Palash Ghosh

The U.S. government has rejected criticism from senior Pakistani officials about the unilateral commando raid on a compound in Abbottabad that led to the killing of al-Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden.

Amidst growing skepticism about Pakistan’s resolve to tackle terrorism and support US efforts in the war in Afghanistan, a top Pentagon official has declared that there are alternative routes that can be used to supply troops in Afghanistan.

In a speech to the Pakistani parliament, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani rejected allegations by the U.S. government that senior officials in Islamabad had any knowledge that al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was living in the country all these years.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani addressed his country's Parliament on the Osama bin Laden operation in Abbottabad.

The U.S. government has requested access to the three widows of Osama bin Laden in order to probe the depth and extent of support the former al-Qaeda terror chief may have received from Pakistani security and intelligence officials.

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has warned that Greece may need additional bailout funding, but that the U.K. is unlikely to contribute to any such payouts.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan will address Parliament today to discuss in detail the U.S. commando raid which killed Osama bin Laden, amidst swirling accusations that Islamabad has been harboring the al-Qaeda terror chief for many years.

The Islamic Republic of Iran finds itself grappling with new realities in a Middle East that has been turned upside-down by an unprecedented wave of revolt and rebellion

U.S. President Barack Obama, who had planned to make a state visit to Pakistan later this year in order to commend Islamabad for helping to tackle terrorism and to show that he did not favor India, now might have second thoughts.

A growing chorus of voices within Pakistan are calling for the country’s elected leaders to resign in the wake of embarrassing revelations that al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had been living undisturbed in a compound near the capital for at least five or six years.

Osama bin Laden remained a key power within the al-Qaeda terror network, a senior U.S. intelligence official told reporters at the Pentagon, following the release of new home videos of the recently murdered bin Laden.

The U.S. Pentagon has released home videos of Osama Bin Laden that were found by commandos who raided the terror chief’s compound in Pakistan last week.

The successful commando raid that led to the death of former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has raised speculation that the head of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, may be the next target.

Taliban gunmen have unleashed a series of brutal assaults on government targets in Kandahar, a city in southern Afghanistan.

Pop music legend Paul McCartney has officially become engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell, according to a report from CNN.

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The killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Special Forces will likely have a powerful psychological impact on Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, according to the British chief of armed forces

Pakistani authorities have reportedly arrested about 40 people in Abbottabad who are suspected of having links to Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda terror network according to the US government’s Open Source Center.

The U.S. government is highly vigilant about the possibility of al Qaeda agents seeking revenge for the murder of its former leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the White House said.

Two Russian nationalists have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a prominent journalist and a human rights lawyer.

The son of legendary Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour may face a jail sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of violent disorder during the student protests last year over rising school fees.

Osama bin Laden was “cash-strapped” during his final days and his al-Qaeda terrorist group had divided into two factions, according to a senior Pakistani intelligence official.

In defiance of the government’s brutal crackdown, thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets across the country for yet another mass rally against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its former chieftain Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the terrorist group and posted on jihadist internet websites.

A Bangladesh court has sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment for gang-raping a female high school student during the violent unrest following elections in 2001.

The first suspected U.S. drone attack since the death of Osama bin Laden has killed at least 12 militants in a hideout and a vehicle in Pakistan’s lawless tribal regions, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.

Afghan intelligence sources suspected that Osama bin Laden was living in the region around Abbottabad, Pakistan as long ago as four years ago – but nothing was done about it because the president of Pakistan at the time, Pervez Musharraf, angrily rejected any such possibility.

The price of crude oil plummeted almost 9 percent to finish below $100 per barrel – the largest one-day percentage drop in more than two years – on growing worries about the U.S. economy.

A Pakistani military source told the BBC that a wife of Osama Bin Laden confirmed that the al Qaeda terror chief had been living in the Abbottabad compound for five years.