In tribal region near Afghan border.

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U.S. Drones Kill 8 in Pakistan

LIKUANGOLE, SOUTH SUDAN — Nothing is intact in this town, save the memories. Every hut was burned to the ground. The only health clinic and the only school were torched. Hundreds were killed or injured. Thousands more fled. Read full article > >

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In South Sudan, a wave of tribal killings tests fragile independence

KHAR, Pakistan — Officials say the death toll from an alleged NATO helicopter attack on a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border has risen to 15 soldiers. A Pakistani government official and a security official say the dead from Friday night’s attack in the Mohmand tribal area include two officers. They said Saturday that the attack also wounded seven soldiers. Read full article > >

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Pakistani officials: Death toll from alleged NATO helicopter attack rises to 15 soldiers

A tribal leader from an Indonesian province, who was granted asylum in the UK, has been named on an Interpol wanted list, the BBC learns.

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Man granted asylum on wanted list

Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, killing six alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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Suspected U.S. Drones Kill 6 in Pakistan

Elouise Cobell, a Blackfeet tribal member who led a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 500,000 Indians against the Interior Department that yielded one of history’s largest government settlements — a payout worth $3.4 billion — died late Sunday at a hospital in Great Falls, Mont. She was 65 and had been diagnosed with cancer. Read full article > >

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Elouise Cobell, American Indian who championed class-action lawsuit against U.S. government, dies at 65

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters in an attempt to seize precious debris from a suspected U.S. drone that crashed in a rugged tribal area near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials and militants said Sunday. The Taliban said they shot down the unmanned aircraft, which crashed Saturday night near Jangara village in the South Waziristan tribal area. Read full article > >

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Pakistani soldiers battle militants for debris from crashed US drone nabbed by Taliban

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber killed as many as 50 worshipers Friday at a mosque in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region long scarred by militant attacks and sectarian clashes, officials reported. The bombing in the Khyber region near the Afghan border highlighted the persistence of violence in this majority-Muslim nation despite the observance of Ramadan, a month-long period of spiritual introspection. The Sunni mosque in the village of Ghundi was packed with worshipers for Friday prayers, eyewitnesses said. Read full article > >

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Suicide bomber hits Pakistan mosque; scores killed

At least 40 people are killed in an explosion at a mosque in north-western Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region, reports say.

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Dozens killed at Pakistani mosque

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban fighters armed with rocket launchers attacked a security checkpoint in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where the army has staged anti-insurgent operations, sparking a clash that killed eight Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants, intelligence officials said Thursday. Hours later, a roadside bomb hit a passenger vehicle elsewhere in the northwest, killing four people, including a woman and a child, police said. The attacks underscored that militant groups along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan remain a lethal threat despite Pakistani army offensives against them, as well as U.S. missile strikes that target their hideouts. Read full article > >

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Officials: Militants attack security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, 18 people killed

At least twenty suspected militants were killed in Pakistan’s tribal region in what were described as a pair of American drone strikes, local media reported.

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Drone Strikes Kill 20 in Pakistan, Reports Say

At least 15 people are killed in a US drone strike in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, officials say.

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US drone ‘kills 15′ in Pakistan

CAIRO — Fighting between opposition tribesmen and security forces in Yemen’s capital escalated dramatically Friday, as the presidential palace was shelled, prompting reports that President Ali Abdullah Saleh had been wounded. Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency reported that Saleh was in “good health” after the attack and would soon make a televised speech. The rocket strike on the palace came after government forces reportedly attacked the homes of tribal leaders led by the powerful Ahmar family and military commanders who have joined the opposition, according to local news media. Read full article > >

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Yemen’s presidential palace struck as fighting intensifies

Yemen’s president and the country’s most powerful tribal leader have agreed a ceasefire after five days of fighting in the capital Sanaa, a mediator says.

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Yemen forces agree on ceasefire

Yemen degenerated further into bloody conflict as clashes beyond the capital drew in more tribal factions and threatened to widen the fighting.

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Airstrikes Reported East of Yemen Capital