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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay declared on Friday that US drone strikes in Pakistan raise grave legal concerns under international law. Pillay expressed particular concern that the drone strikes do not comport with the...

A Pakistani doctor who helped the US government find Osama Bin Laden was convicted last week for his association to a militant group in Pakistan, not for his ties to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

A Pakistani doctor was sentenced to 33 years in prison Wednesday for helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) locate Osama Bin Laden . After a trial lasting two months during which Shakeel Afridi was not...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a request for information to the US Department of Defense on Tuesday under the under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...

The Pakistani Parliament on Thursday approved recommendations for redefining the government's relationship with the US and NATO, including calling for an end to CIA drone strikes. The new plan comes in response to the incidental...

A Pakistani court convicted three widows and two daughters of Osama Bin Laden for illegally entering and residing in the country. The court ordered these five women, who were arrested on March 3, to...

The Pakistani parliamentary national security committee on Tuesday urged the US to stop the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone attacks . The relationship between the two countries has suffered since a NATO airstrike in November...

A UK human rights group and law firm announced Monday that they will bring legal proceedings against the British government for sharing intelligence with the US to assist in drone strikes against Pakistan. The...

US Attorney General Eric Holder , in a speech Monday, framed the Obama administration's policy toward the targeted killing of US citizens abroad who are members of al Qaeda . Holder's comments also...

Former al Qaeda military commander Saif al-Adel was arrested at an airport in Cairo on Tuesday, according to the Egyptian media. Egyptian security officials detained al-Adel upon his arrival after noticing...