An image of a potential target relayed by a US drone. Getty Images

CIA drones are killing terrorists — and civilians — in Pakistan almost every day.

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Assassin Drone Aerovironment’s new “Anubis” project sounds eerily similar to the Switchblade drone, seen here Aerovironment

The deadly drone could find and dispatch single-person targets, with “very low collateral damage”

Missile strikes by Predators, Reapers, or other aerial drones usually result in messy explosions on the ground.

Barack Obama surrounded by bodyguards in 2008
Photograph: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters/REUTERS

Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history.

A new study says that African poverty is falling, and it’s falling at a rate faster than many believe. In fact, the authors of the study say that Africa will meet it’s Millennium Development Goal for poverty reduction only 2 years after the target year of 2015.