Tag: Strikes

US drones kill six more in NWA

Despite Pakistan’s protests against such attacks, two US drone strikes on Sunday killed at least six militants in North Waziristan Agency, close to the...

PHC demands complete report on drone strikes

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday rejected a report submitted by the political administration regarding drone strikes, declaring them incomplete, and directed North...

13 die as lightning strikes Bangladesh mosque

At least 13 Muslim worshippers were killed and 15 hurt when lightning struck a mosque in a remote village in northeast Bangladesh as they...

Egypt air strike kills 20 militants in Sinai: state TV

Egypt's military killed 20 militants in a helicopter strike in Sinai on Wednesday, state television reported, days after 16 of its soldiers were killed...

Drone strike kills 10 militants

A US drone attack on Monday killed at least 10 militants in a tribal area, security officials said. The missiles struck a militant compound in...

Drone attacks radicalise tribes: Sherry

Pakistan's Ambassador to US‚ Sherry Rehman has said that America's drone war "radicalises foot soldiers‚ tribes and entire villages in our region and Pakistan...

Govt equally responsible for ‘civilian’ deaths in drone strikes

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has strongly condemned the recent US drone strike that killed 24 people in North Waziristan on Friday, saying...

UN investigator decries US use of killer drones

Criticising the Obama administration’s reliance on drones, a UN investigator has asked the US government to clarify its procedures on compensation to the families...

Sherry reiterates Pakistan’s demand for appropriate US apology, end to drone...

Pakistan on Monday sought an end to American unilateral actions on its soil, with the country’s ambassador to the US also reiterating Islamabad’s demand...

Drone strikes will fail to influence outcome of Afghan settlement: US...

The US drone strikes against suspected militants targets in Pakistani tribal areas will fail to influence the outcome of an Afghan settlement but they...

CIA gets nod to step up drone strikes in Pakistan

Expressing frustration with Pakistan, the Obama administration has unleashed the CIA to resume an aggressive campaign of drone strikes in Pakistani territory over the...

7 killed in US drone strike

At least seven people were killed and four others were injured in a US drone strike at Miranshah area of North Waziristan Agency (NWA)...

Drone revisits NWA, 10 killed

At least 10 people were killed and two others were injured on the second consecutive day of US drone attack. An unmanned aircraft fired...

With Strikes and Rolling Blackouts, Life in Karachi Reflects Pakistan’s Larger...

There’s a bridge in Karachi called “Native Jetty” where people go to jump to their deaths. Others frequent the same spot to toss dough...

Hague faces suit over Pakistan drone strikes

Lawyers for the family of a man killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan said they would begin legal action against Britain’s Foreign...

Gaza rockets hit Israel after overnight air strikes

Palestinian militants fired two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday, after Israeli warplanes attacked “terror sites” inside the Gaza Strip, the army said. The...

US reins in drone strikes for fear of getting shot down

As the United States holds back on its drone strikes in the tribal areas in the wake of the deadly NATO strike on Pakistani...