Nostra to justice.

So how did he do it? And why was victory, when it came, so bittersweet?

This is the second in a two-part series about mafia assassinations in Italy.

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Eve Cogan, Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

The Italian mafia once held regular meetings to decide which public figure needed to be assassinated.

Some decisions were because of long-held grudges by these Sicilian "men of honour".

Other killings were about stopping someone from challenging the mafia's power in southern Italy.

For Sicilian magistrate Cesare Terranova, both of those reasons made him the target of the notorious Cosa Nostra.

This is the first in a two-part series about mafia assassinations in Italy.

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

Would-be assassins have tried to kill or abduct Masih Alinejad at least three times. 

Somehow, she's still alive.

The former Iranian journalist fled her home country over 15 years ago.

From America, she started a hugely popular global campaign against Iran's hijab laws.

But why do people want her dead? 

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Eve Cogan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end

ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari will be back in a few weeks with a batch of brand new stories about the world's most shocking assassinations. But in the meantime, may we present… What The Duck?! | Nature's Most Wanted.

Who wins in a feud between a Washington Post journalist… and his own Crown Prince?

Saudi Arabian columnist Jamal Khashoggi ran monthly op-eds about how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was ruining his country.

But MBS is not a man who's known for his tolerance.

And something snapped.

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

The Army of God has been described by the American government as a domestic underground Christian terrorist organisation.

The group's been accused of organising arson and bomb attacks against abortion clinics. But was it also connected to the 2009 killing of abortion provider Dr George Tiller?

NOTE: This episode is the second in two parts series about the American abortion provider Dr George Tiller.

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

Bombings. Break-ins. Setting fire to abortion clinics.   The extremist wing of the anti-abortion movement in the United States has actively targeted clinics that provide abortions to women. But it has also attacked the humans working there, sometimes with deadly consequences.  

This week, the 2009 assassination of Dr George Tiller, a high-profile abortion provider in Kansas. 

• Host: Aslan Pahari 
• Producer: Hannah Jose 
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls 
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat 
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research 
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven 
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn 

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world’s most shocking assassinations – from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you’ll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end. 

The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the majestic Taj Mahal to commemorate his beloved wife Mumtaz after she died.

The couple's children, however, were far less loving with each other.

They fought a bloody battle of succession that divided them all and ended with Aurangzeb assassinating his brother, Dara Shikoh.

How did things get so bad in this powerful 17th century family?

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Dylan Behan, Tejas Bhat
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end