Targeted Killings

President of the United States Joe Biden. — AFP/filePresident Joe Biden is preparing to deliver the commencement speech at Howard University, a historically Black university situated in Washington, DC, later this month. The commencement ceremony is slated to take place on May 13th. Confirming recent reports, the White House has…

Patriot missile launchers acquired from the US last year are seen deployed in Warsaw, Poland. Photo / AP Ukraine’s air force claimed on Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defence systems, the first known time the country has been able to…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles. Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a…

Former senator and NBA star Bill Bradley on in New York’s Central Park. (Jesse Dittmar for The Post)He decided the new world he wanted to conquer, after distinguished careers as a New York Knick and a U.S. senator, was that of a storyteller onstage, like Mark Twain. Read More

The walls of Valparaiso High School now honor graduates who served in the military. Superintendent Jim McCall had an idea, and Valparaiso Community Schools Community Engagement Director Don Clark, an Air Force veteran, executed the vision. Local elected officials, representatives from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 988 and American Legion…

A damaged residential building and a crater after missile strikes in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on May 3, 2023. — AFPKYIV: Russia fired up to 24 attack drones against Ukraine overnight, 18 of which were shot down, Ukraine's air force said on Thursday, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of a…

By Joshua Odeyemi, Adam Umar & Idowu Isamotu Nigerian evacuees, who fled crisis-ridden Sudan, were airlifted from Aswan Airport in Egypt yesterday. The Nigerian Air Force plane, NAF C130, and an aircraft belonging to Air Peace, with a capacity of 274 passengers, were earlier scheduled to depart by 1pm Nigerian…

The first batch of 270 Nigerians stranded in Sudan has arrived in the country. The returnees, who are mostly students, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard an Air Peace plane at about 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Nigerian Air Force had earlier announced the expected arrival of…

•Some of the evacuees airborne Nigerian evacuees who fled crisis-ridden Sudan have been airlifted from Aswan airport in Egypt. Nigerian Air Force plane, NAF C130, and an aircraft belonging to Air Peace, with capacity of 274 passengers, were earlier scheduled to depart by 1pm Nigerian time, but did not. The…

Rendering of XVI Link 16 experiment. Credit: Viasat WASHINGTON — A U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory cubesat equipped with a Link 16 tactical communications radio will launch to low Earth orbit as early as June on the SpaceX Transporter 8 rideshare.  The long-delayed experiment, named XVI, will demonstrate “improved communication…