A suspected US missile strike early Friday killed at least nine people in a border tribal area of northwest Pakistan known as a Taliban hideout, officials said. A missile hit a house near Miran Shah, the main town in north Waziristan, at 3:50 am (2150 GMT Thursday), a Pakistani security official told AFP. "It was a drone attack. The ...

Pakistan's military says several explosions have rocked the Miran Shah area in Pakistan's troubled northwest, injuring at least 12 people. An intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of his job, says it appears that several missiles hit a seminary and adjoining ...