The State Deparment yesterday released a statement on the imprisonment of Iranian Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been imprisoned for over 1000 days on charges of apostasy. ...

From the Atlantic: "When it comes to Syria, this administration has a very elastic sense of time." The Atlantic 's national correspondent, Jeffrey Goldberg ...

Confusing details emerge of Friday's drone attack in Pakistan. The first news stories Friday afternoon (from AP and AFP) wrote of 4 suspected militants killed by two missiles ...

A U.S. drone strike Friday afternoon killed 9 suspected militants. The Associated Press and Agence France Press  (via The Nation in Lahore, Pakistan) are reporting this af ...

U.S.-Pakistan talks focus on who controls the intelligence to select targets for drones. Talks between the U.S. and Pakistan that concluded with a U.S. apology for a mistaken airs ...

The training of drone operators. Mark Mazzetti, national security correspondent, writes in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine about the training of drone operators at H ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes for CNN on his hopes for peace in Sudan and South Sudan. Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes for CNN on his hopes for peace in Sudan and Sout ...

stations operated by Navy SEALs would be doubled to eight from four.”   Also requested is “ "$2.6 ...

The Methodist Church in Britain has agreed to ask the U.K. government urge the U.S. to stop using drones. The Methodist Church in Britain has agreed to ask that the U.K. gover ...

US drone strike in Yemen reported to kill 2-4 militants. The Associated Press reports a drone strike in Yemen earlier today:  " A Yemeni official says a suspected U.S ...

U.S. weapons manufacturers seek to export drones. With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and the Pentagon budget cuts likely, U.S. weapons manufacturers are looking fo ...

A summary of U.S. drone strikes in June from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. One of the most respected sources of investigative reporting on drones is The Bureau of Invest ...

Fifteen protestors arrested at Air National Guard base near Syracuse NY. As killing by drone continues, anti-drone groups organizing protests against the policy are growing. Last ...

Drone attack on a house in Pakistan kills 8 suspected militants. The Associated Press reports U.S. missiles fired from a drone in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afgha ...

Carter’s confessions to foreign leaders are not merely symbolic — as though he must search for a token American violation in order to get a foot in the door with those who perpetrate the really bad things. Des ...

Turkey said it was stationing antiaircraft batteries on the common border following the downing of one of its warplanes. The New York Times reports: "As diplomat ...

WASHINGTON — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is persecuted around the world, but it has plenty of friends on Capitol Hill. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined more than 20 House colleagues and at least one senator on June 27 a ...

Pakistan NGO appeals for stop to drone strikes so vaccinations can continue. The Pakistani newspaper DAWN reported this morning that the National Research and Development Foun ...

about Matthew 26:52) and if you want to stop the cycle you have to insert someone into the cycle ...

Given the historical record, it may seem the deck is stacked against American evangelicals organizing into a comprehensive peace movement — yet that’s exactly what’s happening. Bi ...

Taliban leader bans polio vaccinations, claiming health workers spy for the CIA. According to Guardian , a third Taliban leader has banned polio vaccinations in the area he ...

Pakistani attorney raises awareness of drone strikes through lawsuits on behalf of victims. In 2010, Shahzad Akbar, an attorney and founder of the Pakistani Foundation for Fundame ...

The Economist reports on the growing tensions in the Middle East following the shooting down of a Turkish plane by Syrian forces. The Economist reports on the growing tens ...

Congress is paying more attention to oversight of drone strikes. In what appears to be a step in the right direction, Congress is paying more attention to drone strikes. From ...

U.S. plans to expand drone flights into the Caribbean to fight drug smuggling. The Los Angeles Times reports: "After quietly testing Predator drones over the Baham ...

Former President Jimmy Carter writes that U.S. is abandoning human rights. Former President Jimmy Carter writes in the New York Times this morning of how far the U.S. has ...

The Obama administration refused to produce documents related to the drone program,claiming the information is classified. The Obama administration filed its response to a Freedom ...

U.N. investigator says drone strikes threaten international law. Several days after urging the U.S. to clarify its policies to ensure that targeted drone killings comply with inte ...

A series of recent news stories, largely based on anonymous sources, reveals an emerging new U.S. military strategy. After more than 10 years of long, bloody ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama admi ...

Both of these individuals are important because of their choices for peace. In 1991, Rodney King was stopped and beaten by a group of Los Angeles police officers. The stop was not ...

Administration must respond today to Freedom of Information request on drones. Several years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act request ...

The U.K. has been using Reaper drones in Afghanistan for the past four years. More than four years ago, the U.K. Ministry of Defence bought 6 Reaper drones from the U.S.  The ...

The U.S. should clarify the basis under international law of its drone policy. Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged Was ...

Military strategy is changing to drones and cyberwar. U.S. military strategy is changing. From  Associated Press : "After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and ...

52 dead in Christian-Muslim fighting in Nigeria. Agence France-Presse report on the lastest incidents of Christian-Muslim fighting in Nigeria: "The streets of Ni ...

Killing more people with drones will not resolve the threat of terrorism. Vietnam vet and author Terry McDermott sees parallels between the B-52 bombings of Cambodia and the d ...

U.S. formally acknowledges "direct action," i.e. drones, being used in Yemen and Somalia. The Associated Press reports:  "The White House’s semiannual re ...

Drivers who saw drone being transported thought it was a UFO. Wednesday evening, a saucer-shaped object was spotted on a flatbed truck being transported on the Capital Beltway ...

In the second attack in two days, a U.S. drone strike killed at least three people early today. In the second attack in two days, AFP reports that a U.S. drone strike killed a ...

Civilian casualties in Yemen are creating recruitment opportunities for terrorist groups. Ibrahim Mothana, an activist, writer and community worker from Yemen, writes that the ...

A Pew Research Center global survey finds worldwide opposition to U.S. drone strike. According to a new Pew Research Center global survey : "The Obama administratio ...

Members of Congress are raising concerns about drone use. Twenty-six Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama yesterday demanding the White House’s legal justifica ...

USA Today editorially supports drone strikes, ACLU argues the program should stop. After running an editorial, USA Today often follows it with an opposing view on the topic. I ...

Drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan After more than a week with no reported drone strikes, there are news reports this morning of strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Over the past ...

According to CNN: ATLANTA, Ga. – With a calm voice and collected manner about her, a 15-year-old girl called Fayette County 911 to report that her father assaulted her. The call led police to the suburban Atlanta home of megachurch pastor C ...

Is killing by drone legal? Five reasons why they're not. Bill Quigley, a human rights lawyer and professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, asks: &quo ...

American negotiators working with Pakistan to reopen critical supply routes into Afghanistan have been called back to the United States Carlo Munoz reports for The Hill: ...

Cynthia Tucker, a visiting professor at the University of Georgia and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for commentary,writes on the lack of accountability in the drone war. Cynth ...

The next generation of drones is 2-feet long, weighs 6 pounds, and can be carried in a soldier's backpack. It’s 2 feet long, weighs only 6 pounds, and can fit into a soldier’ ...

Before we lay the cross of our nation’s racism upon Darius' shoulders, we should remember just how small they are. Before we look at the abundance of #WeAreDarius and 6 p.m. news sound bites, we should re ...