The UK is sending five additional drones to Afghanistan. The U.K. has had five Reaper drones, which it has used for combat and surveillance missions against insurgents in Afghanis ...

The CIA is urging the White House to expand its fleet of drones. The Washington Post reports this morning that the CIA wants more drones .  “The CIA is urging the Whit ...

Nine killed by drone strike in Yemen. A U.S. drone attack early Thursday morning killed nine suspected militants. Reuters reports : "Nine suspected al Qaeda militants ...

Notre Dame law professor fights against drone strikes. Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, has been fighting ...

Drone strikes resume in Pakistan, more than 20 people killed. Last weekend, the government of Pakistan prevented an anti-drone protest from entering the tribal regions. Led by for ...

Roundup of drone news from the week. • During the week, reported drone strikes killed 3 in Pakistan  on Monday and 5 in Yemen  on Thursday.  • A group of U.S. activists i ...

As an antidote to all the stories of killing by drone, I’ve been collecting stories of the good things unpiloted aircraft can potentially do, or are already doing. Many are tasks now being carried out by pilot ...

Jim Rice We'll never reach reconciliation between Christians and Muslims until we address root causes—and take on the haters. ...

President of Yemen personally approves all U.S. drone strikes in Yemen. In a speech last week at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, Yemen’s president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ...

Weaponized drones are demons: evil spirits of the air, specters in the heavens, shadowy presences. “John said to him, ‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, an ...

New study on U.S. use of drones in Pakistan. Researchers at Stanford University and New York University law schools released a major study on the U.S. use of drones in Pakistan, c ...

Drone attack kills five in northwest Pakistan. In the second attack in three days, a drone attack late Monday in northwest Pakistan killed five militants, including two linked to ...

Drone attack in Pakistan kills three. Al Jazeera reports: “At least three people have been killed in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan's northwestern regio ...

U.S. sending spies, Marines and drones to Libya.   AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier reports “WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones ...

Militia shooting at drones leads to airport closing. The Associated Press reports “BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — U.S. drones hovered over the eastern city of Benghazi on Fri ...

GAO studies drone proliferation. Micah Zenko, at the Council on Foreign Relations blog, points to a recently declassified report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO ...

Jimmy Carter - killing people with drones a human rights violation. In a lecture Thursday evening at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, former President Jimmy Carter included d ...

Drones used in search for those who killed ambassador. During the Libyan revolution, U.S. drones were a significant part of the NATO forces involved, carrying out nearly 150 attac ...

Protests against drones are growing. As the number of drone attacks on Pakistan and Yemen continue to increase, protests against them are growing. On Sunday, some 40 people gat ...

Wednesday drone attack in Yemen kills 6. U.S. drones continue to hammer Yemen today. Reuters reports an attack this morning A U.S. drone strike killed six suspected Islam ...

Drone activity during August from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has released its monthly report on covert actions in Pakistan, ...

Drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen kill at least 25, including 14 civilians. U.S. drones are having a busy weekend, killing people in both Pakistan and Yemen. On Saturday, an ...

Third attack in Yemen this week kills eight. Last week was drone week in Pakistan, this week it’s Yemen. Two deaths  were reported in an attack on a car on Tuesday, at least ...

Drone attack kills two in Yemen. Reuters reports that a drone attack in central Yemen yesterday killed two suspected militants: "Two men thought to be Islamist milit ...

Pakistan's Foreign Office formally protests US drone strikes. The Pakistan Foreign Office has formally protested this week’s drone strikes. DAWN, a leading Pakistani ...

UN official calls for international investigation of drone attacks. As international concern about U.S. targeted killings with drones rises, Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on ...

What will the next generation of drones look like? As drones continue to proliferate, the technology is behind them is speeding ahead. Wired takes a look at the ne ...

How does international law apply to drone killing? Efforts to bring the rule of law to killing are not always easy or clear-cut.  Although as an advocate of non-violence, I can co ...

Are drones that capture rather than kill the next step? One of the primary criticisms of using drones to kill high-level al Qaeda or Taliban leaders is that they are extra-judicia ...

Drone surveillance growing in the U.S., with North Dakota the focus. While most of our attention is focused on the use of armed drones attacking suspected militants in Pakistan, Y ...

Video of the next generation of drones. While Predator and Reaper drones are currently in use, the next generation is already underway. The Northrop Grumman corporation and the U. ...

Stories of drone victims seeking justice for relatives who have been killed or injured.   In the news today are two stories of drone victims seeking justice for relatives who h ...

Is it possible to create weapons that are humane? German author and journalist, Dirk Kurbjuweit, in an essay in DER SPIEGEL, reports that the German military is considering ...

Counter-terrorism advisor defends US drone strikes in Yemen. In a speech yesterday in Washington, administration counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan defended the campaign of dr ...

Drone attacks kill ten militants in Yemen. According to the Associated Press, over the past two days, in two separate strikes, U.S. drones killed 10 al-Qaida militants in ...

The ethical discussion we need to have. The Deseret News (Salt Lake City) published a thoughtful editorial this week raising some of the questions that need to be asked ab ...

Two peace activists denied credentials to drone convention in Las Vegas. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is holding a convention this week in Las Vegas, ...

The first known U.S. drone strike in Yemen in more than a month took place Saturday. The Long War Journal , citing AFP, reports that the first known U.S. drone strike in Yemen ...

A culture of drones is emerging without needed debate. Eugene Robinson in The Washington Post t akes a look at an emerging “ drone culture .” “There has been far too lit ...

Interactive map of drone strikes in Pakistan. Using data from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the Guardian has created an interactive map of drone strikes in Pakista ...

The lives of drone pilots. Imagine a job where you sit in front of a computer monitor, toggling a joystick that controls a drone, watching a family 7,000 miles away in Afghanistan ...

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's update for July. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has released its update for July of drone strikes and other US military a ...

Jim Rice Hey Pres. Obama: The Nobel Peace Prize committee is calling. They want their medal back. HEY PRESIDE ...

Latest drone attack in Pakistan kills seven on Sunday. A U.S.  drone attack  on Sunday killed at least seven suspected militants in Pakistan. The Pakistani newspaper DAWN re ...

The week's news in drones. In drone news this week: The British Ministry of Defense acknowledged that Royal Air Force pilots flew U.S. Predator drones in Libya last year. ...

The families of 3 American citizens killed by drone strikes are suing administration officials. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union ...

Point-counterpoint on whether there is a moral case for drones. Many discussions about the use of drones center on whether using drones is “moral,” that is, does it satisfy just w ...

U.S. Pakistan talks on drones will resume this month. Talks between the U.S. and Pakistan on drone attacks will resume this month, including a visit by the head of Pakistan’s inte ...

Caucus in Congress advocates for drones. Members of Congress with common interests often create a caucus to advocate for that interest. Some have become permanent institutions – t ...

The U.S. is sending "tiny underwater drones" to the Persian Gulf. Over the past several weeks, the U.S. has been expanding its military presence in the Persian Gulf ...