#drones

A Romanian F-16 takes off on an alpha scramble for NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, in 2023.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia send residents to shelter after drones cross the border, and NATO jets scramble twice

A view of the town of Abyei, seat of the region disputed between Sudan and South Sudan, in 2009.

Drone attack on Amiet market in Abyei kills at least 153, and the UN counts more than 250 dead in a matter of days

Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly in formation with a US F-16 over the city of Constanța, Romania, in March 2022.

Romanian fighter jets shoot down two attack drones over the Black Sea in six minutes

A NATO flag flies as a Romanian Navy patrol boat performs a demonstration in the Black Sea, in Constanța, Romania, in August 2025.

Drones hit two chemical tankers off Romania's coast, and seven crew members are still missing

Meskel Square and the Addis Ababa skyline, in Ethiopia's capital, in 2021.

Explosions hit Addis Ababa, and a rebel alliance says it struck Ethiopia's military headquarters with drones

An aerial view of part of Kandahar province, in southern Afghanistan, in 2013. The province was one of three hit by Thursday's Pakistani air strikes.

Pakistan strikes 10 targets across three Afghan provinces, and the Taliban vows to respond

The State Duma building, the lower house of Russia's parliament, in Moscow.

United Russia takes 57.86% in Duma election that closed under the largest drone attack on Moscow since 2022

A Romanian F-16 takes off from Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, during NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission in 2023.

NATO jet shoots down a drone in Lithuanian airspace for the first time