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TopicOsama bin Laden

Topic: Osama bin Laden

Iran-Israel war could birth a tech-savvy bin Laden. It can cause big, disproportionate damage

The perception of the confrontation as a religious war could ignite emotions as no other factor can.

Osama Bin Laden’s son, Omar Bin Laden, deported from France, barred from returning

Omar Bin Laden's deportation comes after he posted comments on social media deemed to have glorified terrorism.

There’s a reason why Pakistanis are silent on Bilawal Bhutto comment on Modi

A Pakistani analyst described Bilawal’s speech as a master performance by a new foreign minister who is trying to impress significant players in the country.

Huge outcry, protests at Pakistan embassy after Bilawal’s ‘butcher of Gujarat’ remark at UNSC

The Pak foreign minister’s vituperative came in response to S. Jaishankar’s comments that Pakistan was ‘the epicentre of global terrorism’.

Jaishankar at UN says Pakistan can’t ‘sermonise’ on terrorism after hosting bin Laden

Jaishankar's remarks came after Pak Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto raised the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council open debate on reformed multilateralism on Wednesday.

‘Least affected by killing innocents’, new al-Qaeda emir al-Adel has shown great talent for terror

Egyptian-born jihadist Saif al-Adel, it was revealed earlier this year, had already been designated to succeed al-Zawahiri, who was killed Sunday by US forces.

Doctor of death — inside Ayman al-Zawahiri’s 50-yr career at heart of global jihadist factory

The killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US drone strike on his home in Kabul Sunday represents the end of the generation that built the road to 9/11.

Another ‘donation’ dilemma for Prince Charles & the ‘cesspool of crime’ in Trump’s own backyard

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Who is Ayman al-Zawahiri? al Qaeda chief, rumoured dead, who resurfaced on 9/11 anniversary

In a video released on anniversary of 9/11, Ayman al-Zawahiri cited incidents from January 2021, which is months after he was presumed to be dead.

Amin al-Haq, who helped Osama bin Laden escape US capture once, returns to Taliban

Videos that surfaced Tuesday show Amid al-Haq being greeted by cheering crowd in his home province of Nangarhar. 

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.