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Smoke billows from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq about 60km (37 miles) southwest of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's eastern province on September 14, 2019. - Drone attacks sparked fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities early today, the interior ministry said, in the latest assault on the state-owned energy giant as it prepares for a much-anticipated stock listing. Yemen's Iran-aligned Huthi rebels claimed the drone attacks, according to the group's Al-Masirah television. Photo by /AFP/Getty Images

World Sep 14

Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

World Jul 19

An MV-22 Osprey aircraft lands on the deck of the USS Boxer (LHD-4) in the Arabian Sea off Oman July 15, 2019. Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Iran denies Trump’s claim that the U.S. destroyed its drone

The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day.

By Amir Vahdat, David Rising, Associated Press

World Jul 18

Trump says U.S. warship destroyed Iranian drone

President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.

By Associated Press

Politics Jun 21

U.S. President Donald Trump waits to welcome Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Trump says strike on Iran would have been a disproportionate response

The president told NBC News in an interview that about 150 Iranians would have been killed by the strikes, and he did not think such an attack was a proportionate response for Iran's shooting down of a U.S. drone.

By Associated Press

World Jun 21

A RQ-4 Global Hawk drone is conducting tests over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, U.S. in this undated U.S. Navy photo. Photo courtesy of Erik Hildebrandt/Northrop Grumman via Reuters
Airlines reroute international flights after Iran downs U.S. drone

Flights are being rerouted to avoid areas around the Strait of Hormuz as America warned commercial airliners could be mistakenly attacked.

By Associated Press

Jun 21

Trump says U.S. was ‘cocked and loaded’ to strike Iran

By Deb Reichmann, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Trump tweeted Friday that the U.S. was ready to "retaliate last night on 3 different sights."…

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Jun 20

Iran accuses U.S. of ‘dangerous’ act in drone spying

By Associated Press

Iran's U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi says a U.S. drone despite repeated radio warnings entered into Iranian airspace "and engaged in a clear spying operation."…

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Jun 20

Trump suggests Iran’s shootdown of drone was accidental

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

On Twitter, President Donald Trump responded to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attack on a U.S. drone Thursday morning, declaring that "Iran made a very big mistake."…

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Apr 17

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Why growing U.S. drone operations in Niger are controversial

By Mike Cerre

Over the past few years, the U.S. military has increased its activities and broadened its mission in Africa. In Niger, the U.S. Air Force has built a huge new base from which it launches drone operations. But critics worry the…

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Apr 16

Watch 5:51
How drones are delivering lifesaving medical supplies in Rwanda

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

Getting medical supplies to where they are needed fast can mean the difference between life and death outcomes, but moving them efficiently across long distances to remote and rural areas can be difficult for traditional transportation. Special correspondent Fred de…

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