The US army psychiatrist convicted of the Fort Hood massacre that killed 13 people is due to begin the sentencing phase of his trial possibly facing the death penalty.

The soldier on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood was allowed to continue representing himself after the judge barred his standby attorneys from taking over, despite their claims the Army psychiatrist was trying to secure his own death sentence.

A military appeals court has postponed indefinitely the court-martial for a US army Major because of a dispute over his beard.

The US Army psychiatrist accused of the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage must enter pleas in the case before his trial begins next week, a judge said.

An American-born cleric killed in Yemen played a “significant operational role” in plotting and inspiring attacks on the US, officials said, as they disclosed detailed intelligence to justify the killing of a US citizen.

Unarmed soldiers caught up in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage as they were preparing to leave for Afghanistan went into combat mode, playing dead to avoid direct gunfire and refusing to leave their fallen comrades behind, a court heard.

A soldier shot five times said he locked eyes with Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Hasan after the US Army psychiatrist cried “Allahu Akbar” and fired into a crowd of troops preparing for deployment.

THE US was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a report compiled by the former heads of the 9/11 commission.

The US was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report.

A Pentagon inquiry into the case of the alleged Fort Hood shooter, blamed for killing 13 people, could lead to punishment of up to eight Army officers, a US official said.

The Muslim US major who went on the rampage at Fort Hood army base killing 13 people was a known problem who should have been spotted, a new report says.

The Fort Hood shootings suspect will be examined next month to determine his mental state that day and whether he is competent to stand trial.

A US Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two civilian police officers injured in the attack, military officials said.

A US Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two civilian police officers injured in the attack, military officials said.

A US Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in an attack on his Texas base will probably plead not guilty and may use an insanity defence at his military trial, his lawyer said.

The American Army Major, charged with shooting 13 people dead at an army base, is apparently paralyzed from the chest down.

A US Army major is expected to be charged with 13 counts of murder over a shooting rampage at a base in Texas.

US federal agencies are blaming each other over security lapses involving the Fort Hood massacre gunman Nidal Hasan.