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'We need your permission to go into Pakistan and kick ass".

Syria has blamed most of the violence on 'terrorist groups' backed by Islamists and foreign agitators.

Manmohan Singh backs efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan through negotiations with Taliban-led rebels.

Extends $500 million in fresh aid, expresses support for peace plan.

The unilateral execution by American forces was against fairness and justice: Chief Mohammad Javad Larijani.

Commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden was "not an assassination", says US Attorney General Eric Holder.

Pentagon is considering allowing the families of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to visit them.

Rahul Gandhi had joined farmers protesting against the construction of a highway; he was freed overnight.

The two-day visit is Singh's first for six years.

More than 400,000 women and girls between the ages of 15 to 49 were raped in one year.

Hussain Haqqani says China has not shown any interest in looking at chopper wreckage.

"That was him. He's gone. He's history," James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, said on CNN.

Treasure trove of intel obtained in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden included a handwritten journal.

Badruddin Haqqani is the son of network founder Jalaluddin Haqqani.

Timing of the list release coincides with increasing pressure on Pakistan over claims it harboured Osama bin Laden.

President to make case that bin Laden's death underscores the view of al Qaeda being a spent force in Muslim world.

Zalmay Rassoul however cautioned that this was only a premature assessment.

Head of Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing vowed to fight on after the killing of OBL in a statement posted on the Internet.

Hamza bin Laden, youngest son of OBL may have escaped capture during the US raid against his father in Abbottabad.

Car Levin said he wanted to maintain good ties with Islamabad "but not at any price."

CIA says members can view post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden if they wish.

Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar warn against 'precipitous' pullout from Afghanistan.

Indian national, who had recently arrived from Algeria, was "the main target".

Afghan vice president says the peace and reconciliation programme is good opportunity for Taliban to embrace peace.

US says it will not "apologise" for launching the raid to kill Bin Laden on Pakistani soil.

Criticises the high court decree to divide the disputed site into three parts.

Aml Ahmed Abdul Al-Fatah Al-Sada, will be repatriated back to Yemen from Pakistan.

German-Syrian dual national sentenced imprisonment by a German court for belonging to Al-Qaeda.

Syrian security forces arrest people in two restive cities.

Iranian intelligence minister says Iran has reliable information that Bin Laden died of an illness before the raid.

Bahrains king orders state of emergency to be lifted from June 1.

US president says Bin Laden had ‘support network’ in the country.

Afghan Taliban say they have prohibited "beardless" men among their ranks.

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's first mother-in-law dies of a stroke.

Nankana Sahib becomes a hotbed of disagreement once again as the Sikh community discusses its future.

CIA Director Leon Panetta says the tracing of Bin Laden shows CIA's "perseverance, skill and sheer courage."

Analysts say India's leverage remains strictly limited as long as US depends on Pakistan for Afghanistan conflict.

Obama’s promised trip to Pakistan this year is now a looming headache for the White House.

Imams were enroute to attend conference on Islamophobia.

Militants with guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the governor's office.

Human rights bodies concerned that Bin Laden was unarmed during the operation.

US president will privately thank some of the special operators involved in the operation.

Intelligence seized from Bin Laden's compound showed his al Qaeda network pondered strikes on US trains.

Mumbai attacks gunman reacts to news of Bin Laden's death.

US senators voice concern over possibility that Pakistan protected Bin Laden but say they would wait for a probe.

US troops were led to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by his own deputy, Saudi newspaper reports.

Cuban leader warns Osama's killing would reap "hatred and vengeance" against the United States.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman stops short of directly criticising the raid by US special forces in Abbottabad.

General Eric Holder says the raid "was lawful and consistent with our values."

A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives near a police station south of Baghdad.