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Topic: 9/11 attacks

US defence secretary revokes plea deal with 9/11 mastermind, accomplices. Death penalty back on table

The pre-trial deal would have seen Khalid Sheikh Mohammed & 2 accomplices plead guilty to all 9/11 attack charges in exchange for removal of death penalty as sentencing option.

23 yrs after attack, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty along with 2 accomplices

In a plea-deal announced by US Dept of Defence, Mohammed, Walid bin Attash & Mustafa al Hawsawi have agreed to plead guilty in exchange for removal of death penalty as possible punishment.

SubscriberWrites: US’ biggest security threat right now is internal and the crisis started with 9/11

US is facing growing anger, mistrust and division at home due to decades of conflict. It has lost its moral authority and standing on global stage.

Who is Ayman al-Zawahiri? al Qaeda chief, rumoured dead, who resurfaced on 9/11 anniversary

In a video released on anniversary of 9/11, Ayman al-Zawahiri cited incidents from January 2021, which is months after he was presumed to be dead.

9/11 attacks was assault on humanity, permanent solution can be found in human values: PM Modi

Modi's statements come on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and amid the developments in Afghanistan, where the Taliban have taken control of the country.

Terrorists behind 9/11 attack failed to shake belief in democracy, says Boris Johnson

In a message on Twitter Saturday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while the terror threat may not have gone away, people have refused "to live in permanent fear".

21,900 body parts in debris — the controversial story of the remains of World Trade Center

After 9/11, authorities designated a Staten Island landfill as the site where the tower debris was to be transported and sorted for human residues.

20 years on, 9/11 responders are still sick and dying

More than 91,000 workers and volunteers were exposed to a range of hazards during the rescue, recovery and clean-up operations.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — ‘principal architect’ of 9/11 attacks whose trial resumes today

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known as 'KSM', also confessed to beheading journalist Daniel Pearl. He has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for 15 years.

‘Will never forget the sound of bodies smashing on ground’ — 9/11 survivor, 19 years later

Edouard Pierre Goubert worked in the North Tower of the World Trade Center when it was hit by two hijacked planes on Tuesday, 11 September 2001.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.