US: Charges against Osama bin Laden dropped

US Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Friday dropped terrorism charges against slain al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden who was killed by American commandos in Pakistan.

Osama’s Abbottabad compound highlights inefficiency of Pak military, intelligence’

The revelation that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was living less than a mile from Pakistan's national military academy has raised serious questions about the inefficiency of Pakistan's military and intelligence services and brought into sharp focus the weakness of the Pakistani state, a retired Pakistan Army official has said .

Pakistan said Monday that US forces had conducted the operation that killed Osama bin Laden “in accordance with declared US policy”.

Islamabad said bin Laden was killed in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad early Monday in an “intelligence-driven operation”.

US continues to hunt for Osama

The United States continues to hunt for Osama bin Laden, the most wanted terrorist of the world, a top Obama administration official has said.

Osama bin Laden's 'grandchildren' dead: Report

A surrogate mother carrying two grandchildren of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has lost the twins, after she was attacked on her way home from a cafe in Syria, a media report said.

Bin Laden takes 'credit' for Christmas Day attempt

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks.

In a recording carried by the Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel, Bin Laden addressed U.S. President Barak Obama saying the attack was a message like that of September 11 and more attacks against the U.S. would be forthcoming.

“The message delivered to you through the plane of the heroic warrior Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was a confirmation of the previous messages sent by the heroes of the September 11,” he said.

“America will never dream of security unless we will have it in reality in Palestine,” he added. “God willing, our raids on you will continue as long as your support to the Israelis will continue.”

On Christmas Day, Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attemped to blow up the Northwest Airlines flight he was sitting on as it approached Detroit Metro Airport. But the bomb he was hiding in his underwear failed to explode.

Abdulmutallab told federal agents shortly afterward that he had been trained and instructed in the plot by Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen.

There was no way to confirm the voice was actually that of Bin Laden, but it resembled previous recordings attributed to him.