In a startling reversal of a decision made just 48 hours earlier, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked plea deals reached with three accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, including the alleged mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Austin also removed the head of the U.S. military commissions — who on Wednesday had approved the settlement agreements — from the 9/11 case, which has been mired in legal quagmire for two decades and is widely considered unlikely ever to go to trial.

The Guardian’s obituary of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was recently assassinated in Tehran, labelled him a “politician” rather than a terrorist, despite him leading a proscribed terrorist organisation.

In the tribute, Haniyeh was described as “burly and genial in demeanour” and a “keen footballer and devout Muslim”. Having lived in Doha, Qatar since 2017, he was the leader of the 15-member political bureau that runs Hamas.

Vice President Kamala Harris was within feet of a “viable” pipe bomb that had been planted outside the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, a new report claims.

The pipe bomb was planted in a bush right outside the office, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog, that was obtained by ABC News.

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.

The 40-year-old man was arrested during a raid of his apartment in central Paris on Sunday where a document linked to an elite Russian special forces unit operating under the command of the FSB, an heir to the KGB, was reportedly found.

Early Saturday evening, a series of photos and videos depicting a shocking moment appeared across our digital screens– the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. 

U.S. Army personnel at Fort Liberty in North Carolina were given a training seminar in which certain prominent anti-abortion groups were labeled as “terrorist groups,” according to information leaked from within the base.

Images circulating on social media and confirmed by the Fort Liberty Garrison Public Affairs Office for the Washington Examiner showed a presentation to soldiers manning access control points at the base that characterized National Right to Life and Operation Rescue as terrorist groups.

Picture this: A former Republican president is attempting a comeback into politics. Despite leaving office four years ago, he’s busy trying to convince the American people that his successor has been a disappointment. During an event on the campaign trail, a shot rings out as a would-be assassin attempts to end his life.

Since Donald Trump was injured on Saturday in the chilling assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania rally, the nation has been advised – including by Joe Biden – to reduce the political rhetoric that can lead to violence.

“Turn down the temperature,” is the going phrase.

That’s a fine idea.