September 11

Facebook uses a plane emoji to remember 9/11; what's needed is common sense

When you login to Facebook, it asks you the standard question on the text field to update your status. What's on your mind. If you're someone who's remembering what happened on 11 September, 2001, and all those who have survived, or have suffered loss, how would you express it on Facebook?

Art reflects reality: 9/11 museum to mark 15th anniversary of tragedy with special exhibition

The display is the first in the museum's special exhibition gallery where various 9/11-related topics are planned in the future.

Donald Trump's latest: 9/11 wouldn't have taken place if I was president

Days after he lambasted George W Bush for the 9/11 tragedy, Donald Trump went on to state in an interview that the September 11, 2001 attacks would not have occurred under his presidency. Trump stated that he could have prevented the attacks because of his strict immigration policies.

Secret US court approved wider NSA spying even after finding excesses

A secret U.S. intelligence court let the National Security Agency collect an expanded amount of data...

Who is Aaron Alexis, the gunman in the Washington Navy Yard shooting

Everything you need to know about Aaron Alexis: He was drawn to Thai culture and Buddhism, had a less than honourable discharge from the Navy in 2011, had a past record of gun offences.

AT&T, others stumble over Sept. 11 tweets

AT&T and some other companies learned quickly on Wednesday, the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, that it's sometimes best to stay out of the conversation...

Twelfth anniversary of 9/11 marked by sombre ceremonies across US

More than a thousand people gathered Wednesday on a hot and hazy morning at the National September 11 Memorial plaza in Manhattan, for the annual reading of victims' names from both the 1993 and 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center

Syria rebel group could revive al Qaeda, says report

One of the most effective Syrian rebel groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad is the Nusra Front, effectively a branch of al Qaeda.