A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region on Thursday, killing eight people, a senior local official said.
At least four militants were killed Wednesday after a suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Government troops in southern Yemen on Sunday attacked al Qaeda hideouts, killing two dozen suspected militants in the latest push to clear the area of the terror organization, local security officials said.
A pair of U.S. drone strikes killed 11 suspected al Qaeda militants Saturday in Yemen's Mareb province, part of a continuing air campaign targeting the terror organization, security officials said.
A U.S. drone strike killed eight militants in southern Yemen on Thursday morning, the latest hit in an intensified U.S. air camaign against al Qaeda and its affiliates in the area, security officials said.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed nine people Saturday in an attack that targeted a militant compound in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, authorities said.
Pakistan is condemning a suspected U.S. drone strike in one of its tribal regions that killed three people, raising questions about whether it will derail efforts between Islamabad and Washington to ease tensions over such attacks.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three people Sunday at a high school in northern Pakistan where militants were hiding, intelligence officials said.
Pakistan's parliament set out new guidelines for its relations with the United States, as it agreed to re-engage with Washington after months of tension over deadly airstrikes on a Pakistani border post by NATO forces and other issues.
A drone strike took place early Friday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani military official said.
The past year has seen the number of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan plummet. In the first three months of 2012, there were 11, compared with 21 in the first three months of 2011 and a record 28 in the first quarter of 2010.
President Barack Obama expressed hope Tuesday that the United States and Pakistan can arrive at a "balanced approach" to relations as he met with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for the first time since a string of damaging episodes last year.
Pakistan's parliament is expected this week to debate a committee's recommendation that the United States stop drone strikes inside its territory and apologize unconditionally for airstrikes last year that killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers.
Four soldiers in Yemen were killed and seven others injured Tuesday morning when a suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint in the province of al-Baitha, two security officials said.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five alleged militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Tuesday, two intelligence officials said.
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 14 militants in Pakistan's tribal region on Friday, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN
A U.S. drone crashed Saturday in Pakistan's tribal region, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.
Two U.S. drone strikes killed 12 suspected insurgents Thursday morning in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Imagine a future when unmanned drones dot the skies above you. CNN's Athena Jones reports.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four people in Pakistan's tribal region Thursday morning, Pakistani officials told CNN.
Three suspected air strikes hit militant targets in southern Yemen Monday night and Tuesday morning, killing at least nine people believed to be linked to al Qaeda, Yemeni security officials said.
Some are saying that the White House shared too much by confirming the CIA is conducting drone strikes in Pakistan.
President Barack Obama's public acknowledgment of drone attacks in Pakistan was no accident, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's northwest tribal region on Monday, killing at least four suspected militants, intelligence officials said.
A senior al Qaeda operations planner was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan last week, according to a U.S. official.
A drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed at least eight militants Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The United States has launched its first drone attack in Pakistan after more than a month-long lull, killing at least four suspected militants, CNN has confirmed.
The U.S. acknowledgment of an ongoing six-week suspension of drone strikes in Pakistan came Saturday amid White House efforts to repair a relationship damaged when 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a U.S. airstrike last month.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran can control the U.S. drone brought down in its country. CNN's Brian Todd reports.
A U.S. Air Force drone crashed Tuesday in the African island nation of Seychelles, an Air Force spokesman said.
Weeks after Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, his father is sparking controversy as radical Muslim groups claim he is now supporting his son's terror tactics against the West.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed six suspected militants on Thursday, intelligence officials told CNN.
Suspected U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region killed 18 alleged militants Tuesday night, intelligence officials told CNN.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed six suspected militants on Tuesday, intelligence officials told CNN.
Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan district killed three people and injured two others.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed two suspected militants on Monday, intelligence officials told CNN.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed four people Sunday, intelligence officials told CNN.
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed nine people Thursday in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said, less than a week after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the nation.
Drone technology is spreading rapidly. As many as 50 countries are developing or purchasing these systems, including China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran.
The son of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki was among those killed in a trio of drone attacks in southern Yemen on Friday night, a security official said.
The systems that control U.S. military drones have been infected with a computer virus, a U.S. defense official confirmed to CNN on Monday.
The "cockpits" of U.S. military drones are infected with a computer virus. Chris Lawrence reports.
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.
A German national, Mohammad-Al-Faateh, was among the dead when an alleged U.S. drone struck three suspected militants in northwest Pakistan September 11, Pakistani intelligence sources told CNN Wednesday.
Ten years after the devastating attacks on America, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently said the United States is "within reach of strategically defeating al-Qaeda."
A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing three suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday.
Two militants were killed Tuesday in a drone attack in South Waziristan, a volatile tribal region in Northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials told CNN.
A drone strike killed three militants in a volatile tribal region in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials from that nation said Friday.
A suspected U.S. drone strike three people Sunday in North Waziristan, a volatile tribal region in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Pakistan, and Pakistani-American relations, confront their worst crises in recent memory.
An unmanned U.S. drone crashed in southwest Pakistan near the Afghan border Thursday night, the Pakistani military said.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan on Monday night, Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed four suspected militants on Friday, intelligence officials told CNN.
