Boxer feels he and colleague were picked on as ‘two Asian boys’ a week after the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 The British professional boxer Amir Khan has said he felt his removal from an American Airlines flight in the US was racially motivated.Khan, …
America mourns as leaders and families mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Ceremonies in New York, Pennsylvania and at Pentagon mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks• Biden, Harris and Bush urge unity on 9/11 anniversary –follow liveSome wept. Some held photos of loved ones At 8.46am, precisely two decades after a p…
On 9/11 I learned there are no guarantees in life | Hadley Freeman
I was in the city for fashion week, and while many memories have faded, odd details remain – along with the shock and sorrowOver the past two decades, 9/11 has taken on all kinds of different meanings for people, from the end of American dominance to t…
The lesson we failed to learn from 9/11: peace is impossible if we don’t talk to our enemies | Jonathan Powell
We should have engaged with the Taliban 20 years ago, but we thought the winner takes all. It undermined our own armed forcesJonathan Powell was Tony Blair’s chief of staff from 1995 to 2007The fall of Kabul 20 years after 9/11 represents not just the …
‘Muslims were so demonized’: Mehdi Hasan, Zainab Johnson, Keith Ellison and more on 9/11’s aftermath
Muslim Americans in the arts, politics, healthcare, education and media reflect on the past 20 yearsTwenty years ago, 19 men flew commercial planes into New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon in Washington DC. A total of 2,977 people died and several …
Twenty years after 9/11: tell us your memories of the day
We would like to hear your experiences from the day and how you will be marking the anniversaryAs we approach the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, we would like to hear your experiences of where you were when it hap…
‘Blacklisting’ terrorist groups: the post-9/11 strategy that only serves to prolong wars | Sophie Haspeslagh
The blunt-edged, security-oriented approach allows little space to tackle the root causes of violence and find resolutionSophie Haspeslagh is an assistant professor in political science at the American University in CairoIn the wake of the 9/11 attacks…
Far-right terror poses bigger threat to US than Islamist extremism post-9/11
Since the 9/11 attack, far-right extremists killed more people in the US than did American-based Islamist fundamentalistsDonald Trump’s presidency was bookended with two of the ugliest outbursts of white nationalist violence in 21st century America – t…
Hearing for alleged 9/11 mastermind resumes after 18-month delay
Pre-trial process for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others defendants is in its ninth year with no clear end in sightNearly 20 years after the 9/11 attacks, the man accused of orchestrating the plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has appeared along four ot…
The children of 9/11: haunted by their fathers’ last hours, some dread the anniversary
Children who lost a parent that day share a burden of grief, prying questions and ubiquitous footage of the disaster that killed their parentsRobyn Higley has always hated September. It’s the month when everything bad happens, when her spirits, general…