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Israel

Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack in Israel inspired by 9/11

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Thousands of flags honour 9/11 victims at Malibu university

Nearly 3,000 American flags fill Pepperdine University's Malibu campus as visitors gather to remember the victims of the September 11 attacks.

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Chalk artists honour Flight 93 victims with portraits on 9/11 anniversary

Chalk artists create portraits of the 40 Flight 93 passengers and crew at the Shanksville memorial ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

USA

25 years on, 9/11 continues to cast a long shadow over the US

Alongside the thousands of Americans killed on 9/11, dozens of Europeans lost their lives that day — and 25 years on, some of the people accused of being behind the attacks have still not faced justice.

Cinema

'The Survivor': Why did a Spanish woman lie about being a 9/11 victim?

Catalan Alicia Esteve spent six years posing as Tania Head, a 9/11 survivor and head of a victims' association. In a new documentary "The Survivor", Kike Maíllo investigates how the lie endured until she was exposed by The New York Times in 2007.

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USA

9/11: Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to face trial in 2028

The US used Guantanamo, an isolated naval base, to hold militants captured during the "War on Terror" that followed the September 11 attacks in a bid to keep the defendants from claiming rights under US law.

USA

Outrage in UK after Trump claims NATO troops avoided Afghan front line

According to official UK figures, 405 of the 457 British casualties who died in Afghanistan were killed in hostile military action.

USA

Trumps attend Pentagon memorial service 24 years on from 9/11 attacks

Events also took place at the other epicentres of the tragedy, including Ground Zero, where the Twin Towers once stood.

World News

US appeals court throws out plea deal for 'mastermind' of 9/11 attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a close confidant of Osama bin Laden and widely regarded as the architect of the 9/11 attacks, was captured on 1 March, 2003 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and transferred to the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Pakistan

PIA says flights to France ad not meant to be evocative of 9/11

A spokesperson for PIA said the ad, which has more than 21.2 million views on X, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe.

USA

US blocks plea deal for ‘9/11 mastermind’ Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

If Mohammed, the alleged plotter behind the 11 September terrorist attacks, had pleaded guilty on Friday, he could have avoided the death penalty.

Art

Philippe Petit performs 50 years on from his iconic Twin Towers walk

50 years after his iconic high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit sought to honour that historic feat with a new performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Culture news

'The Matrix': 25 years on and a new viral conspiracy emerges

25 years since the premiere of the first Matrix film, and new theories and conspiracies are being discussed. This is the one going viral at the moment...

Culture news

Culture Re-View: How 9/11 changed the arts

11 September 2001: The 9/11 attacks shock the world

Afghanistan

Afghans protest US president Biden giving €3.1bn to 9/11 victims

The country's economy is teetering on the brink of collapse after international money stopped coming into Afghanistan with the arrival in mid-August of the Taliban, while the citizens are experiencing a mass famine.

Lithuania

Lithuania opens doors of alleged former CIA secret prison

The complex is now being prepared to be put up for auction.

Lithuania

Detention centre in Lithuania opened after inmate won compensation

Lithuania has opened up a former riding club on the outskirts of its capital Vilnius to the media which was once used by the CIA as a detention facility.