In her new book, Ayaan Hirsi Ali breaks with centuries of political orthodoxy and says Islam must adapt and divorce itself from acts of terrorism. TP O’Mahony reports

Condemned to die for his part in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is likely to await his fate for years, if not decades, locked up in grim prisons under extreme conditions while his lawyers appeal his sentence.

A US jury yesterday sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for helping to carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264 at the world-renowned race. It took 15 hours to reach a decision.

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case to save him from the death penalty, calling a famous death penalty opponent as their final witness to testify that Tsarnaev told her, “no one deserves to suffer like they did.”

As jurors looked at a photograph of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev giving the finger to a security camera in his jail cell, a federal prosecutor described it as a defiant act by an unrepentant man who didn’t care that he had killed four people, including an 8-year-old boy and a police officer.

The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial concluded its first day of deliberations yesterday without reaching a verdict on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is guilty of the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264 others.

Jurors in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have begun deliberations, a day after both prosecutors and his lawyers told them Tsarnaev must be held accountable for participating in the terror attack.

As he planted a backpack containing a bomb just feet from a group of children, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a cold-hearted decision aimed at spreading terror, a federal prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments at Tsarnaev’s death penalty trial.

USA: Officials said a 62-year-old man holding a fish he caught on a boat in a San Diego bay was pulled overboard by a sea lion.

Comedian Bill Maher has received a pretty strong backlash from One Direction fans after comparing Zayn Malik to one of the terrorists involved with the Boston marathon bombing.

Two decades have passed since Timothy McVeigh set off a truck bomb outside a federal office building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, but the memory remains vivid for Tonya McCabe, who sat on the jury that sentenced him to die.

Prosecutors have rested their case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with gruesome autopsy photos of the people who died in the 2013 terror attack.

A woman giving evidence from a wheelchair in the Boston Marathon bombing trial has recalled shielding her husband from the sight of his mangled leg.

Moments after being blasted into the air “like a rocket” in the Boston Marathon bombing, nurse Jessica Kensky saw that her husband’s leg had been blown off and leaped into action, struggling to put a tourniquet on him, she testified.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went on trial for his life in the Boston Marathon bombing with his own lawyer bluntly telling the jury he committed the crime. But she argued he had fallen under the influence of his older brother.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has gone on trial over the Boston Marathon bombing, with prosecutors saying he used a backpack to plant a bomb designed to “tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle”.

A Florida Islamic group has filed a formal notice with the FBI that it plans to sue it for $30m (€26m) in the death of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of a Boston Marathon bomb suspect.

From the moment US prosecutors stand up on Wednesday and begin their case against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, their minds and those of their defence counterparts will be focused on just one thing: The death penalty.

The trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can stay in Massachusetts, a US appeal court has ruled.

Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment against their client or suspend his trial, saying there are not enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool.

Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment against their client or suspend his trial, saying there are not enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool.

Potential jurors stared intently at Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev yesterday as jury selection in his federal death penalty trial began under tight security.

Potential jurors stared intently at Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as jury selection in his federal death penalty trial began under tight security.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court today for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013.

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted yesterday of lying during the investigation into the 2013 attack.

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking heroin and possessing an illegal handgun in connection with the April 2013 bombings.

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is believed to have provided the handgun used to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer during the manhunt.

A college friend was convicted of trying to protect Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by agreeing with another friend to get rid of items they took from his room three days after the attack.

A man who knew the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings has been charged with obstructing the investigation.

Nearly 36,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line with security tight along the 26.2-mile course in a show of resilience a year after the bombing that turned the race into a scene of carnage.

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked a judge to make prosecutors turn over family-related evidence as they try to build a case that his older brother was the “main instigator” of the deadly attack.

A judge has set a November trial date for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Federal prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev over the Boston Marathon bombing.

AS 2013 closes, here is my countdown of what were the stories that left the most impression on me during the year.

Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers may try to save him from the death penalty by arguing he fell under the murderous influence of his older brother, legal experts say.

Boston Marathon bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev took part in an earlier triple murder, according to a man subsequently shot dead while being questioned by authorities.

Two friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede authorities.

A US policeman said he released photographs of accused Boston marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, including one with a red dot of a sniper rifle’s laser sight on his forehead, to counter a “fluffed and buffed” image of him on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Rolling Stone was embroiled in controversy after announcing its latest magazine cover story will be accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Rolling Stone Magazine has sparked outrage after releasing next month's cover featuring the suspect of the Boston marathon bombings.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his arm in a cast and his face swollen, pleaded not guilty in his first appearance in public since his capture in mid-April.

His arm in a cast, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges yesterday in his first courtroom appearance since his capture at the end of a chaotic week in April.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 counts including use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill.