A US military chief ordered his subordinates to destroy any photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body or turn them over to the CIA, 11 days after the the al Qaida founder was killed in 2011, a newly-released email shows.

The Nato chief today pledged the alliance will hand over responsibility for securing Afghanistan to the country's domestic forces by the end of 2014 as scheduled.

At a time when many think the US government is inept, Special Forces are getting the job done around the world, writes Daniel Klaidman

TIME magazine has named the collective “protester” around the world as its person of the year, citing the change brought by street demonstrations from Arab countries to New York.

Public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after US commandos killed him would damage national security and lead to attacks on American property and personnel, the Obama administration has argued.