Saudi Arabia has condemned the passsing of a new law in the United States that allows 9/11 families sue the kingdom for damages.

US president Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.

An Irishman, whose sister and niece were killed in the 9/11 attacks, has told of his fear that the terrorists responsible for the atrocity could one day walk free.

The US government released a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of September 11 2001 that questions whether Saudi nationals who were in contact with the hijackers after they arrived in the US knew what they were planning.

The US senate passed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, rejecting the fierce objections of a US ally and setting congress on a collision course with the Obama administration.

The US Senate has approved legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, despite a White House veto threat and fierce objections from Riyadh

The Obama administration is expected to release part of a secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the 2001 attacks.

He spared no thought for his safety during 9/11 and its harrowing aftermath, a recovery effort which cost him his eyesight, but taking part in the Blind US Open Golf Championship was a whole different story for former Irish cop Paul McCormack

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been accused of attempting to incite a hate campaign, after he claimed he saw people across the river in New Jersey cheering the September 11 attacks — a claim officials strongly deny.

On Twitter the hashtag #Neverforget9/11 is trending with thousands of people tweeting words of solidarity and kindness for the 3,000 people that died in the tragedy and the thousands others who were injured.

Backlit by a yellow hue, the picture had an air of infinity to it, as if the Dust Lady were one of the lava shapes in Pompeii, writes Terry Prone

She is a piebald border collie called Shelley, seven years old, and she wears a jingling harness mounted with bells and lights.