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  US drone kills three militants in Yemen

  World | August 17, 2014 8:24 IST

  Aden: About three suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed on Saturday when a US drone strike bombed their moving car in Yemen's Hadramout province, a military official said."An unmanned US aircraft bombed a truck carrying

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  US drone attack kills six militants in northwest Pakistan

  World | August 06, 2014 19:26 IST

  Islamabad: At least six militants were killed today in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region where the Pakistani military is conducting an offensive against foreign and local terrorists.  The unmanned

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  First US drone strike this year kills 4 militants in Pakistan

  World | June 11, 2014 23:27 IST

  Peshawar: At least 4 militants were killed today in US' first drone strike in Pakistan this year and a high value target may be among the fatalities in the attack in the country's restive tribal

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  US drone kills three Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

  World | March 13, 2014 8:06 IST

  Sana'a : A US drone strike killed three suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen's Al Jawf province Wednesday, Yemeni officials said."The drone strike targeted a vehicle carrying three militants in Om Shukah area in al-Jawf

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  Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud buried in Pakistan

  World | November 02, 2013 11:45 IST

  Islamabad: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a CIA-operated drone strike in the country's restive North Waziristan, was today buried at an unknown location, a media report said.Hakimullah, his uncle, driver

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  Amnesty International criticizes US drone programme in Pakistan

  World | October 22, 2013 14:30 IST

  Islamabad: Amnesty International called on the US to investigate reports of civilians killed and wounded by CIA drone strikes in Pakistan in a report released on Tuesday that provided new details about the alleged victims

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  US drone kills three more in Pakistan

  World | September 30, 2013 9:52 IST

  Islamabad : At least three people were killed and four injured in a US drone strike launched early Monday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, Xinhua reported.The strike was carried out at about

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  Know about America's future Drone - The TERN

  World | March 30, 2013 6:35 IST

  New Delhi: U.S. agency DARPA (defense  Advanced Research Projects Agency) has launched a new program named Node to design something called the TERN-, a surveillance and strike drone that can fly up to 900 miles

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  US drone strike kills 2 in Pakistan

  World | March 10, 2013 12:46 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 10: A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing at least two persons, security officials said.The CIA-operated spy plane targeted a compound in Muhammad

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  US drone recovered in Philippines

  World | January 07, 2013 23:38 IST

  Manila, Jan 7: The Philippine Navy Monday said an unmanned aerial vehicle made in the US was recovered off the waters of the central province of Masbate, Xinhua reported.Capt. Rommel Jason Galang, deputy commander of

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  Iran downs US drone over Persian Gulf

  World | December 04, 2012 14:28 IST

  Tehran, Dec 4: Iranian naval forces have downed a US drone over the Persian Gulf, Iranian authorities said Tuesday."The US drone, which in the past days flew over the general zone of Persian Gulf gathering

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  Iranian fighter jet attacked US drone, says Pentagon

  World | November 10, 2012 10:31 IST

  Washington, Nov 10:  Iranian fighter jet had attacked a US drone but missed it, the US Defense Department has confirmed.In an announcement, Pentagon press secretary George Little said the Iranian aircraft fired at the US

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  Imran Khan sets off on peace march to protest US drone strikes

  World | October 06, 2012 14:27 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 6:  Hundreds of supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan today set off on a motorcade “peace march” to the terrorists-riddled South Waziristan to protest US drone strikes in the tribal belt.Khan and several key

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  US drone kills Kashmiri militant 'Engineer' in N Waziristan

  World | August 23, 2012 21:56 IST

  Islamabad, Aug 23: Kashmiri militant leader ‘Engineer' Ahsan Aziz was among those killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region last week, his father said today.Abdul Aziz, a former militant

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  US drone in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants

  World | June 03, 2012 11:17 IST

  Islamabad (Pakistan), June 3: An American drone strike in the frontier tribal areas of Pakistan killed 10 suspected militants Sunday, Pakistani officials said as the U.S. pushes ahead with its drone campaign in the face

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  US drone kills four militants in Pakistan

  World | June 02, 2012 14:12 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 2: A US drone targeted a vehicle in the south Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing four militants in the latest in a string of attacks by the CIA-operated spy planes.The drone

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  US Drones break Lull in Pakistan, 3 killed

  World | April 29, 2012 21:56 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 29: A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing at least three suspected militants in the first missile strike in almost a month.The CIA-operated

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  Iran says copying US drone, senator says 'bluster'

  World | April 23, 2012 7:35 IST

  Tehran, Apr 23: An Iranian military commander yesterday said the Islamic republic is building a copy of a US spy drone captured in December 2011 and revealed what he said were “codes” gleaned from the

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  US Drone Attacks In Tribal Areas Counter-Productive, Says Zardari

  World | April 05, 2012 7:08 IST

  Lahore, Apr 5: US drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas are counter-productive as they violate the country's sovereignty and result in civilian casualties which cause deep resentment and fuel militancy, President Asif Ali Zardari said

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  Iran Claims, It Hacked Into Drone Software GPS And Forced It To Land

  World | December 18, 2011 10:04 IST

  London, Dec 18: An Iranian engineer  on Saturday claimed his country managed to ‘trick' a US. drone into landing in Iran by electronically hacking into its navigational weak spot and 'spoofing' its GPS system, reports