A jailed terrorist plotter claims he only accompanied an al-Qaeda operative on a reconnaissance mission to New York because he wanted a free holiday.

Al Jazeera speaks to the sister of Omar Khadr, the only Western national in Guantanamo who hasn't been returned home.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Several Republican presidential hopefuls say they would continue to hold terror suspects at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is accusing the Obama administration of committing "strategic blunders" that have hampered U.S. efforts to combat terrorism.

Kushky Yar, who was 39 years old at the time of capture, was one of ten men seized after an attack on US forces in Lejay, in Helmand province, on February 10, 2003, all of whom, it seems, were wearing olive drab jackets when they were seized. According to the US authorities, US Special Forces were “viciously attacked” by a 40-man pro-Taliban guerrilla unit led by Abdul Wahid, a local warlord, although the men who were sent to Guantánamo (out of at least 70 who were originally rounded up) seem to have been nothing more than poor farmers.

A US military court has convicted an American soldier of three counts of premeditated murder for leading a rogue "kill team" in Afghanistan.

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged a Moroccan man with conspiring to provide weapons and other help to al-Qaeda.

At least 38 people have been killed in US assassination drone attacks in southern Somalia near the border with Kenya, Press TV reported.

Addis Ababa - Ethiopian authorities charged 24 people with terrorism offences on Thursday, including an opposition politician and a journalist, a government spokesperson said.