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US considering lifting secrecy on drone strikes

The Obama administration is considering a proposal to lift up secrecy from controversial drone strik...

Air strikes could undermine US pact: Karzai

Afghan President has warned that civilian casualties caused by NATO air strikes could undermine the ...

US to continue drone strikes in Pakistan: Panetta

Drone attacks against sanctuaries of the Taliban and other militant groups in Pakistan are carried o...

‘Pak working with US to resolve all issues’

Pakistan said it was working with Washington at different levels to resolve all outstanding issues i...

Drone strikes are fully legal: Obama aide

The deadly US campaign of drone strikes against al Qaeda is fully legal under international law, Joh...

Drone strikes linked to foreign fighters: Gilani

Gilani`s moderate remarks came after the country`s Foreign Office blasted yesterday`s drone attack.

`Building mutual trust key to defeating terror`

Pak Prez Asif Ali Zardari told a visiting US diplomat that building mutual trust between the two cou...

‘South Yemen airstrikes kill at least 10’

Airstrikes by the Yemeni military killed at least 10 Islamists in southern Yemen on Thursday, a loca...

American drone strikes should end: Pak lawmakers

Pakistani lawmakers asked the government not to allow its territory for transportation of arms and...

Pak Parl panel demands end to US drone strikes

A Pakistani parliamentary committee recommending a new direction for ties with the United States sai...

US drone strikes kill 15 in northwest Pakistan

The use of drones is opposed by most Pakistani politicians and the public, who consider it as violat...

Israeli air strikes kill 17 in Gaza

A fresh Israeli air raid on Gaza killed a 12-year-old, bringing the death toll from strikes since F...

Yemen air strikes kill 23 suspected Qaeda militants

Yemen is the ancestral homeland of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin laden.

Israeli air strikes kill 12 in Gaza

Twelve Palestinian fighters were killed and at least 20 people wounded in a series of Israeli air st...

Nine Afghan girls injured in NATO air raid

Nine schoolgirls were injured in a NATO helicopter attack in Afghanistan`s eastern Nangarhar provi...

Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip

Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight, sources from both sides said, in what I...

Law Ministry clears proposal extending ban on SIMI

SIMI, which was banned in 2001, has been under the scanner of security and intelligence agencies for...

US likely to resume drone strikes in Pakistan

Sources revealed that Pakistan and the United States have almost agreed on fresh terms of engagement...

Lull in US drone strikes in Pak helping militants

The CIA, hoping to avoid making matters worse with Pakistan, has not conducted a drone strike since ...

`Turkish air strikes kill 35 Kurds near Iraq`

Turkish warplanes regularly strike Kurdish militant targets in the region.

‘US puts CIA drone strikes in Pak on hold’

The CIA has suspended drone attacks inside Pakistan in a bid to normalise ties with it.

Border coordination centers not closed: Pakistan

Pakistan has not shut border coordination centres, authorities said after NATO airstrikes close to t...

UK questioned on links to US drone strikes in Pak

Islamabad has tacitly consented to the drone campaign, which many Pakistanis see as a violation of...

Syrians vote as strikes, killings overshadow polls

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven people were killed in the flashpoint regions of ...

Pakistan pulls out of liaison posts; US concerned

Pakistan temporarily recalled few troops from border posts meant to coordinate with international fo...

Pak says it wants peace, stability in Afghanistan

Pakistan wants peace and stability in Afghanistan but boycotted the Bonn conference as it wanted to ...

No repetition of attack on Pakistani soldiers: US

The US would ensure there is no repetition of incidents like the Nov 26 attack, US Ambassador to Pak...

Pakistani Taliban splintering into factions

The two biggest factors hammering away at the Taliban`s unity are US drone strikes and Pakistani Arm...

US not to scale down ops against Taliban

The US has said that there will be no scale down in its military operations against Taliban linked ...

Pak to boycott Afghan conference over NATO raids

Pak govt on Tuesday decided to boycott an international conference on the future of Afghanistan in r...

Pak leaders need to lower their rhetoric: US media

In the aftermath of the NATO air strike that killed 24 soldiers, a leading US daily Tuesday warned ...

‘Six-time fall in separatist-sponsored strikes’

J&K has witnessed a six-time fall in demonstrations called by separatists in 2011 as compared to the...

`Pak running out of patience on drone strikes`

Pakistan`s Defence Minister said his government would unveil a revised policy on drone attacks soon.

`775 civilians died in US drone strikes in Pak`

About 775 civilians, including 173 children were killed in 300 strikes carried out by US spy planes...

Over 2,300 people killed in 300 US strikes in Pak

The CIA recently admitted to killing 2,050 people with its drones – all but 50 of them combatants.

Transport strikes hit Greek capital

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos criticised the repeated strikes and protests.

Pak court rejects report on drone strikes

Saeed had asked the court to direct the federal government to make public all information in matter...

Airstrikes hit Yemeni province seized by militants

A military official said at least 12 militants were killed in airstrikes in eastern Abyan province.

Yemen: 30 al Qaeda suspects die in US airstrikes

The airstrikes freed a Yemeni military unit besieged in southeast Abyan for several weeks by al Qaed...

Yemen airstrikes kill 30 militants; 8 soldiers die

Militants have used Yemen`s political turmoil to overrun Zinjibar and several towns in the south.

Chhattisgarh fears more red strikes

A day after nine policemen and a civilian were killed in a Maoist attack, reports have come in of mo...

ISI chief tells US to stop drone strikes

Pakistan has asked the US to stop the unmanned spy planes used by the CIA to target terrorists ins...

Top US officials debate drone strikes in Pakistan

Former US intelligence chief Dennis Blair said wants Washington to stop drone campaign in Pakistan.

Praesh Baruah planning terror strikes:Gogoi

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that he has received intelligence inputs suggesting that P...

35 Pak Taliban killed in US air strikes in Afghan

At least 35 Pak Taliban have been killed in US air strikes in Afghanistan after they attacked a conv...

Blasts rock Tripoli; NATO targets Gaddafi compound

Libya`s leader is clinging to power despite a four-month-old NATO air campaign.

Nepal trade unions warn of fresh strikes

Nearly a dozen trade unions have warned of an indefinite strike nationwide from July 31 over a contr...

Gaddafi defiant as Libya rebels consolidate gains

Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi vowed to resist both rebels and NATO air strikes, as the insurgents sou...

NATO, Afghan Army kill at least 13 Taliban

NATO is carrying out airstrikes against an empty school building in eastern Afghanistan.

New Israeli strikes on Gaza, rocket fire at Israel

The rocket fire and retaliatory raids represented the first major uptick in violence since April.

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