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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:â€‰report

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

12 Sept 2019 8:11 AM IST

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...

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

11 Sept 2019 1:49 PM IST

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...

11 Sept 2019 8:31 AM IST

The 9/11 attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives in the United States and led to the launch of deadly, long-running wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- countries that remain plagued by violence and instability to this day. (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...

11 Sept 2019 8:25 AM IST

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 Sept 2021 10:42 AM IST

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...

11 Sept 2021 10:47 AM IST

Ayman al-Zawahiri. (AP)

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

3 Aug 2022 6:56 AM IST

Hamza, 29, has assumed a senior position within Al-Qaida and was aiming to avenge the death of his father, who was shot dead during a covert US military raid in Pakistans Abbottabad seven years ago. (Photo: AP)

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza marries 9/11 hijacker's daughter: report

Hamza is the son of one of Osama's three surviving wives, Khairiah Sabar, who was living with her husband in Abbottabad,...

6 Aug 2018 4:28 PM IST

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. (Photo: AFP)

In a first, Osama Bin Laden's mother says son 'brainwashed in his 20s'

Alia Ghanem recalls that when she learned about her son's business, she was 'extremely upset'.

4 Aug 2018 4:39 PM IST

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...

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

11 Sept 2018 9:14 PM IST

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...

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

11 Sept 2018 3:06 PM IST

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 Sept 2018 1:55 PM IST