24/02/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi blames bin Laden for turmoil, says protesters are on hallucinogenic drugs

Muammar Gaddafi blamed a revolt against his rule on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and said the protesters were fuelled by milk and Nescafe spiked with hallucinogenic drugs, in a rambling appeal for calm.

02/05/2011 | World

Bin Laden was found at luxury Pakistan compound

US forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in a mountain cave on Afghanistan's border, but with his youngest wife in a million-dollar compound in a summer resort just over an hour's drive from Pakistan's capital, US officials said.

02/05/2011 | World

Hillary Clinton: 'We will continue taking the fight to al Qaeda'

The US killing of Osama bin Laden shows that the Taliban cannot defeat the United States in Afghanistan and that it should abandon its ties to al Qaeda, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

02/05/2011 | World

Mix of joy, relief and anger at Bin Laden death

Survivors of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda attacks and relatives of victims welcomed his killing as the death of the devil but they also expressed anger and renewed grief for loved ones.

03/05/2011 | World

US: Bin Laden lived in Pakistan compound from 5 to 6 years

Osama bin Laden lived for the past five to six years in the compound deep inside Pakistan where the al Qaeda leader was killed by US forces, President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser said today.

04/05/2011 | World

Photos show dead men at Bin Laden's compound

A series of photographs acquired by news agency Reuters which showed three men who might have tried to defend Osama bin Laden were published after the US government had announced that it would not show photographs of the assault where the leader of Al Qaeda was killed. See slideshow

06/05/2011 | World

Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden death and vows revenge

07/05/2011 | World

US Pentagon releases new videos of bin Laden

A senior US intelligence official, who released five video clips of bin Laden taken from the compound in Abbottabad, said the information retrieved by US forces represented the largest trove of intelligence ever obtained from a single terrorism suspect.

12/05/2011 | World

Bombing in northwest Pakistan kills five, police says

A suicide bombing killed at least five people outside a paramilitary force academy in northwest Pakistan, police said. A police official said the attack appeared to be the work of two suicide bombers and that the death toll could rise.

13/05/2011 | World

Bush tells Obama on bin Laden: 'Good call'

Former President George W. Bush, who spent years searching for Osama bin Laden, had two words for President Barack Obama when Obama told him of the al Qaeda leader's death: "Good call."

18/05/2011 | World

Obama to offer thanks to CIA on bin Laden operation

US President Barack Obama plans to visit CIA headquarters on Friday to thank intelligence officers for helping to hunt down and kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the White House said.

19/05/2011 | World

Al Qaeda releases posthumous bin Laden audio recording

Al Qaeda released a posthumous audio recording by Osama bin Laden in which he praised revolutions sweeping through several Arab countries, and called for more Muslim "tyrants" to be toppled.

20/05/2011 | World

Obama thanks CIA for helping track down Bin Laden

President Barack Obama thanked the country's top spy agency for helping track down and kill former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and warned remaining members of al Qaeda to watch their backs.

21/05/2011 | World

Sixteen killed in NATO fuel truck blast in Pakistan

At least 16 people were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb attack claimed by a militant group hit a truck carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, the latest attack in an upsurge in violence since Osama bin Laden was killed.

27/07/2011 | World

Counterterrorism official says US attack still significant al Qaeda goal

Striking the United States remains a "significant goal" for al Qaeda and its affiliates nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks, the president's nominee to head the National Counterterrorism Center said.

10/08/2011 | World

White House rejects claim about bin Laden raid film

Moviemakers producing a film about the US special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden are getting help from the Pentagon, but the Obama administration dismissed concerns on Wednesday that classified information has been divulged.

27/10/2011 | World

Panetta wins a 1870 wine in Bin Laden bet

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta received a 1870 bottle of wine after winning a bet with a friend who challenged him to capture Osama Bin Laden, Pentagon sources said.

26/04/2012 | World

CIA document over order to ‘capture’ Bin Laden unveiled

A US magazine published a memorandum document from former CIA head and current Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta which states the green light given by President Barack Obama to launch a secret military raid to ‘capture’ Osama Bin Laden that ended with the death of the Al Qaeda leader.

30/04/2012 | World

Romney says he would have ordered bin Laden killing

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Monday he definitely would have ordered the US military strike that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if he had been president.

01/05/2012 | World

Obama in Afghanistan on anniversary of bin Laden's death

US President Barack Obama made a speedy, unannounced trip to Afghanistan to sign a strategic pact with Kabul and send a dual election-year message that the United States is winding down the Afghan war but not abandoning the country.

03/05/2012 | World

Bin Laden had disdain for al Qaeda affiliates

Osama bin Laden showed disdain for al Qaeda affiliates, fretted about his organization's image and was deeply worried about its security, according to documents seized from his hideout in Pakistan and released publicly.

22/05/2012 | World

White House said to give inside access for bin Laden film

The Obama administration arranged for two Hollywood filmmakers to get special access to government officials involved in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a conservative legal group that posted internal government documents on its website.

23/05/2012 | World

Pakistan jails doctor for helping CIA find Bin Laden

A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been jailed for 33 years for treason, television channels and a local government official said.

29/08/2012 | World

Navy SEAL's book gives different account of bin Laden death

A US Navy SEAL who has authored a first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says the al Qaeda leader was shot in the head as he peeked from a bedroom door, an account that diverges from the Obama administration's original description of the incident.

03/12/2012 | Entertainment

New York critics pick 'Zero Dark Thirty' as best film

The New York Film Critics Circle today picked action thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" as best film and gave its top acting honours to Daniel Day-Lewis and Rachel Weisz in the first major movie awards leading up to Hollywood's Oscars.

10/12/2012 | Entertainment

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Silver Linings' among AFI best films

Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty," Iran hostage drama "Argo," indie comedy "Silver Linings Playbook," and mythological indie film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" made the year's top 10 films today as picked by the American Film Institute (AFI).

13/01/2013 | Entertainment

Bin Laden film 'Zero Dark Thirty' leads box office

"Zero Dark Thirty," Hollywood's re-telling of the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden, captured the No. 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with $24 million in US and Canadian ticket sales.

08/08/2012 | Entertainment

Writer says bin Laden film, trailer not politically motivated

A Hollywood studio this week released a trailer for a film dramatizing the hunt for Osama bin Laden, but the film's screenwriter said the trailer was not meant to boost the campaign of US President Barack Obama, who ordered the May 2011 commando raid in which bin Laden was killed.