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The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says it is using drones to intercept the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru about 800 kilometres off Western Australia's southwest coast. More...

AP - The United States is vacating an air base in Pakistan used by American drones that target Taliban and al-Qaida militants, complying with a key demand made by Islamabad in retaliation for the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, the U.S. ambassador said Monday. More...

U.S. drones are currently used in "surveillance operations" in Yemen, its foreign minister says. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- In a rare public admission, Yemen's Foreign Minister told CNN that U.S. drones are aiding his country in its campaign against al Qaeda. "The [drone] attacks are...