US drones fired missiles on militant compounds in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region on Friday killing at least 12 insurgents, the latest in a series of such attacks termed by Pakistan as u

Two US drone strikes on Sunday killed at least six militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.

That made it three missile attacks in two days in Sh

After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile.

Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way.

At least four insurgents were killed in a US drone strike on a militant compound in a lawless tribal area in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, security officials said.

"The drone fired two missiles

A suspected US drone strike in Yemen's southeastern Shabwa province has killed five Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants, a local government official said on Tuesday.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the

A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed four insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region early Thursday, security officials said.

In the second drone strike in about 24 hours, two

President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets within Pakistan - operations that until now had not been officially acknowledged.

When asked

At least four suspected militants were killed on Wednesday when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal area along the border with Afghanistan, a media report said.

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A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed three rebels in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan near the Afghan border on Tuesday, security officials said.

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An American drone strike in southern Yemen has killed seven al-Qaeda-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent U.S.-born cleric slain in a si