search
Osama bin Laden
In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)
November 11, 2017, 4:57 am
Saudi arrest of Binladin family scion shatters royal entente
Although able to survive blow to its reputation after 9/11, family's position now under threat during purge of top princes, businessmen
By Aya Batrawy
In this image from video released by the CIA, Hamza bin Laden is seen as an adult at his wedding. The never-before-seen video of Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor was released Nov. 1, 2017, by the CIA in a trove of material recovered during the May 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader at his compound in Pakistan. . (CIA via AP)
November 2, 2017, 3:49 am
CIA releases 470,000 more files from bin Laden raid — including on ties to Iran
Documents in the trove range from a 228-page, handwritten personal journal of the al-Qaida leader to a YouTube video on 'How to Crochet a Flower'
By Agencies
Hamza bin Laden in undated footage delivering a speech entitled "We Are All Osama," which was posted to a militant website. (YouTube screenshot)
September 14, 2017, 11:31 pm
Bin Laden’s son calls for jihad in Syria
Hamza bin Laden, on US terrorist blacklist since January, believed preparing to take over leadership of Al-Qaeda
By AFP
Fighters from al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the al-Nusra Front, marching toward the northern village of al-Ais in Aleppo province, file photo (Al-Nusra Front via AP)
August 11, 2017, 8:59 am
UN: Islamic State is funding attacks, al-Qaeda is resilient
Security Council report says IS adapting to military pressure in Iraq, Syria by delegating responsibility to local commanders
By Edith M. Lederer
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
July 12, 2017, 11:47 pm
Sudan suspends sanctions talks with US after embargo extended
Trump extends a review period for 3 months, during which American government will decide whether to permanently lift decades-old sanctions
By AFP
A still from an al-Qaeda propaganda video calling for attacks against Jews and showing a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem. (screen capture: YouTube)
May 14, 2017, 7:42 am
Osama bin Laden’s son calls for attacks on Jews, Americans
Al-Qaeda propaganda video urges would-be lone-wolf attackers in West to 'look for Jewish targets everywhere'
By TOI staff
This undated photo shows al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP)
April 24, 2017, 11:22 am
Bin Laden’s California recruiter stripped of US citizenship
Egypt native and convicted jihadist Khaled Abu Al-Dahab to be denaturalized for lying to immigration officials
By Olga R. Rodriguez
Members of the Palestinian Hamas security forces take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City on January 22, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
March 26, 2017, 2:55 pm
After assassination, some elation but fears of an escalation
Behind the garish coverage of the killing of Hamas's Mazen Faqha lie the questions of who did it and how Hamas may respond
By Joshua Davidovich
Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind spiritual leader of Egypt's largest Islamic extremist fundamentalist group Gamaa Islamiya, faces photographers and reporters during a news conference in Jersey City on April 6, 1993. (AFP/Hai Do)
February 18, 2017, 11:21 pm
Blind sheikh linked to 1993 WTC bombing dies in US prison facility
Egyptian-born cleric Omar Abdel Rahman, seen as jihadist spiritual leader, passes away from natural causes at 78
By Maggy DONALDSON
On the left, a March 1, 2003 photo obtained by AP shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. On the right, a photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net purports to also show Khalid Sheik Mohammed in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The picture was allegedly taken in July 2009 by the International Committee of the Red Cross and released only to the detainee's family (photo credit: AP/www.muslm.net)
February 9, 2017, 9:24 am
9/11 mastermind says attacks prompted by US support for ‘occupier Jews’
In letter to Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed cites Gaza deaths, atomic bombs dropped on Japan among US policies to blame for September 11 attacks
By Olivia Hampton
An undated image of the late al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden and his son, Hamza. (YouTube screenshot)
January 5, 2017, 7:35 pm
US imposes terrorism-related sanctions against bin Laden son
State Department says Hamza bin Laden poses 'serious' risk to national security after urging attacks on American, French, and Israeli targets
By Vivian Salama
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria speaks during a weekly briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File).
December 1, 2016, 4:13 pm
Pakistan says Trump declared its PM ‘a terrific guy’ in call
After criticism of country during election, president-elect effusively praises leader, says he is 'looking forward to a lasting and strong personal relationship'
By Khurram SHAHZAD
This July 27, 2014, photo provided by US Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook, as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A US magistrate ordered Apple to help the Obama administration hack into an iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in San Bernardino, Calif. on Feb. 16, 2016. (US Customs and Border Protection via AP)
September 9, 2016, 10:35 pm
15 years after 9/11, US terror threat is now ‘homegrown’
A spate of attacks -- including those in San Bernardino and Orlando -- put violent American extremists as much in focus as threats from abroad
By Paul Handley
An undated image of the late al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden and his son, Hamza. (YouTube screenshot)
August 17, 2016, 8:06 pm
Bin Laden’s son urges overthrow of Saudi rulers
Offspring of al-Qaeda founder calls for fighters to join Yemen-based branch of terror group, free themselves from US control
By AFP
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (AP Photo)
July 10, 2016, 5:32 pm
Bin Laden’s son threatens revenge against US
Al-Qaeda scion warns Americans of 'punishment' coming for the 'sinful crime' of killing his father in 2011
By AP
Load More