If Mohammed, the alleged plotter behind the 11 September terrorist attacks, had pleaded guilty on Friday, he could have avoided the death penalty. View on euronews

A secret Guantanamo Bay prisoner swap has been stalled by Taliban officials wanting to curry favour with Donald Trump. Afghan government officials are discussing delaying the exchange until the president-elect takes office later this month, sources told The Telegraph.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden administration are attempting to block the deal to pursue capital punishment.

The outgoing Biden administration has urged a federal appeals panel to block Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's guilty plea

Despite criticisms of his presidency ... agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office ...

But Biden's team achieved a breakthrough in the case last summer: Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed agreed to plead guilty and serve life in prison in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. Two of Mohammed's alleged accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, also agreed to plea deals.

Joe Biden vowed to close the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but -- like several presidents before him -- did not succeed. What did he accomplish, and what's next under Trump?

While major ruptures are not expected, Gulf states are urging a tougher stance on Israel and a softening toward Iran, positions that differ greatly from the president-elect’s first term.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani spoke to reporters about the impact President Joe Biden and incoming-President Donald Trump's had on the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties. Sweeps by Border Patrol agents in ...

Dennis Ross, a special assistant to President Barack Obama, is counselor and distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

As he assumes the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump brings with him a broad expanse of business relationships and financial entanglements The meeting will be the latest correspondence ...