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U.S. President Barack Obama will make a speech to the Muslim world in the wake of the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

French police arrested seven persons, including one Indian national in Paris on Tuesday as security was tightened in the city on the sidelines of post-Osama bin Laden's death.

Pakistan confirmed on Tuesday that the government will give permission to the U.S. to question the captured widows of Osama Bin Laden. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik also said Bin Laden's three wives and some children will be repatriated to their home countries after the U.S. interrogates them.

A Pakistani official said on Tuesday the government may let very interested Chinese officials see the remains of a secret U.S. stealth helicopter which was abandoned and mostly destroyed during a U.S. Special Forces raid of Osama bin Laden's compound last week.

The European Union has imposed an arms ban on Syria, besides a freeze and visa ban on 13 top Syrian officials, including the brother of President Bashar al-Assad. Fifty-four Somalis trying to escape Libya are feared dead after an overcrowded boat with hundreds aboard capsized off the coast of Tripoli.

The former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf denies reports that he ever entered into agreement with the U.S. to allow American special forces to capture and assassinate Osama bin Laden within Pakistan’s borders.

Pakistan may now allow United States to question bin Laden’s wives and children, who have been in custody of the Pakistani forces, said a U.S. official on Monday.

The western nations have “no alternative” but to deal with Pakistani government in order to continue the battle against Islamic terrorism, warned the chief of NATO.

Anonymous current and former officials from the U.S. and Pakistan are bringing their stories to the public through the UK's Guardian, in which they say the government's leaders struck a deal nearly 10 years ago that gave the United States the right to unilaterally go into Pakistan and get the top three al-Qaeda leaders.

Amidst growing skepticism about Pakistan’s resolve to tackle terrorism and support US efforts in the war in Afghanistan, a top Pentagon official has declared that there are alternative routes that can be used to supply troops in Afghanistan.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani addressed his country's Parliament on the Osama bin Laden operation in Abbottabad.

The Islamic Republic of Iran finds itself grappling with new realities in a Middle East that has been turned upside-down by an unprecedented wave of revolt and rebellion

At least two of the helicopters used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound seems to have been a new stealth design, according to several reports emerging from the scene. The use of such helicopters may have been key to the success of the operation that resulted in bin Laden's death.

U.S. President Barack Obama, who had planned to make a state visit to Pakistan later this year in order to commend Islamabad for helping to tackle terrorism and to show that he did not favor India, now might have second thoughts.

The successful commando raid that led to the death of former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has raised speculation that the head of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, may be the next target.

Taliban gunmen have unleashed a series of brutal assaults on government targets in Kandahar, a city in southern Afghanistan.

The Taliban leadership in Afghanistan has said the killing of Osama bin laden will revitalize their fight against the U.S. and its allies in the country.

U.S. President Barack Obama showered fulsome praise on the U.S. Navy SEAL commandos who took part in the pre-dawn swoop in Pakistan on Monday that killed the country's most wanted terror ring leader Osama Bin Laden.

At least two of the helicopters used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound seems to have been a new stealth design, according to several reports emerging from the scene. The use of such helicopters may have been key to the success of the operation that resulted in bin Laden's death.

The U.S. government is highly vigilant about the possibility of al Qaeda agents seeking revenge for the murder of its former leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the White House said.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro derided U.S. action that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden calling it an abhorrent deed.