9/11 Attacks

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Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Kabul

The 71-year-old Egyptian surgeon, on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list, had a USD 25 million bounty on his head

03 Aug 2022 6:56 AM

General view of the field during a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals at PNC Park on September 11, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo: AFP)

Newly released FBI memo hints at Saudi involvment with 9/11 hijackers

The memo from April 4, 2016, showed links between Omar Bayoumi and two of the Al-Qaeda operatives

12 Sep 2021 10:42 AM

Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center as flames and debris explode from the second tower, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong)

US honors 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks

At New York's Ground Zero, relatives will read out the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed, in a four-hour-long service

11 Sep 2021 10:47 AM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said his country committed "one of the biggest blunders" by joining the US after the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: File)

Joining US war after 9/11 one of biggest blunders: Pak PM Imran Khan

After the US invasion following the 9/11 attack, Pakistan supported the American forces against the Taliban.

24 Sep 2019 9:02 AM

During his speech, he also explained why he cancelled his peace talks with the Taliban. (Photo: PTI)

Trump vows to hit Taliban 'harder' than ever as US marks 9/11

Trump also warned militants of grave consequences if they ever carry attacks on America again.

12 Sep 2019 12:52 PM

Mehsud took over the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in June 2018 following the death of Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

US slaps sanctions on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief, designates him global terrorist

Mehsud was designated as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' by the US Department of State on Tuesday.

12 Sep 2019 12:33 PM

Al-Zawahri, an Egyptian, became leader of al-Qaida following the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan by US Navy SEALs. (Photo: AP)

Al-Qaida chief in 9/11 speech calls for attacks on West: report

Al-Zawahri’s speech was recorded in a 33-minute, 28-second video produced by the group’s as-Sahab Media Foundation.

12 Sep 2019 8:11 AM

'Today terrorism has become an ideology, which is not bound by national boundaries,' PM Modi said in Mathura. (Photo: ANI)

'Unfortunate that words like om, cow concern people': PM Modi in Mathura

'We need to make efforts to rid our homes, offices, and workplaces of single-use plastic by 2nd October, 2019,' PM said.

11 Sep 2019 1:49 PM

A plume of smoke rose over central Kabul shortly after midnight and sirens could be heard. (Photo: AP)

Two minutes into 9/11 anniversary, blast at US Embassy in Kabul

There was no immediate comment from Afghan officials. The NATO mission, which is nearby, also said no personnel had been injured.

11 Sep 2019 8:31 AM

On the 18th anniversary of the attacks, New York continues to count the number of people who have developed cancer or other serious illnesses related to the toxic cloud that hovered over Manhattan for several weeks. (Photo: AFP)

Years later, ‘9/11 cancer’ sickens thousands who were in New York

The 9/11 attacks released unprecedented amounts of chemicals into the air, including dioxins, asbestos and other carcinogenic substances.

11 Sep 2019 8:25 AM

The station was quickly evacuated, service on two subway lines was suspended and trains on other lines serving Fulton Street bypassed the station. (Representational Image)

Empty rice cookers create bomb scare in New York

Police said the alarm was first sounded in Manhattan around 7:00 am when a passenger saw cooker abandoned at Fulton Street subway station.

17 Aug 2019 11:00 AM

Snowden, who once worked for the CIA in addition to the NSA, has been living in Russia since leaking thousands of classified documents to the press in 2013 which revealed the scope of US government surveillance after 9/11. (Photo: File)

'I wrote a book': US whistleblower Edward Snowden's memoir coming out next month

It is being published globally by Macmillan Publishers.

02 Aug 2019 12:30 PM

The Saudi government has long denied involvement in the attacks, in which hijacked airplanes crashed into New York's World Trade Centre, the Pentagon outside Washington, DC, and a Pennsylvania field. Nearly 3,000 people died. (Photo: File)

9/11 mastermind offers to help victims' family if US drops death penalty charges

Michael Kellogg, a Washington-based lawyer for the Saudi government, declined to comment.

30 Jul 2019 9:17 AM

The United States is pressing for a political agreement with the Taliban before presidential voting in Afghanistan in late September. (Photo: File)

'Afghanistan would be wiped off from the face of the Earth,' says Trump

'We've made a lot of progress over the last couple of weeks, and Pakistan has helped us with that progress,' said Trump.

23 Jul 2019 9:07 AM

Before being elected as the president of the United States Trump had said during his campaign that he will get Afridi freed within two minutes from Pakistan. (Photo: AFP)

During talks with Pak PM, Trump to seek release of doctor who helped track Osama

Imran Khan and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet at the White House on Monday.

20 Jul 2019 12:03 PM

The killing of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- a regular presence on the Washington think tank circuit who died after entering the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul -- has led to outrage at a level unseen in years against the kingdom. (Photo: File)

After killing, Saudi Arabia's formidable PR machine shows cracks

Lawmakers have proposed once-unthinkable actions such as suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the largest buyer of US weapons.

23 Oct 2018 12:48 PM

Sufyan was selected to speak to AFP by the Kurdish authorities, who detained him a year ago. (Photo; AFP)

'I am not jihadi John': German ISIS 'shoemaker' pleads to come home

Berlin is not known to have repatriated anyone, but Sufyan hopes he, his Syrian wife and their son can start afresh in Germany.

23 Oct 2018 11:29 AM

A member of the military walks the grounds of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial before the start of the September 11th Pentagon Memorial Observance at the Pentagon on the 17th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. (Photo: AP)

9/11 US attacks: 17 years after deadliest attack, wounds of victims still fresh

United States President Donald Trump will be in Pennsylvania for a memorial for the Flight 93 victims.

11 Sep 2018 9:14 PM

Visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial pause at the Wall of Names honouring 40 passengers and crew members of United Flight 93 killed when the hijacked jet crashed at the site during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo: AP)

Trump to mark 17 yrs since 9/11 attack with visit to Pennsylvania memorial

It is believed that the hijackers were hoping to use the plane to attack the Capitol, home to the US House of Representatives and Senate.

11 Sep 2018 3:06 PM

Several years have sometimes passed without the lab adding a name. But no one is giving up. (Photo: AFP)

17 years later, over 1100 victims of 9/11 attacks yet to be identified

So far, only 1,642 of the 2,753 people who died in the attacks in New York have been formally identified.

10 Sep 2018 1:55 PM

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