Sources: BBC
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say that they captured five foreign nationals who fought for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Two are reportedly from the United States, two from Pakistan and one from Ireland. 2019-01-8
Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi updates the death toll from Friday's friendly fire airstrike near Fallujah to 10, one officer and nine soldiers. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter says it appears an American jet conducted the strike. Carter called Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to express condolences. 2015-12-19
A drone attack conducted by the United States kills at least ten people (suspected militants) in South Waziristan, Pakistan. 2013-01-6
7 people are killed and 3 others are injured by a United States drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan region. 2011-07-12
Leon Panetta is sworn in as the new United States Secretary of Defense, succeeding Robert Gates. 2011-07-1
Fourteen people are killed in United States drone attacks in North Waziristan, Pakistan. 2010-11-7
The Taliban claim that they are holding a British foreign aid worker and offer to exchange her for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistan scientist recently jailed in the United States. 2010-09-27
Energy company BP announces it is to sell billions worth of assets in Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, United States and Vietnam to part-fund the clean-up cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 2010-07-21
Five Muslim American students sentenced to serve 10 years in a Pakistani prison for conspiracy to commit attacks and raising funds for terrorism, appeal their conviction. 2010-06-28
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates reviews allegations of misconduct in Afghanistan by the private military company formerly known as Blackwater, Xe Services LLC. 2010-03-6