9/11 attacks

Federal authorities have issued a security bulletin ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, warning that foreign terrorist organizations continue to call for and encourage attacks. The bulletin serves as a reminder to law enforcement and the public to remain vigilant around the sensitive anniversary, though officials reportedly cite no specific or credible threat.

Investigators have identified a new victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks using a genetic genealogy technique never before applied to the World Trade Center remains. The breakthrough marks the first time this method has produced an identification from the long-running effort to name all victims, decades after the attacks.

Forensic investigators in New York have identified the remains of a second victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks using a groundbreaking new technique. The identification, announced by the New York City medical examiner's office, offers another family long-awaited answers nearly a quarter century after the attacks, as work continues to identify the remaining unidentified victims.

Victims and families of the September 11 attacks have filed a statement of interest seeking a portion of 127,271 bitcoins seized by US authorities from LuBian.com, a bitcoin mining pool. The filing argues the pool operated as an Iranian state instrumentality, meaning the funds could be used to satisfy judgments against Iran for its role in supporting the attacks.

The 2001 anthrax attacks, in which letters laced with the bacteria killed five people in the United States weeks after 9/11, are being remembered on the 25th anniversary. Commentators are revisiting the investigation, the unanswered questions around the case, and its lasting impact on American public health and biosecurity preparedness.

New York City investigators have identified a second September 11 victim using advanced genetic testing techniques, according to the New York Post. The identification adds to the long-running effort to name victims of the 2001 attacks, more than two decades on, as forensic DNA methods continue to improve and allow remains previously unidentifiable to be matched to victims.

New DNA technology has been used to identify a second victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to News12 Long Island. Forensic scientists continue working to identify remains recovered from the World Trade Center site, and advances in genetic testing have periodically allowed officials to confirm additional victims more than two decades after the attacks.

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the Pentagon's bid to reinstate a plea agreement with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks, and two co-defendants. The deals, negotiated in 2024, would have taken the death penalty off the table in exchange for guilty pleas, but Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin intervened to void them. The court's action leaves the case at Guantánamo Bay in limbo.

A DD News segment anchored by Sudhir Chaudhary tells the story of Smit Machchhar, described as an Indian pilot with FlyDubai, and claims he helped prevent a 9/11-style terror attack. The programme is drawing wide attention in India, with millions engaging with the account of the pilot's role.

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, victims' families say newly uncovered records could shed light on Saudi Arabia's alleged role in the plot. Relatives have long pursued evidence of Saudi support for the hijackers, and the documents are raising fresh hopes for answers and accountability in their decades-long quest for the truth.

The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has been given a trial date of 2028, more than two decades after the attacks. The long-delayed proceedings, held at Guantanamo Bay, have faced repeated setbacks over legal and procedural issues, and observers are questioning why a verdict remains so far away.

The US military is conducting airstrikes alongside an East African partner against a militant group reportedly earning around $100 million, with ties to the 9/11 attacks. The group is widely understood to be al-Shabaab in Somalia, an al-Qaeda affiliate long targeted by American air operations supporting Somali and regional forces. The cooperation underscores renewed US counterterrorism engagement in the Horn of Africa.

Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella argues that terrorism has changed substantially in the decades since the September 11 attacks, and that this evolution is making it harder for governments and security services to combat. Writing in the Toronto Sun, he reflects on how threats have shifted since 2001 and warns that current counterterrorism efforts are struggling to keep pace with new forms of extremist violence.

Presenter and journalist Mobeen Azhar has written that, 25 years after the 9/11 attacks, British Muslims are still living with the consequences. In a piece for Radio Times, he reflects on how the aftermath of the attacks continues to shape the lives and experiences of Muslim communities in the UK a quarter of a century on.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is marking 25 years since the September 11 attacks with an analysis of how terrorism and security threats have evolved since 2001. The piece argues that policymakers now face a different landscape, from cyber and emerging technology risks to new extremist networks, requiring updated strategies beyond the post-9/11 framework.

Interest has surged around the decade-long American manhunt for Osama bin Laden, tracing the arc from the September 11, 2001 attacks to his killing by US Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011. Audiences are revisiting how intelligence agencies tracked the al-Qaeda leader across borders, the role of the Abbottabad compound, and the lasting impact of the raid on US-Pakistan relations and counterterrorism policy.

Actress Jane Leeves has recalled how co-star David Hyde Pierce helped hold the Frasier cast and crew together after co-creator David Angell died in the September 11 attacks. Angell, who created the sitcom alongside Peter Casey and David Lee, was killed aboard American Airlines Flight 11. Leeves says Pierce rallied the team as they returned to work while mourning him.

The US Supreme Court declined to hear cases on vehicle seizures in Chicago, disputes over 9/11 plea agreements, and President Trump's removal of National Labor Relations Board members. By denying review, the justices left lower-court rulings in place without deciding the underlying questions. The labor board case drew particular attention because it touches on presidential power over independent agencies, while the 9/11 matter concerns legal proceedings against defendants charged in the attacks.

November 3 marks the anniversary of One World Trade Center's opening in New York, which took place 13 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks destroyed the original Twin Towers. The 1,776-foot skyscraper, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, stands as a symbol of resilience and rebuilding at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute over plea agreements for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay accused in the September 11 attacks. The decision leaves the death penalty as a possible outcome in the long-running military commissions case, deferring resolution of whether the agreements were validly rescinded.

A New York federal court has heard arguments in the long-running lawsuit brought by families of September 11 victims against Saudi Arabia. The plaintiffs allege Saudi support for the hijackers, claims the kingdom denies. The case, allowed to proceed under 2016 US legislation, remains one of the most closely watched terrorism-related civil suits, with families seeking accountability more than two decades after the attacks.

Writer Jack Cressall is developing a pilot titled 'Camp Justice', adapted from John Ryan's book 'America's Trial: Torture And The 9/11 Case'. The project dramatises the long-running legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay over the 9/11 attacks and the torture controversies surrounding them, bringing the case to television.

Discussion around Guantanamo centers on the 9/11 military commission, with legal commentary examining what the long-running case reveals from recent history. The proceedings at the US detention facility remain unresolved years after the attacks, prompting renewed debate over military justice, detention policy and the prospects for trials of the accused 9/11 plotters.

CNN tells the story of a man who abandoned his life in New York following the September 11 attacks and rebuilt it in Argentina. His decision to move abroad after the trauma reflects a wider pattern of people reassessing their lives after the attacks. The piece revisits personal consequences of 9/11 more than two decades later.

Jim Bakker, the televangelist and former PTL Club host who became one of the most recognisable figures of American broadcast Christianity before his 1989 fraud conviction, has died at the age of 86, according to a report from The Alabama Baptist. The same roundup notes continued reflections on the September 11 attacks and commentary on a 'paradigm for successful parenting'. Further details about the death have not yet been widely confirmed.

The US Supreme Court has declined to revive a controversial plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The decision keeps in limbo the long-running case against the Guantanamo Bay detainee, whose agreement to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty had drawn fierce criticism and legal challenges.