Al-Qaida

A lawyer acting for victims of US drone strikes in Pakistan is preparing fresh legal action against the CIA and tells Channel 4 News Osama bin Laden’s death strengthens the case against the attacks.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister has delivered a trenchant attack on the US for breaching its sovereignty during the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, and called accusations of Pakistani complicity “absurd”.

US President Barack Obama has said he suspects al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had support within Pakistan, but the nature of that support is not yet known.

A former member of Pakistan’s intelligence agency tells Channel 4 News that the US has been humiliating the Pakistani Government since the death of Osama bin Laden.

New videos of Osama bin Laden have been released by US officials. They show the al-Qaeda leader watching himself on television and preparing a video message to the US.

Russian security forces have killed al-Qaeda’s envoy to Chechnya four days after Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan. Channel 4 News understands he had visited Pakistan in the past few months.

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the killing of Osama bin Laden has left him with a “very uncomfortable feeling”. Bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot dead by US forces in a compound in Pakistan.

US President Barack Obama visits Ground Zero in New York, which has become the hub of American celebration over the death of Osama bin Laden. Sarah Smith reports from New York.

A series of WikiLeaks files shed new light on the relationship of distrust between the United States and Pakistan over the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.

As much of America celebrates the death of Osama bin Laden, questions surface over the use of torture in locating his whereabouts, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.

A previously unseen “stealth helicopter” was used in the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, aviation experts tell Channel 4 News.

Despite acknowledging the death of bin Laden as an “important milestone against terrorism”, Pakistan expresses “deep concerns” at the manner of the US operation that killed the al-Qaeda leader.

Photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body will not be published, says President Obama, as senior Taliban commanders tell Channel 4 News the al-Qaeda leader died of kidney disease months ago.

Security officials have told Channel 4 News that Osama bin Laden was captured alive and shot dead by US special forces. The claims were apparently made by bin Laden’s daughter.

Britain shares the “same struggle against terrorism” with Pakistan, David Cameron says, pledging his support for Pakistan’s President in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death.