KENYA

According to various media reports a former Egyptian military officer turned al-Qaeda militant has been chosen to head Osama bin Laden's terror network temporarily until the slain leader's successor is officially named.

Unconfirmed reports say Egyptian militant Saif al-Adel has been chosen to lead the global terrorist group al Qaeda following the killing of Osama bin Laden in a raid on May 1 in Pakistan by US Navy SEALs.

Samuel Wanjiru, 24, Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, died after falling from the balcony of his home in the town of Nyahururu, Kenya.

Tens of thousands of people in San Francisco braved wind and rain on Sunday to take part in the centennial edition of the annual Bay To Breakers footrace, donning colorful costumes and even the new zero-tolerance alcohol policy could not subdue the party spirit.

On a perfect Sunday morning in San Francisco, thousands of runners flooded the streets for the 100th Zazzle Bay to Breakers, the City's largest annual street party. Celebrating its centennial running, the event is known most for its revelers, who often dress in costumes or don't dress at all, rather than the actual competition.

Osama bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama as part of a plan to disrupt the 2012 American presidential elections, according to some intelligence data found in the former al-Qaeda chief’s Pakistani compound.

Less than a month after the killing of Al-Qaeda Chief Osama Bin Laden, the jihadist movement in Somalia threatened the life of Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of US President Obama.

Newlywed royal couple William and Kate are currently spending intimate moments in the Seychelles, a string of 115 islands in the west of the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar and about 1000 miles off the east coast of Kenya, according to the British media. Of the 115 islands, only 30 of them are inhabited.

Al Shabaab, a Somali-based al-Qaeda organization has threatened to kill Obama’s 88-year-old Kenyan grandmother, Sarah Onyango Obama.

Al-Qaeda, which means the Base in arabic is an international terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It's biggest and most well known attack are the September 11, 2011 attacks in the United States which launched a warn in Afghanistan to destroy its bases and overthrow the Taliban, the ruling government which harbored Bin Laden.

Meet Ayman al-Zawahir, al-Qaeda's newest likely top commander.

Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was born in March 10 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was the 17th of 52 children Muhammad Awad bin Laden, a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family, had.

President Obama on late Sunday night announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks that triggered the U.S. global war on terror.

President Obama on late Sunday night announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks that triggered the U.S. global war on terror. Obama declared, Justice has been done.

Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said on Sunday.

The Obama Administration has fired back at comments made over the weekend by Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist preacher Billy Graham that the President might not have been born in the U.S.

A virtual forest sprouting on Times Square's renowned billboards, 1,000 free rain barrels for gritty city backyards and a parade of clean energy vehicles including hybrid garbage trucks are all helping New Yorkers go green for Earth Day on Friday.

There are some interesting elements from Donald Trump’s own ancestry. For one thing, “Trump” is not his real name.

Photos of the winning moments at the 2011 Boston Marathon.

Comedian Jon Stewart has mocked presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s ongoing “birther” remarks that allege current President Barack Obama may not have been born in the US.

A group of African Union (AU) leaders has arrived in Benghazi, Libya to propose terms of a peace plan to rebels groups battling against Moammar Gaddafi.