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.
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/ 10 February 2011
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.
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/ 8 September 2010
A United States missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan’s tribal district on the Afghan border killed six rebels on Wednesday.