While the CIA drones’ authorities stop at surveillance, the increased attention to countering cartels may indicate the administration is considering taking things in a bloodier direction, the ...

The CIA is assessing its authority to kill drug smugglers who bring deadly fentanyl and other narcotics into the United States as the Trump administration grapples with the opioid epidemic.

A CIA drone strike Monday targeted al-Qaida’s second in command, Abu Yahia al-Libi, in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said.

WASHINGTON - Is the CIA's secret program of drone strikes against terrorists in Pakistan and Yemen a case of illegal assassinations or legitimate self-defense?

Expert says U.S. will likely press Pakistan to help 'route out' al Qaeda. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 8, 2009 — -- Three days after a CIA drone strike killed the head of the Taliban in Pakistan ...

A United Nations investigator called Wednesday for a halt to CIA-directed drone strikes on suspected Islamic militants, warning that killings ordered far from the battlefield could lead to a ...