Themes in Herman Melville’s classic novel ‘Moby-Dick’ give us insight into today’s wars
New York continues to count the number of people who developed cancer or other illnesses related to the toxic cloud that hovered over Manhattan
With remnants of the towers and names of the victims on its walls, the September 11 Memorial Museum is a reminder of 9/11, writes Lisa-Anne Julien.
The last US prisoner of war held in Afghanistan has been handed over to the US Special Operations in a dramatic swap for five Taliban detainees.
Whistle-blowers have become the ultimate patriots in the age after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, writes Gary Younge.
Lower Manhattan has blossomed from tragedy into tourist magnet in the years since the September 11, 2001 attacks. But there also have been downsides.
Five men detained in connection with the September 11 attacks will appear at a military court, where lawyers aim to address claims they were tortured.
Sikhs in Wisconsin in the US have been routinely abused and taunted before the temple shooting. Chris McGreal reports.
The new skyscraper at Ground Zero has now reached a significant 6m above the Empire State building.
New documents show that Osama bin Laden was not the "puppet master" of jihadi groups around the world and complained of what he called "incompetence".
An "al-Qaeda sympathiser" has been arrested in New York for allegedly planning bomb attacks targeting soldiers, police cars and post offices.
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/ 14 September 2011
American-owned English club Liverpool has said it is investigating striker Nathan Eccleston for tweets he posted about the September 11 attacks.
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/ 13 September 2011
In the long run, the 15 September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers is likely to be seen as more significant than the fall of the Twin Towers.
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/ 12 September 2011
The day began exactly as it did on that fateful date 10 years ago: under a crystal-clear sky that heightened the colours of the city.
A jittery US has come together in grief during the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which killed almost 3 000 people and plunged it into war.
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/ 11 September 2011
Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11 2001, and the nearly 3 000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks.
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/ 11 September 2011
Ten years on from the day the 9/11 attacks changed so much for so many people, the world’s leaders and millions of citizens are pausing to reflect.
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/ 9 September 2011
America’s response to the 9/11 attacks was — and remains — wrong in almost every respect.
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/ 9 September 2011
For the past decade "9/11 Truthers" have claimed the tragedy was part of a bigger conspiracy. Does the evidence stack up?
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/ 9 September 2011
Alex Clarke, who chairs the September 11 UK Families Support Group, recalls the day her daughter Suria died.
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/ 9 September 2011
The terror attacks have led to an explosion of military contracting firms raking in billions.
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/ 9 September 2011
When the twin towers collapsed they created hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubble and debris.
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/ 8 September 2011
Elizabeth Turner talks about how she is raising her son, born two months after her husband was killed in the World Trade Centre.
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/ 7 September 2011
Margaret Chin has been trying to help the area and its residents around the vicinity of the World Trade Centre to recover from the devastation.
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/ 7 September 2011
Frank Lione had cancelled his NYPD shift on September 11 — but he ended up ferrying body parts from Ground Zero in the small hours.
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/ 7 September 2011
Dr Paula Madrid was 25, newly qualified with a doctorate in clinical psychology, when the events of 9/11 kick-started her career.
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/ 7 September 2011
After losing her brother, Edie Lutnick found that caring for others helped her to heal.
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/ 7 September 2011
Richard Clarke recalls his feelings on the day of Osama Bin Laden’s death and reveals his anger at the way the aftermath of 9/11 was handled.
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/ 7 September 2011
"I saw a mushroom cloud. I was thinking nukes": a civilian employee recalls the moment American Airlines Flight 77 smashed into the Pentagon.
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/ 7 September 2011
One of 3 000 boys and girls who lost a parent during 9/11, Eamon Stewart wanted nothing more than a normal childhood.
New York has absorbed many horrors through its history, but most traces of them have long since been allowed to vanish.
Several books insist twin tower attacks were all part of a United States government plot to justify going to war in Afghanistan and Iraq.