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

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would spare them the risk of the death penalty.

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 ...

The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... days of the Trump administration. On Tuesday, the Biden administration petitioned the federal court seeking a stay of the plea agreement for Mohammed and two other ...

The U.S. issued charges on April 4, 2012, against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (file photo), along with four alleged plotters.

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?

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.

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 ...

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 ...