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September 11

Trump says Rudy Giuliani will receive top US civilian honour, calls him New York’s ‘greatest mayor’

FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor and former lawyer for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani walks outside United States District Court in Manhattan, where a judge will consider a request by two Georgia election workers to whom he owes $148 million for defamation to hold him in civil contempt for failing to turn over his assets, in New York City, U.S., January 3, 2025.  REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor and former lawyer for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani walks outside United States District Court in Manhattan, where a judge will consider a request by two Georgia election workers to whom he owes $148 million for defamation to hold him in civil contempt for failing to turn over his assets, in New York City, U.S., January 3, 2025.  REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo

Divided US appeals court rejects plea deal for accused Sept 11 attacks mastermind

Mohammed is accused of masterminding the plot to fly hijacked commercial passenger aircraft into the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon.
Mohammed is accused of masterminding the plot to fly hijacked commercial passenger aircraft into the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon.

How the plea deal for 9/11 plotters came undone

US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III over-ruled the overseer of the war court at Guantanamo Bay and revoked a plea agreement reached earlier last week with the accused mastermind of the Sept 11, 2001  attacks and two alleged accomplices.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III over-ruled the overseer of the war court at Guantanamo Bay and revoked a plea agreement reached earlier last week with the accused mastermind of the Sept 11, 2001  attacks and two alleged accomplices.

US Defence Secretary Austin revokes plea deal for Sept 11 suspects

Because of the stakes involved in the case against the Sept 11 plotters, the “responsibility for such a decision should rest with me,” US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an order cancelling the plea agreement released by the Pentagon late on Aug 2.
Because of the stakes involved in the case against the Sept 11 plotters, the “responsibility for such a decision should rest with me,” US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an order cancelling the plea agreement released by the Pentagon late on Aug 2.

Accused Sept 11 plotters agree to plead guilty at Guantanamo Bay

FILE Ñ Emergency personnel comb through the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York, Sept. 12, 2001. The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial at Guant‡namo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
FILE Ñ Emergency personnel comb through the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York, Sept. 12, 2001. The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial at Guant‡namo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

United Airlines ‘deeply disturbed’ by passenger given cockpit access

The case raises fresh concerns about operations at United Airlines.
The case raises fresh concerns about operations at United Airlines.

US President Biden asks Americans to honour Sept 11 dead by rejecting extremism

A person holds a flag, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A person holds a flag, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

US marks Sept 11 attacks with Pentagon, World Trade Center site events

A New York City Fire Department firefighter stands at the Firefighter memorial, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A New York City Fire Department firefighter stands at the Firefighter memorial, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

US judge rules 9/11 victims cannot seize Afghan central bank funds

More than 2,900 people died when four hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.
More than 2,900 people died when four hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.

New York 9/11 museum closes after telling tragedy's story, helping survivors heal

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.