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.

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.

A United States missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan’s tribal district on the Afghan border killed six rebels on Wednesday.