World Politics

A catch-up phone call, a courier who drove 90 minutes to use a cellphone — and a tall man pacing a walled courtyard. How the CIA zeroed in on Abbottabad.

May 6, 2011 · 1 min read

After the SEALs left Abbottabad, cameras got inside bin Laden's compound: bloodstained floors, scattered belongings, and the wreckage of the burned helicopter.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

After the Abbottabad raid, Salman Rushdie called for Pakistan to be declared a terrorist state — the sharpest version of a question Washington was dodging.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

After the Abbottabad raid, Pakistan faced pointed questions from Washington and humiliation at home — the competence-or-complicity trap the ISI couldn't escape.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout sat about a mile from Pakistan's elite military academy — a custom-built compound with 14-foot walls and no phone or internet.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Why was bin Laden called 'Geronimo'? The raid code word, what it actually meant, and the backlash from Native Americans who found it offensive.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Days after the Abbottabad raid, a pro-Taliban party held Pakistan's first public rally honoring bin Laden — small in size, heavy in symbolism.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

The trail to bin Laden began with a courier's pseudonym and ended at an oversized compound in Abbottabad. How U.S. intelligence connected the dots.

May 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad in May 2011. The raid, the announcement, and what his death did and didn't change.

May 1, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, Pakistan's PM Gilani reportedly urged Afghan President Karzai to pivot from Washington toward Beijing — a bold but unsuccessful diplomatic play.

April 29, 2011 · 1 min read

March 2011: Lelyveld's 'Great Soul' was banned in Gujarat before critics had read it, while reviews sold Gandhi as weirdo, incompetent, faddist.

March 27, 2011 · 2 min read

In February 2011, an anonymous online call urged Chinese 'Jasmine Revolution' protests in 13 cities. How Beijing's show of force snuffed it out.

February 20, 2011 · 1 min read

On February 14, 2011, thousands marched in Tehran chanting 'Mubarak, Ben Ali, now it's Seyyed Ali's turn.' Inside Iran's day of rage.

February 15, 2011 · 1 min read

On January 25, 2011, the Day of Rage brought tens of thousands of Egyptians into the streets. How Tunisia lit the fuse under Mubarak's 30-year rule.

January 26, 2011 · 1 min read

How Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Sidi Bouzid on December 17, 2010 sparked the Tunisian revolution -- and the Arab Spring.

January 26, 2011 · 1 min read

Anil Verma, a senior Indian diplomat in London, was recalled in January 2011 after police questioned him over alleged domestic violence. His wife sought asylum.

January 16, 2011 · 1 min read

In January 2011, reports that China issued stapled visas to Arunachal residents sparked debate: a policy shift, or just another obstacle? History answered.

January 14, 2011 · 1 min read

A Virginia court secretly ordered Twitter to surrender five WikiLeaks-linked accounts. WikiLeaks demanded Google and Facebook disclose their own subpoenas.

January 8, 2011 · 1 min read

Women in South Asia were 37% less likely than men to own a phone. In 2010, a Clinton- and Blair-backed push called mWomen set out to close that gap.

January 6, 2011 · 2 min read

A Michigan school district barred the Sikh kirpan in late 2010 after a fourth-grader carried one to class, sparking debate over faith and zero-tolerance.

January 6, 2011 · 1 min read