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  Islamic State claims responsibility for twin blasts in Iran, resulting in over 100 deaths

  World | January 04, 2024 23:23 IST

  According to Iran's Tasnim news agency, the explosions were triggered by "two bags carrying bombs" at the commemoration site. The agency further noted that the bombs were detonated using remote control.

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  Russian fighter jet strikes American drone flying over Syria; second incident in 24 hours

  World | July 27, 2023 9:38 IST

  At least two U.S. officials have confirmed that the strike damaged a MQ-9 Reaper drone.

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  Russian jets bully US Drones over Syria, drop parachute flares in front of MQ-9 UAVs | VIDEO

  World | July 07, 2023 7:14 IST

  Russian jets flew near a few US drone airplanes over Syria, setting off flares and constraining the MQ-9 Harvesters to make equivocal moves, the Air Force said, according to news agency AP.

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  US releases clip of Russian fighter jet colliding with US drone over Black Sea | WATCH

  World | March 17, 2023 6:26 IST

  After a Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea, British and German fighter jets jointly intercepted a Russian aircraft near Estonian airspace. This triggered tension among the countries involved in the clash.

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  Global airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US drone

  World | June 21, 2019 18:44 IST

  ​Major airlines from around the world on Friday began rerouting their flights to avoid areas around the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s shooting down of a U.S. military surveillance drone there, as America warned commercial airliners could be mistakenly attacked.

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  US drone kills two militants from Haqqani network in Pakistan

  World | January 24, 2018 16:22 IST

  Two intelligence officials identified the slain militants as commander Ahsanullah and Nasir Mehsud. They say the men were from the Haqqani network of the Afghan Taliban.

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  US drone attack kills 3 militants near Pak-Afghan border

  World | September 15, 2017 20:01 IST

  2 missiles were fired near the Pak-Afghan border, killing at least 3 militants including their commander and injuring another.

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  Islamic State says 'minister of war' Omar the Chechen is dead

  World | July 14, 2016 7:02 IST

  Baghdad: Abu Omar al-Shishani,regarded by the Pentagon as Islamic State’s “minister of war”, was killed in a US strike in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul, confirmed a news agency linked to the

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  Mastermind of Pakistan army school massacre killed in US drone attack in Afghanistan

  World | July 12, 2016 9:44 IST

  Islamabad: The mastermind behind the December 2014 massacre at Peshawar's Army Public School, responsible for the death of 144 students and staff members, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, senior Pakistani

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  Pak confirms Taliban chief’s death five days after drone hit

  World | May 26, 2016 18:46 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan today confirmed the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, five days after the Taliban chief was killed in a US drone strike in its troubled Balochistan province while travelling under a false name and

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  26/11 attack accused killed 6 mnths before the assault: Witness

  World | July 15, 2015 20:21 IST

  Islamabad:  A witness in the Mumbai terror attack case today claimed before a Pakistani anti-terrorism court that his brother, one of the accused in the case, was killed in a US drone strike in Waziristan

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  US drone strike kills IS Af-Pak chief: Report

  World | July 11, 2015 18:00 IST

  Islamabad:   The chief of the Islamic State militant group in Af-Pak region has been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, three days after another top leader of the terror outfit died

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  Al Qaeda-affiliate Al Shabaab claims control of US drone in Somalia

  World | May 18, 2015 15:54 IST

  Mogadishu: Al Qaeda-affiliate Al Shabaab has said it has captured a drone which fell in the Bay region of Somalia.The militants said on Sunday they were in possession of the drone which they claimed belonged

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  US drone kills two al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan

  World | April 12, 2015 20:24 IST

  Islamabad: A spokesman for al-Qaida's new Indian branch says US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed two of its leaders.In an audio message released Sunday, Usama Mahmood identified the dead as deputy chief Ahmed Farooq

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  US drone kills 9 Pakistani Taliban militants in Afghanistan

  World | March 24, 2015 18:07 IST

  Peshawar: A US drone strike today killed at least nine Pakistani Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province near the country's porous border with Pakistan amid an intensified offensive against terrorists in the restive tribal areas

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  US drone completes sea-based test flight

  World | December 27, 2014 14:02 IST

  New York: The US Navy successfully flew its new unmanned helicopter MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time from the guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham off the Virginia coast recently.After more than a

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  US drone kills six militants in northwest Pakistan

  World | December 20, 2014 13:41 IST

  Islamabad: At least six Taliban militants were killed today when a US drone targeted their hideout in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal region, officials said here.The pilot-less aircraft rained missiles on a hideout in Loara Mandai

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  US drone kills four terrorists in Pakistan

  World | October 09, 2014 13:41 IST

  North Waziristan (Pakistan): A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in Datta Khel area on North Waziristan on Wednesday killing four people and injuring another.Pakistan's Express News TV reported that the drone fired

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  US drone strikes kill 14 militants in Pakistan

  World | October 07, 2014 22:47 IST

  Peshawar: At least 14 militants were killed when missiles from US drones hit a Taliban compound and a training camp in Pakistan's volatile North Waziristan tribal region today, taking the death toll to 19 in

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  US drone attack kills 10 Pakistan militants

  World | September 24, 2014 18:11 IST

  Islamabad: At least 10 militants, including two Uzbeks, were killed today in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials said.The pilotless CIA-operated spy plane attacked a compound in Alwara Mandi area