Saudi Arabia has partly blamed the construction giant Saudi Binladin Group for the collapse of a crane at Mecca that killed at least 111 people and injured over 390 ahead of the hajj.

Osama bin Laden had access to a shared Swiss bank account in the 1990s used to collect and redistribute family inheritance money, his half brother told a French judge, court officials confirmed today.

Osama bin Laden’s half brother believes the world’s most-wanted man is still alive despite the relentless bombing campaign against his likely hide-outs and his reported ill health.

A half brother of Osama bin Laden says his whole family condemned him for his acts and his convictions.