September 11

Do not refer to 9/11 as 'terror attacks,' leaked Canadian broadcaster memo instructs reporters

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, CBC journalists were reportedly told to avoid describing the attacks as “terrorist attacks,” drawing criticism in Canada.

A sign is seen at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation building in Toronto, March 25, 2009.
 THE TWIN Towers burn

Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ordered to stand trial at Guantanamo in 2028

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives prior speaking about the fiscal year 2027 budget in New York City on May 12, 2026.

Families of 9/11 victims launch petition to bar Zohran Mamdani from 25th anniversary memorial

650 Fifth Avenue, a 36-story office tower near Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, is seen on April 20, 2014.

Israeli victims of Iranian terrorism among those to be compensated after sale of NYC skyscraper


Israeli families commemorate loved ones lost on 9/11

The annual ceremony is held at the 9/11 Living Memorial Monument in Jerusalem.

Second tower of the World Trade Center bursting into flames after being hit by an airplane in New York on September 11, 2001

Eighteen years on, US mourns 9/11 victims

President Donald Trump is expected to join the memorial at the Pentagon, while VP Mike Pence is scheduled to speak at a ceremony in Pennsylvania.

Officers cary an American flag into ceremonies commemorating the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the 911 Memorial in lower Manhattan in New York, U.S., September 11, 2019

New book records harrowing stories of witnesses, officials in 9/11 attacks

The vice president gave permission to shoot down an identified hijacked commercial aircraft. "Having seen what had happened in NY and the Pentagon, you really didn’t have any choice," he explained.

Vice President Cheney with Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes and Mary Matalin in the President's Emergency Operations Center on September 11, 2001

NY gov legislates moment of silence in public schools commemorating 9/11

The law aims "to encourage dialogue and education in the classroom, and to ensure future generations have an understanding of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks and their place in history."

A group of firefighters stand in the street near the destroyed World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.

Jerusalem to remember 9/11 Twin Towers attack

Jerusalem's skies will be lit up by two beacons of light - reaching up to 300 meters.

Tribute in Light memorial

Taliban justifies 9/11 attacks in recently released video - watch

"This heavy slap on their dark faces was the consequence of their interventionist policies and not our doing," reads a voice in the video.

Second tower of the World Trade Center bursting into flames after being hit by an airplane in New York on September 11, 2001

U.S. believes Osama bin Laden's son Hamza is dead

Hamza, believed to be about 30 years old, was at his father's side in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Department’s Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019.

When the lights go out in New York

I can’t help thinking ‘Isn’t that the exact advice given to people in the South Tower on September 11, 2001, when an airplane crashed into the North Tower?

BIRD’S-EYE panoramic view print of Manhattan in 1873, looking north, by George Schlegel.

30 years after Tiananmen, world embraces authoritarianism - analysis

The lesson of Tiananmen was thought to be the heroism of one man against a tank, but the real lesson was that the tanks ended up winning in Tiananmen and around the world.

FILE PHOTO - Military vehicles carrying DF-21D ballistic missiles roll to Tiananmen Square during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015

Middle Israel: The writing on Wall Street’s spires

Hardly seven years after religious fanatics punctured Manhattan’s fabled skyline, economic disease sprang from its financial bowels, challenging America’s economic vitality, sway and faith.

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