Sharif Said He Urged Obama To End Drone Strikes In Pakistan

Meeting between US president and Pakistan’s prime minister seemed to focus on ‘friendship and close cooperation’ rather than drone strikes.

Priyanka Boghani
By Priyanka Boghani

  Don't expect much in the way of breakthroughs. That was the message in the media, leading up to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with US President Barack Obama on Wednesday. After the meeting, Sharif told reporters he had urged the US president to end drone strikes that target alleged militants with ties to Al Qaeda

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Malala Yousafzai Tells Obama To End Pakistan Drone Strikes

In an oval office meeting, Malala Yousafzai expresses concern about the effect of U.S. drone strikes in her country.

Jacob Chamberlain
By Jacob Chamberlain

  Malala Yousafzai, the sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl who survived a gunshot to the head by members of the Taliban for speaking out on women's right to education, told President Barack Obama in an Oval Office meeting on Friday that he should stop drone strikes in countries such as Pakistan. In a statement released after the meeting,

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US Condemns ‘Double Tap’ Terror Strikes, But Is It Obama Policy To Do The Same Thing?

The U.S. often launches second drone strikes on an area after rescue teams have arrived to help the wounded and remove the dead.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

Last August, The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald reported that though the U.S. considered attacks on first responders a tactic reserved for terrorists, this secondary strike strategy was also routinely used by the Barack Obama administration. Known as the “double tap,” the U.S. often launches second drone strikes on an area after rescue teams have

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American Peace Group Joins Hundreds Rallying In Yemen To Close Gitmo

Protesters were joined by a small American delegation from Code Pink, a women-led grassroots peace movement that has been in Yemen for a week.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, calling on President Barack Obama to release detainees who have been held for years at Guantanamo Bay prison without charge or trial, Russia Today reports. Of the 166 people still detained at Guantanamo, 84 are from Yemen. Fifty-six of the Yemeni detainees have

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American Peace Advocates Travel To Yemen To Meet Victims Of Drone Attacks

Code Pink has sent a delegation to meet with victims of U.S. drone attacks and individuals with family members held at Guantanamo Bay prison.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Code Pink, a women-led grassroots peace movement, has sent a delegation of seven Americans to Yemen to meet with victims of U.S. drone attacks and individuals with family members who are being held at Guantanamo Bay prison. Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Yemen has become a major battleground for U.S. anti-terror operations aimed at routing

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New Documentary Shows How The War On Terror Spiraled Out Of Control

Mint Press News spoke with the “Dirty Wars” filmmakers about the possibility of a perpetual, global war.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In the introduction to his film “Dirty Wars,” Jeremy Scahill -- a war correspondent and journalist  for The Nation -- remarked that his film was “a story about the seen and the unseen and about things hidden in plain sight.” The film -- a documentary covering Scahill’s investigation of the unreported aspects of America’s global presence in the

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