Drones
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:26
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen on Wednesday killed five suspected al-Qaida militants traveling in a vehicle near an extremist-held coastal city, military and security officials said.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 07:08
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five al Qaeda fighters in eastern Yemen on Wednesday, officials said, as Islamist militant groups claimed a string of attacks in the war-torn country.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 07:01
The U.S. is in talks with North African countries about positioning drones at a base on their soil to ramp up surveillance of Islamic State in Libya in what would be the most significant expansion of the campaign against the extremist group in the region.
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 05:58
At least 30 members of Somalia's al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab were killed in a US drone strike yesterday, the Kenyan government said.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 06:49
The U.S. is in talks with North African countries about positioning drones at a base on their soil to ramp up surveillance of Islamic State in Libya in what would be the most significant expansion of the campaign against the extremist group in the region.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 06:53
You probably don’t know it, but Mexican skies have been filling up with drones for at least a decade. Who uses them? Security agencies for the most part. For what purpose? Read on.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 06:29
A Denel Dynamics Seeker II unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was apparently shot down over Yemen last week.
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 06:38
Two decades after “Black Hawk Down,” U.S. special operations forces are back in East Africa’s most troubled nation.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 06:27
Federal auditors and aerial-surveillance competitors repeatedly have questioned whether CBP's drone program is cost effective — and whether other alternatives might do more for less money.
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 07:27
Pakistani police dropped a case that was recently registered against a former CIA station chief and a former agency lawyer over a 2009 drone strike that killed two people in a tribal region, police said Thursday. Since 2004, the U.S. has carried out nearly 400 suspected drone strikes in the country, according to the New America Foundation's International Security Program, which tracks the American campaign.