George W Bush

9/11 memorial: George W. Bush highlights bravery of Americans in 'the face of death'

Bush, who was president during the attacks, commended the courage of the Flight 93 passengers and crew who are believed to have foiled an attack on the US Capitol by leading the plane to crash in rural Pennsylvania

On 20th anniversary of 9/11, images that captured the enormity of twin tower attacks

The terrorist attacks of 9/11, which killed nearly 3,000 people, were captured in countless pictures by news photographers, bystanders, first responders, security cameras, FBI agents and others. These images best tell the story of that terrible day

9/11 and After: Long wars and shadows even longer

Following the 2001 attacks on US soil, world affairs reordered abruptly; it fuelled a 20-year abroad and sparked anti-immigrant sentiment, primarily directed at Muslim countries

More security, less privacy: How 9/11 imbued air travel in perpetual fear

The worst terror attack on American soil led to increased and sometimes tension-filled security measures in airports across the world, aimed at preventing a repeat of that awful day

George W Bush calls NATO troops pullout from Afghanistan a mistake, says civilians left to be ‘slaughtered’ by Taliban

The former US president, who had sent troops to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, said Afghan women will suffer ‘unspeakable harm’

Donald Rumsfeld, US defence secretary under George W Bush and Gerald Ford, dies at 88

Rumsfeld had the distinction of being the only defence chief to serve two nonconsecutive terms: 1975 to 1977 under Ford, and 2001 to 2006 under Bush

Rush Limbaugh, US talk-radio's Conservative provocateur, dies of cancer at 70

Last month, Limbaugh tried to minimise Donald Trump’s influence on his supporters who had attacked the US Capitol, saying that Democrats are 'lying'

Joe Biden, for long a critic of deployments in Afghanistan, faces a looming 1 May deadline

Biden has kept in place Zalmay Khalilzad, the diplomat who had negotiated the peace agreement under Trump, in hopes of continuity in dealing with the Taliban and the Afghan government

As President-elect Joe Biden picks his top officials, a brief look at ghosts of Cabinets past

Confirmation hearings of Joe Biden's Cabinet picks are likely set to make for interesting viewing, what with the President-elect already facing pressure both from within and without

From Mickey Mouse casting ballots to Democratic 'mafia' stealing them, say-anything is Trump's legal strategy

Outgoing US president Donald Trump's overriding goal seems to be to simply throw out as many claims as possible, no matter how outlandish or baseless, in an effort to sow public doubt about Joe Biden’s victory