A joint investigation into the attack on Helen Haines in Wangaratta was launched involving Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police, ASIO, and the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team

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Separatist militants in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province have killed at least eight Iranian security personnel in three weeks, including a police officer, a Basij fighter, and a senior IRGC commander.

In July 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin possessed legal authority to withdraw from the 2024 plea agreements.

In December, a military judge and the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review ruled that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin lacked authority to invalidate the approved plea agreements.

Defense attorneys from the ACLU and the victim advocacy group Peaceful Tomorrows petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the September 11 defendants' plea agreements.

Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked the 2024 plea agreements two days after approval following criticism from Republican lawmakers and some 9/11 victims' families.

In July 2024, a Pentagon official overseeing the Guantanamo war court approved plea agreements sparing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin Attash the death penalty.

The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the appeals ensures that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin Attash remain subject to potential execution at trial.

On October 19, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court declined without explanation to hear appeals from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin Attash seeking to revive their 2024 plea agreements.

Military proceedings for 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay have been delayed for 14 years by legal disputes over CIA interrogation tactics and evidence admissibility.

In August 2026, a U.S. Air Force judge scheduled the joint military trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin Attash for June 2028.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh recused himself from the petitions filed by September 11 attack defendants Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.

A total of 51 NATO and partner nations deployed troops to Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks after NATO activated Article 5 for the only time in its history.

Nationwide attacks launched on April 25, 2026 by al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM and Tuareg-led separatists killed Mali's defense minister and targeted multiple towns and Bamako's main airport.

Malian soldiers shot and killed five young girls during a mid-July 2026 counter-insurgency operation in the central Segou region after mistaking them for attackers.

Germany summoned Iran's ambassador in Berlin after a Hamburg court sentenced two men for spying for Iran and plotting attacks on Jewish and pro-Israel figures in Germany.

Military prosecutors sought a January 2027 trial date, but the presiding judge ruled that schedule provided insufficient time to resolve outstanding pretrial issues.

In August 2026, a military judge excluded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's confession to FBI agents from evidence, ruling it was not given voluntarily following CIA interrogation.

Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, condemned the Houthi missile strike on new recruits at al-Alam camp as a Houthi terrorist attack under pressure and promised a firm response

Houthi rebels have targeted Saudi Arabia's international airport and state oil company Saudi Aramco, disrupting thousands of flights and killing 19 people in Saudi Arabia

Turkish intelligence arrested Omar Al Khatib in October 2026 for allegedly coordinating between attackers and Syrian intelligence during the 2013 Reyhanli bombings that killed 52 people.