The United States has escalated its unmanned​ aircraft strikes at militant targets in Pakistan​ since seven Americans were killed in a December 30​ suici...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama​ on Monday proposed $1.2 billion in funding next​ year to help train and equip Pakistani security​ for...

The announcement by Pakistan likely comes as a​ disappointment to the U.S., which has pushed the​ country to expand its military operations to​ target mi...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert​ Gates made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on​ Thursday hoping to deepen ties and persuade the​ nuclear-a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should​ consider using air strikes, such as attacks by​ unmanned drones, to battle militants in Yemen that​ thre...

New attacks on U.S. interests, plotted by local​ militants as opposed to Al Qaeda's core​ group, warn of the possibility of new mini-fronts​ in the ...

Palestinian militant groups are trying to link​ with Al Qaeda, but Usama bin Laden's terror​ network has so far snubbed Hamas and its offshoots​ for...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director Leon Panetta​ has ordered changes at the U.S. spy agency to​ improve the tracking of suspected militants and​ speed u...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence​ community failed to dedicate sufficient resources​ to address the threat by the militant group Al​ Qaeda in...