Targeted Killings

Michael Punongbayan (The Philippine Star) - April 17, 2021 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Medical experts from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) concluded yesterday their three-day virtual Global Health Engagement under the 2021 Balikatan exercises. The activity, which started on April 12, was…

Two herders have been rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army under the auspices of Operation Safe Haven following an attack by gunmen in Mabuhu village, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.…

China described its military exercises near Taiwan as "combat drills" on Wednesday, upping the ante as senior former U.S. officials arrived in Taipei on a trip to signal President Joe Biden's commitment to Taiwan and its democracy. Taiwan has complained over the proximity of repeated Chinese military activity, including fighter…

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced the imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC from 8 pm on Wednesday to 7 am on May 1 in order to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission. Only essential services will remain open between 7 am and 8 pm…

The Army's Delta Force is among the US's most skilled and secretive special-operations units. That status is due in large part to Delta's arduous, and at times brutal, selection process. See more stories on Insider's business page. Delta Force is the Army's special-mission unit for counterterrorism and hostage rescues. Created…

A file photo of a Super Tucano.Nigeria is expected to receive six of the 12 Super Tucanos ordered from the United States in mid-July, the presidency said on Tuesday. According to presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, 14 Nigerian pilots are currently training with the aircraft at the Moody Air Force Base…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog found “reasonable grounds to believe” that a Syrian air force military helicopter dropped a chlorine cylinder on a Syrian town in 2018, sickening 12 people, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Monday. It is…

Taiwan reports largest incursion yet by Chinese air force ReutersLast Updated: Apr 12, 2021, 06:57 PM IST Synopsis Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained over the last few months of repeated missions by China's air force near the island, concentrated in the southwestern part of its air defence zone near the Taiwan-controlled…

By Danny KEMP (AFP)     Apr 12, 2021 in World The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation. The report is the second by an investigations…

1of29FILE - In this undated file photo, Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit the earth, is shown in his space suit. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space 60 years ago. The successful one-orbit flight on April 12, 1961 made the 27-year-old Gagarin a…