'Osama went out not with a bang but with a whimper' Washington: Slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who all his life boasted that he would go down fighting and would ask his bodyguards to shoot him if ever he came near Americans, offered no resistance when US commandos cornered him in his Abbottabad hideout a year ago, claims a new book. "For all his bluster that he would go down fighting and his bodyguards would shoot him if he were...  
02:45 PM, May 03, 2012

'Osama offered no resistance to US commandos' Washington: Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who all his life boasted that he would go down fighting and would ask his bodyguards to shoot him if ever he came near Americans, offered no resistance when US commandos cornered him in his Abbottabad hideout a year ago, claims a new book. "For all his bluster that he would go down fighting and his bodyguards would shoot him if he were...  
02:05 PM, May 03, 2012

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Watch top stories of the day with CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:47 PM, May 02, 2012

Is Pakistan still a safe haven for groups backed by al-Qaeda?

It's been a year to the day when US Navy Seals stormed a secret compound in Pakistan and killed the world's most wanted terrorist - Osama bin Laden. ...
10:32 PM, May 02, 2012

Pak destroying evidence of Osama's presence? New Delhi: Pakistan's refusal to act against anti-US militant groups mirrors its position on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, ranging from outright denial, to obfuscation and silence. Slowly but surely it appears that Pakistan is obliterating all evidence of Osama bin Laden's presence in that country. The Abbottabad compound where the al Qaeda chief and his family lived for many years has been demolished. The doctor who confirmed Osama's presence in...  
09:56 PM, May 02, 2012

The Last Word: A year after Osama's death, is the world a safer place?

It has been a year since former al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by the US troops in Pakistan. ...
08:56 PM, May 02, 2012

It has been a year since the US Navy SEALS stormed into a secret compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad in Pakistan and killed the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. What's your viewpoint on the issue, discuss here. 
04:03 PM, May 02, 2012

Ali Zafar plays cameo in 'Tere Bin Laden' sequel Mumbai: After earning applause for his performance in his Bollywood debut Tere Bin Laden back in 2010, surprisingly Ali Zafar's role in the sequel to the film has been drastically reduced to just a cameo. 'Tere Bin Laden' that won him several awards incidentally was banned in his home country Pakistan. Pradhuman Singh, who played the titular role, will be seen playing a meatier character in the sequel. The film's...  
12:00 PM, May 02, 2012

Osama bin Laden killing: The aftermath

The compound in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden hid from authorities is now just a patch of dirt and rubble which children use as a playground. ...
11:19 AM, May 02, 2012

Barack Obama's campaign ad praising Osama raid sparks row

A new Obama campaign advertisement shows former president Bill Clinton praising him for approving the risky May 2 raid and asking which path would Mitt Romney have taken. ...
11:08 AM, May 02, 2012

Osama's death: A year after, al Qaeda 'still active in Pak'

Al Qaeda is still very much active in Pakistan and in fact, has taken on a new shape in the country, said senior journalist and author of 'Frontline Pakistan', Zahid Hussain. ...
10:02 AM, May 02, 2012

'Global cult of Osama bin Laden still thriving'

Among some British Muslims, Osama bin Laden was a hero and his killing by the US forces, a bitter blow. ...
09:57 AM, May 02, 2012

Al Qaeda still a threat, planning more terror attacks

Documents that include detailed accounts of the planning for some of al Qaeda's biggest attacks and ideas for future operations were recovered in Germany recently. ...
08:19 AM, May 02, 2012

Al Qaeda defeat almost complete: Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama spoke to US troops in Kabul and also assured them that by the end of this year they would all be home. ...
08:06 AM, May 02, 2012

Kabul blasts: Taliban claims responsibility, 6 dead New Delhi: Shortly after a surprise visit by US President Barack Obama to Afghanistan early on Wednesday morning on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, serial bomb blasts and a suicide car bomb attack rocked Kabul killing six people including one Gurkha guard. The blasts occurred near the foreign military bases in Afghanistan. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed it in a...  
07:49 AM, May 02, 2012

Osama killing: 1 year hence, Pak has no answer New Delhi: It has been a year since the US Navy SEALS stormed into a secret compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad in Pakistan and killed the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. US President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of the al Qaeda chief's death with a surprise visit to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Kabul on Wednesday and delivering an election-year message to Americans that...  
07:32 AM, May 02, 2012

Abbottabad residents want statue of peace Lahore: Residents of Bilal town in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad where Osama Bin Laden was killed last year have asked the government to build a "statue of peace" or a beautiful monument at the site of his compound to remind the world that there is no place for such a terrorist mastermind. Ahead of the first anniversary of the death of the al Qaeda chief on May 2,...  
07:14 AM, May 02, 2012

5 arrested in US for plotting to blow up bridge
by IANS
Washington: Five suspects have been arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting to blow up a bridge in Ohio state, media reports said on Tuesday. The arrests were, however, not connected to the one-year anniversary of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's death. Instead, the suspects were described as anarchists, Xinhua reported citing local TV station WKYC. The FBI said the suspects had plotted to blow up the Cuyahoga Valley...  
03:51 AM, May 02, 2012

One year on from Osama raid, no answers from Pak Abbottabad: One year since US commandos flew into this Pakistani army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Islamabad has failed to answer tough questions over whether its security forces were protecting the world's most wanted terrorist. Partly as a result, fallout from the raid still poisons relations between Washington and Pakistan, where anti-American sentiment, support for Islamist extremism and anger at the violation of sovereignty in the operation can be...  
08:01 PM, May 01, 2012

'Osama worried about Qaeda future in final days' Washington: Some of the documents recovered from the Abbottabad hide out of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden will be released by the US later this week, a top Obama advisor has said. John Brennan, Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counter terrorism, told audience at a Washington-based think tank on Monday that some of the documents seized in 2011 by US Special forces which killed Osama bin...  
08:37 AM, May 01, 2012