U.S. drone shot down over Yemen: officials
- 21-Aug-2019
A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, the second such incident in recent months.
Iran rejects Trump report that US Navy downed its drone
- 19-Jul-2019
Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were accounted for
Iran says it will respond firmly to any US threat
- 22-Jun-2019
An Iranian missile destroyed a US Global Hawk surveillance drone. Tehran said the drone was shot down over its territory and Washington said it had occurred in international airspace
APS mastermind Umar Mansoor killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan: sources
- 18-Oct-2017
KABUL: A US drone strike in Afghanistan has resulted in the death of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commandar Umar Mansoor, ARY News reported on Wednesday. The drone strike targeting militants in Paktia province of Afghanistan killed at least 35 people on Tuesday. Reports within Afghan media suggest that the TTP chief Umar Mansoor was killed in […]
Three killed in US drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
- 15-Sep-2017
KURRAM AGENCY: A US drone killed three suspected militants in an attack on a compound in Kurram Agency on Friday, officials said. Officials said the strike took place in remote Ghuz Ghari village in Kurram agency, close to the Afghan border where at least five fighters from the Afghan Taliban had gathered. “The US drone […]
Two suspected terrorists killed by drone strike in Hangu
- 14-Jun-2017
PESHAWAR: A US drone strike killed at least two suspected terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district, security sources told ARY News on Tuesday. Sources say that one of the terrorists is a top militant commander and died in an overnight strike in the Speen Tal area of the Hangu district. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran […]
China says discussing return of undersea drone with US military
- 19-Dec-2016
BEIJING: The Chinese and US militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of US underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea last week, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday. The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was taken on Thursday in waters off the coast of […]
Haqqani commander among dead in US drone strike
- 30-Oct-2014
PESHAWAR: A US drone strike killed at least seven militants in Nargas village of Birmil area, some 30 kilometres west of Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, including an important commander of the feared Haqqani network, security officials said.