Who Was Osama bin Laden? Osama bin Laden was a terrorist intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world. He joined the Afghan resistance when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

Editor's Note: On July 31, 2019, an American official told CBS News that Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza bin Laden, believed to be in line to take over al Qaeda, was killed in a military operation. The U ...

Newly released documents written by Osama bin Laden include the late terrorist’s will, personal letters and warnings to countries including the United States. The documents show that he claimed to ...

Osama bin Laden‘s demise took many years. But when it came, it came fast. From the moment top secret stealth helicopters loaded with dozens of hard-bitten Navy ...

What was hiding on Osama Bin Laden’s computers? Investigators found a mix of personal files, organizational charts, and ...

Kuma Games CEO tells THR, "Bin Laden was a bad man, and people feel relieved that he is gone. To be able to recreate his death is just an added bonus." By John Gaudiosi Less than a week after ...

After 20 years, who won the War on Terror? In a 2004 speech sent to al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden said that “all that we have to do is send two mujahideen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of ...

One of the alleged masterminds of the 9/11 terror attacks may be spared the death penalty. A military judge is allowing plea bargains that would allow Khalid Sheikh ...

"I don’t understand why people take only one wife," Osama bin Laden would often say, in what was the nearest he ever came to a lighthearted quip. "If you take four wives, you live like a groom." But ...

As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks approaches, a new biography traces Osama bin Laden's path from a shy, religious teenager to the leader of a global jihadist group dedicated to ...

Osama bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan on Sunday, was a son of the Saudi elite whose radical, violent campaign to recreate a seventh-century Muslim empire redefined the threat of terrorism for ...

Posts in various languages, such as Korean, Persian, or Spanish, have also shared the images over years. "Thought I unfollowed them all," a 2019 Reddit post read: TinEye search results showed that the ...