Here is a selection of comments from prominent global figures on news of the death of Osama Bin Laden:
U.S. President Barack Obama has warned Americans worldwide to brace for a retaliation from terrorist organizations after news broke out that Osama Bin Laden, one of the world's most dreaded terrorists, was early on Monday in a U.S. targeted operation carried out by CIA agents and U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The president addressed the nation on Sunday night.
The operation that led to the killing of the world's most-wanted terrorist Osama Bin-Laden was almost nine-month old but surprised many all over the world with its sudden but successful outcome.
Text of White House's official statement on Osama Bin Laden's death by President Obama: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
The U.S. Department of State has warned U.S. citizens traveling and residing abroad to the enhanced potential for anti-American violence following the killing of Osama bin Laden.
President Barack Obama on Sunday announced that the U.S. had killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Osama Bin Laden's death is being celebrated, and everyone seems to repeat the conspiracy theory that he was indeed the mastermind behind the terror attacks of 9/11. But that was never proven, and there is not even evidence hinting at such a connection according to the FBI. It is very well possible that completely different organizations than al-Qaeda were responsible for the planning and execution of 9/11, and that the latter were merely one of the involved parties.
President of United States Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden on Sunday night.
President Obama on late Sunday night announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks that triggered the U.S. global war on terror.
In a nationally televised address, US President Barack Obama has announced that Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US troops after a firefight.
President Obama on late Sunday night announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks that triggered the U.S. global war on terror. Obama declared, Justice has been done.
Osama bin Laden is has been killed in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said on Sunday.
Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces, President Barack Obama announced.
Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said on Sunday.
Osama bin-Laden is dead: Obama to announce it officially soon
German prosecutors allege that one of the three men arrested on Friday on suspicions of planning a bomb attack received his orders from a senior al-Qaeda figure from the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The daughter of a murdered Pakistani politician has vowed to continue her father’s campaign to eliminate the abuse of the country’s blasphemy laws.
Every year thousands of Hindus from Pakistan and India gather to attend a four-day ritual at the Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan.
President Barack Obama will announce a shift his top military and intelligence leadership ranks with on Thursday, as the nearing retirement of Defense Secretary Robert Gates will prompt a move to replace him with CIA Director Leon Panetta and fill Panetta's position with well-regarded General David Petraeus, the top military official in Afghanistan.
A senior leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist group has reportedly been killed in Kunar province, Afghanistan, according to NATO.
al Qaeda had warned to set off a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is ever captured or killed.
