Yemen attack: Al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for killing 52

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:41

Al Qaeda-backed group on Friday claimed the responsibility for yesterday’s attack on Yemen’s Defence Ministry in Sana’a wherein at least 52 doctors and nurses were killed and dozens injured.

No long term impact on shipment through Pakistan: US

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 09:38

A day after temporarily halting cargo shipments from Afghanistan via Pakistan in view of protest over drone strikes there, the US has said that it does not anticipate long term impact of its shipment through the country.

US halts cargo shipment from Afghanistan through Pakistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 12:09

The United States has temporarily halted shipment of its "retrograde cargo" from Afghanistan in view of the anti-America demonstrations in Pakistan.

Pakistan: MQM chief Hussain alleges Jamaat linked to Taliban, Qaeda

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 00:14

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday linked Pakistan`s hardline Jamaat-e-Islami to Taliban and al Qaeda militants, claiming several activists of the party have been killed in US drone strikes.

UN launches its first ever surveillance drone in DR Congo

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 20:04

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday officially launched a surveillance drone in the strife-torn northeast in the first such move by the United Nations.

Amazon drone delivery: All for an idea

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:30

You can expect it from Jeff Bezos but even by his standards this is audacious – drones as Amazon delivery boys!

Afghanistan-Pakistan drone attacks complicating relations with US: NYT

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 14:13

Recent drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan have again complicated relations with the US, with the strikes by the CIA-operated spy planes highlighting political complications from America`s persistent reliance on the lethal remote-controlled weapons, a media report said.

`US likely to pull out CIA station chief in Pakistan`

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 17:15

The US is likely to withdraw the CIA station chief in the Pakistani capital after his cover was blown when Imran Khan`s party named him in a FIR registered over a recent drone strike, according to a media report on Friday.

US drone strike kills two in northwest Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 12:05

A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, officials said.

Imran`s party accuses CIA director of murder over drone strike

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 19:36

The Tehrik-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) has written to the police in northwest Pakistan, identifying the alleged CIA station chief as Craig Osth and seeking his interrogation.

Imran Khan`s party wants US named in FIR over drone strike

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 17:32

Embarrassed after police registered an FIR against "unknown" persons over a drone strike in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Imran Khan`s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf on Monday asked officials to nominate US and the CIA in the case.

Imran Khan`s supporters search for NATO supply trucks

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 19:55

Supporters of Imran Khan`s party in Pakistan roughed up drivers of trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan as they continued their protest for a second day against US drone strikes.