Defense

Bengaluru police widened a terror-module probe in September 2012, arresting Dr Nayueem Siddique as the 14th suspect — the alleged Kaiga nuclear-plant plot

Mumbai Police released photos of alleged LeT terrorists who had entered the city — but reporters found the men in Lahore, running shops, tied to no plot.

Researchers began building riot-prediction models from social media and economic data in 2012 — and civil-liberties advocates immediately raised alarms.

Days after the US put a $10 million bounty on Hafiz Saeed, a Pakistani counter-terrorism official said the JuD chief had been helping de-radicalize militants.

In April 2012 Al-Qaeda's main internet forums went silent for over a week — an unprecedented blackout analysts blamed on a coordinated cyber attack.

In February 2012 Pakistan began demolishing the Abbottabad compound where Osama bin Laden was killed — erasing a building that had become an embarrassment

On December 10, 2011, tens of thousands of Russians filled Bolotnaya Square in Moscow to protest rigged parliamentary elections — the largest

NATO helicopters killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at Salala on November 26, 2011; Pakistan called it unprovoked, ordered the US out, and froze a critical alliance.

November 2011: the IAEA's toughest Iran report yet, Israeli air-defense drills, and mysterious base explosions — the month the shadow war nearly surfaced.

Obama's November 2011 announcement of up to 2,500 US Marines rotating through Darwin — the opening move of the 'pivot to Asia' — drew an angry response from

Julia Gillard's November 2011 push to end Labor's uranium ban on India — approved 206-185 at the December party conference — reshaped Australia's nuclear

In 2011, historian Thant Myint-U argued Burma would be the hinge of 21st-century Asia — the new crossroads of China and India. His case, revisited.

Two weeks before 9/11, a Saudi family abruptly abandoned its Sarasota home. Investigators later found 'many connections' between the family and the hijackers.

Forty minutes, one compound, a decade-long manhunt: how SEAL Team Six killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on the night of May 1-2, 2011.

On July 13, 2011, three coordinated blasts hit Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar, killing 26. Mumbai's spirit answered — again.

In July 2011, after the U.S. froze $800 million in aid, Pakistan's defense minister threatened to pull troops from the Afghan border.

Ilyas Kashmiri was reported killed in a 2009 drone strike, then gave an interview. A June 2011 strike in South Waziristan may have finally got him.

In May 2011 Pakistan asked China to take over Gwadar port — and hinted at a naval base. Beijing said no. Inside the new Great Game.

The 2011 Chicago trial of Tahawwur Rana put David Headley on the stand — airing evidence about the 26/11 attacks India couldn't get through its own courts.