Pakistan to take US drone strike issue to UN
Pakistan says it would raise the issue of US drone strikes inside its territory at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Pakistan says it would raise the issue of US drone strikes inside its territory at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
A drone attack on Somalia’s al-Shabab has left a top suicide bomb-maker for the rebel group dead, say government officials.
Increasingly they are being targeted – and the automation of weapons will make it even worse.
Unmanned US aircraft fired four missiles at a house in north-west Pakistan, killing 16 suspected militants, says Pakistani intelligence officials.
Yemen gave a qualified welcome on Sunday to US president Barack Obama’s promise to lift a ban on repatriating Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
The White House has defended drone strikes against al-Qaeda, insisting they complied with US law and the Constitution, even if Americans are targeted.
A suicide bomber killed up to 27 Pakistan army recruits at a parade ground on Thursday, an attack the Taliban said was vengeance for US drone strikes.
A United States missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan’s tribal district on the Afghan border killed six rebels on Wednesday.