The chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals said that he is seeking to withdraw one of the eight charges against five men accused of planning and aiding the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Two suicide attackers, one driving a fuel tanker, blew themselves up near a US base in eastern Afghanistan today, killing at least 12 people.

A US Army Staff Sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time shooting spree remembers little about the incident, his lawyer has said.

Sweden’s security police today said they raided the administrative office of a mosque in Gothenburg.

RAFAEL NADAL believes tonight’s US Open final against Novak Djokovic will be a match played principally in the mind.

IRELAND marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks with a simple yet moving ceremony hosted by the US embassy in Dublin.

Samantha Stosur clinched her first grand slam title at the US Open today with a sensational 6-2 6-3 victory over favourite Serena Williams in a match that will be remembered for another moment of controversy involving the American.

Commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks got underway today as officials and families of the lost gathered in solidarity.

Swedish security police said four people have been arrested, suspected of preparing terror attack in Gothenburg.

Serena Williams is hoping to give the US Open a home champion as the tournament remembers the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York 10 years ago to the day.

New York and Washington are on high alert this weekend after officials received "credible" information that al-Qaida are planning to carry out further attacks to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11.

HANDCUFFED and marched through Washington’s Dulles International Airport in his Muslim clothing, the man with the long, dark beard could only imagine what people were thinking.

John Goodman has joined the cast of 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'.

BRITAIN has agreed to pay hefty settlements to a group of former Guantanamo Bay detainees who sued the government for alleged complicity in their torture — one of the first big pay-outs stemming from the US-led war on terrorism.

IN the past, the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks was marked by sombre reflection and a call to unity, devoid of politics. No more.

BP HAS bowed to US President Barack Obama’s demand for a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

US president Barack Obama is today set to nominate James Clapper, the Pentagon’s top intelligence official, to oversee the nation’s 16 spy agencies.

LOSING your duty free and dumping your bottle of water before boarding flights will come to an end, but not for another three years, the European Commission announced yesterday.

The September 11 terrorist attacks, cloning and the Iraq war top a list of online news searches in the last 15 years, a new study shows.

Two detainees released from Guantanamo Bay have arrived in Ireland to set up a new home, it was confirmed today.

The September 11 terrorist attacks would not have happened had US intelligence agencies been organised in 2001 the way they are now, the top US intelligence official has said.

A Boeing 747 used by the US president was escorted over lower Manhattan by an Air Force fighter yesterday, causing a brief panic among office workers near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

IN A final news conference, President George W Bush defended his record vigorously and, at times, sentimentally yesterday.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair will receive America’s highest civilian award – the Presidential Medal of Freedom – from George Bush next week.

BARACK OBAMA’S former pastor has complained that the media used him as a “weapon of mass destruction” in an attempt to derail Obama’s campaign for the US presidency.

Barack Obama’s former pastor complained that the media used him as a “weapon of mass destruction” in an attempt to derail Mr Obama’s campaign for the presidency.

America was bombarded with new television adverts from its presidential candidates today, both promising to end the economic meltdown.

A top US biodefence researcher committed suicide just before being charged over the anthrax mailings that traumatised America after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks.

The accused mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks said he welcomed martyrdom at US hands, as he and four codefendants asked to be tried for war crimes without the benefit of lawyers.

The US military expects a confrontational hearing when the accused mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal.

A stock market bloodbath saw the FTSE 100 Index nosedive by 5.5% today as fears of a US recession sparked a global sell-off.

Around £60bn (€80.7bn) was wiped off the value of leading firms today as the FTSE 100 Index plunged more than 4% amid fears of a US recession.

US President George Bush said today that he is having discussions with Saudi King Abdullah about the recent surge in oil prices.

Crisis-hit Northern Rock will be booted out of the FTSE 100 Index on Christmas Eve under the biggest overhaul of the index since the September 11 terrorist attacks, it was confirmed today.

Stricken bank Northern Rock is one of seven blue chip firms expected to be relegated from the FTSE 100 Index today, in its biggest shake-up since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Stricken bank Northern Rock was today named as one of seven blue chip firms set for relegation from the FTSE 100 Index in its biggest shake-up since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The FTSE 100 Index is heading for its biggest shake up since the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks as companies feel the force of the global credit crunch.

The FTSE 100 Index closed 1% lower today as jittery investors reacted to a lacklustre start to trading in New York.

A group of family members of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, outraged by city plans to move the commemoration ceremony, filed a request today asking to hold the annual event at the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.

REPUBLICAN US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is refusing to apologise for posing with a sign that said “No to Osama, Obama and Chelsea’s Moma”, lumping two Democratic rivals with the 9/11 mastermind.

A secret report by US intelligence experts says al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the September 11 terrorist attacks, it is reported.

A Moroccan accused of being linked to an al-Qaida cell and the September 11 terrorist attacks on America won a High Court bid for freedom in England today.

Pat Tillman’s brother accused the US military today of “intentional falsehoods” and “deliberate and careful misrepresentations” in portraying the American professional American football star’s death in Afghanistan as the result of heroic engagement with the enemy instead of friendly fire.

Followers of Osama bin Laden flooded Islamist websites today posting messages in celebration of his 50th birthday.