A senior U.S. official is dismissing a report that says covert American drone strikes in Pakistan have killed 385 civilians, nearly half of them children, saying the findings by the London-based Bureau for Investigative Journalism are faulty and uncorroborated.
A Pakistani lawyer discusses a new report claming U.S. drone attacks have killed hundreds of civilians.
The death toll from a suspected U.S. drone strike on alleged pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal region climbed to 20, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
A drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed four militants Tuesday, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed six alleged militants on Monday, intelligence officials told CNN.
Tribesmen intent on ending the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh fought Friday with government forces, resulting in at least four deaths in the city of Taiz, according to medical staff in Freedom Square.
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region killed 21 alleged militants Tuesday, intelligence officials said.
Five suspected militants were killed Monday in a suspected U.S. drone strike targeting a vehicle in North Waziristan, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN.
Three people were killed and five were injured in a suspected U.S. drone strike on what U.S. officials called a Pakistani safe haven for al Qaeda-linked militants, intelligence officials told CNN.
Police and military forces are increasingly reliant on unmanned aerial vehicles to do jobs deemed too risky for humans to do in person, with drones regularly used in surveillance and warfare, from Liverpool to Libya.
Police and military forces worldwide rely on unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance, so how easy is it to fly a drone?
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region killed six suspected militants and 13 people respectively on Monday, intelligence officials told CNN.
The military is dramatically upping its investment in drones over the next nine years, according to Pentagon plans.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region on Wednesday killed 23 suspected militants, intelligence officials told CNN.
A suspected drone strike Monday killed 17 people in a volatile northwest Pakistani tribal region that borders Afghanistan, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN.
Three suspected drone strikes Monday killed 21 people in a volatile northwest Pakistani tribal region that borders Afghanistan, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed eight suspected militants on Friday night, intelligence officials told CNN Saturday.
The United States is reducing its military presence in Pakistan at the request of that country's government, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.
Fmr. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says the Osama bin Laden raid was 'arrogant' and technically an 'act of war.'
Protesters in Pakistan held a sit-in near the country's main port Sunday, demanding an end to U.S. drone strikes.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed four suspected militants Friday, intelligence officials said.
The United States has sent drones to strike at suspected militants in Pakistan five times in the last 11 days, nearly triple the pace prior to the successful May 1 raid to kill Osama bin Laden.
The United States need not apologize to Pakistan for the successful raid that killed terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, but it is important that the countries find a way to mend their frayed relationship in the wake of the attack, U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Monday during a visit to Islamabad.
CNN's John King reports on Pakistan's professed commitment to fight terrorism and past links to militants.
Pakistan's parliament threatened Saturday to cut off access to a facility used by NATO forces to ferry troops into Afghanistan, signaling a growing rift that began when U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on a Pakistani compound.
CNN's Becky Anderson spoke to Pakistan's Imran Khan on why he thinks Pakistan shouldn't accept U.S. aid.
Four suspected U.S. drone strikes have pounded Pakistan's tribal region since the American military killed terror leader Osama bin Laden, actions that signal an uptick in the U.S. fight against Islamic militants.
Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's Amb. to the U.S., discusses his country's commitment to fighting terrorism.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three people Thursday in Pakistan's tribal region, intelligence officials said.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three alleged militants in Pakistan's tribal region Tuesday, intelligence officials in Pakistan said.
A suspected U.S. drone struck and killed targets in Pakistan's tribal region Friday, the first such attack since American troops killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden north of Islamabad earlier this week.
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan addresses thousands of people in Peshawar in protest of U.S. drone attacks.
Unmanned aerial combat vehicles, better known as Predator or Reaper drones, are sleek, small, flexible planes that look like gliders. They have capabilities that larger, heavier manned jet aircraft do not possess.
A Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday threatened to have supporters block NATO supply routes to Afghanistan and march to Islamabad if U.S. drone strikes in the country were not halted.
One thing is certain: Missiles are regularly fired from the sky above Pakistan's tribal areas, sometimes killing what the United States and Pakistan describe as terrorists, sometimes hitting innocent civilians by mistake.
A senior Pakistani intelligence official told CNN Friday that U.S. military personnel have left a southern base said to be a key hub for American drone operations in the country's northwestern tribal areas.
President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
The United States is starting to use armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
Pakistan has issued a strongly-worded statement condemning a deadly, suspected U.S. drone strike in the country's tribal region.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed six suspected militants on Wednesday, intelligence officials told CNN.
Pakistan has temporarily stopped cooperating with American intelligence officials after the furor caused by the arrest and release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who fatally shot two Pakistanis earlier this year, a senior Pakistani security source told CNN.
The Pakistani government would like the CIA's aggressive drone campaign "suspended" and only resumed under "new rules" and "formalized terms," according to a Pakistani military official familiar with discussions between the two nations.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador Friday to protest a drone strike as the death toll from that attack rose to 44, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed up to 30 people Thursday after targeting a meeting of local elders in Pakistan's remote tribal areas, intelligence officials told CNN.
Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid gives his three reasons for the strain in relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed six alleged militants Monday, intelligence officials told CNN.
For the first time, the Pakistani military has publicly acknowledged that U.S. drones are targeting militants on Pakistani soil.
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