Palash Ghosh

Al Shabaab, a Somali-based al-Qaeda organization has threatened to kill Obama’s 88-year-old Kenyan grandmother, Sarah Onyango Obama.

On his first visit to Afghanistan since the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, India’s Prime Minister vowed his steadfast support for the fledgling new government in Kabul.

A new study by the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) has highlighted the horror or rape committed by soldiers against women in the war-torn eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Pakistani government has formally filed a protest with the U.S. over the allegedly unsanctioned commando raid by Navy SEALs which resulted in the killing of Osama bin Laden and others at a compound in northern Pakistan last week.

After being absent from the public for almost two weeks, footage of Moammar Gaddafi was shown on Libyan state TV last night.

Legendary Pakistani test cricketer and now politician Imran Khan wants his country to reject financial aid from the United States and distance itself from Washington, in the wake of the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.

Amidst growing questions over the legality of the killing of Osama bin Laden, US Attorney General Eric Holder defended the commando raid that resulted in the death of the former al-Qaeda terror chief.

The boss of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) said the company is planning some workforce reductions.

U.S. stocks dropped sharply (wiping out this week’s advances) in tandem with plunging commodity prices

U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said there is no apparent evidence that senior Pakistani officials harbored and protected Osama bin Laden, although he concedes some people in Pakistan must have been aware of the terror chieftain’s existence inside the country.

Grenades were thrown at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Karachi, Pakistan by two unknown assailants on a motorcycle on Wednesday in what might be the first violence response to the killing of Osama bin Laden in the country last week.

The al-Qaeda chief of Yemen has warned the U.S. and the West that the killing of Osama bin Laden will intensify the jihad (holy war) by the terrorist organization, according to SITE monitoring group

The Indian government has placed the names of five senior Pakistani military officers on a list of fifty “most wanted” criminals that it seeks to extradite so they can face trial on charges of terrorism.

U.S. President Barack Obama will make a speech to the Muslim world in the wake of the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HBC) said it plans to save up to £2-billion (or $3.5-billion) over the next two years. by downsizing its wealth management and retail segments

Gaddafi has reportedly not been seen in public since he escaped an air assault on the family compound on April 30 which killed one of his sons, Saif, and some grandchildren.

Greece has been brought to a standstill by a massive strike called by labor unions to protest to government’s austerity programs.

The youngest son of Osama bin Laden may have escaped the U.S. commando raid on the compound in northern Pakistan where the al-Qaeda terror chief was killed, according to Pakistani security officials.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced China’s human rights abuses and its response to dissent in an interview published on Tuesday in The Atlantic magazine.

President Barack Obama‘s speech on immigration in El Paso, Texas on May 10, 2011.

Legendary actor Al Pacino, who has played many memorable gangsters over his career, will join the cast of the upcoming film Gotti: Three Generations, according to various reports.

Greek labor unions, students and others are planning massive a nationwide rally and general strike for tomorrow to protest the government’s austerity budget and deep spending cuts, as well as the imposition of European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) onto the country’s affairs.

The Supreme Court of India has stated that people convicted of committing “honor killings” could face execution.

General Motors (NYSE: GM) is planning to add or preserve about 4,200 jobs in eight states (including 2,000 in the Detroit area alone), according to a report in the Detroit Free Press newspaper.

Indian Hindu groups are outraged by an Australian fashion show that featured models wearing swimsuits featuring the Hindu goddess of wealth Laxmi.

The government of Bangladesh has failed to put a stop of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations perpetrated by an elite paramilitary force called Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf denies reports that he ever entered into agreement with the U.S. to allow American special forces to capture and assassinate Osama bin Laden within Pakistan’s borders.

The western nations have “no alternative” but to deal with Pakistani government in order to continue the battle against Islamic terrorism, warned the chief of NATO.

The deepening rift between the U.S. and Pakistan over the discovery (and killing) of Osama bin Laden has India deeply interested in the ramifications of all this intrigue and counter-accusations.