A Saudi terrorism suspect facing possible charges before a military tribunal at Guantanamo has been identified as a brother-in-law of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers.

A former suspect in failed British terror attacks that gained worldwide attention is free to return to Australia after a court on Friday dismissed the government's bid to cancel his visa.
Former Guantanamo terror prisoner David Hicks is a threat to Australia's national security and has to report regularly to police and stay indoors from midnight to dawn after he is released from prison next week, a magistrate ruled Friday.
Prosecutors said Thursday that they have filed terrorism charges against a Moroccan man accused of helping recruit foreign fighters for al-Qaida in Iraq.

A court convicted a Lebanese man Tuesday and sentenced him to 12 years in jail in a failed attempt to bomb German trains, judicial officials and the defense lawyer said. Three other defendants were acquitted.
The massive budget bill before Congress contains legislation that would make it easier for Vietnam War allies such as the Hmong to seek asylum in the U.S., by changing a law that bars people who take up arms from asylum or green cards.
A federal judge has dropped the last criminal charge against a former prosecutor who was acquitted of hiding evidence in a major terrorism trial.
The self-proclaimed military commander of the Southeast Asian terror network behind the Bali bombings faced a possible death penalty as his trial opened in the Indonesian capital Wednesday.
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider reinstating part of the conviction of would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam, a case the government says will greatly affect terrorism prosecutions.
The Bush administration on Thursday took steps to clamp down financially on seven people, most of them in Syria, suspected of having ties to the Iraqi insurgency or the former regime of Saddam Hussein.
Britain's government sought the power Thursday to jail terrorism suspects without charge for up to 42 days — a proposal that outraged civil rights activists

Indian authorities warned that six Islamic militants were driving around the capital looking for potential bombing targets Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the destruction of a famed mosque by Hindu extremists in northern India.

Three men were convicted Wednesday of aiding the al-Qaida in Germany — including one who prosecutors say was part of the terrorist network's command structure and had contact with top leaders.
Attorneys for convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla contend he was so badly mistreated by his own government during 3 1/2 years in military custody that he deserves far less than the life prison sentence sought by federal prosecutors.
William Chrisman had three wives and nine children to support and struggled with panic attacks, but the Muslim convert was determined to help the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
A convert to Islam pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging he plotted to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall in Rockford.
A former sailor accused of disclosing information about Navy ships to a terrorism supporter made coded reference to Osama bin Laden in a recorded phone call with friends, prosecutors said Wednesday.
A Danish court on Friday convicted a Palestinian immigrant, an Iraqi Kurd and a Danish convert to Islam of plotting a bomb attack in one of Denmark's most high-profile terror cases.
A federal judge expressed frustration Tuesday that the government provided incorrect information about evidence in the prosecution of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and raised the possibility of ordering a new trial in another high-profile terrorism case.
The Bush administration took action Thursday against a Sri Lankan charity with branches in the United States and in other countries for allegedly raising money to help bankroll terrorist activities.
A judge accused Australia's main spy agency Monday of falsely imprisoning a Pakistani-born Australian citizen who faced terrorism-related charges that were later dropped.
Nigerian security agents arrested several men who allegedly had materials for making explosives, and evidence has linked them to the al-Qaida terror network, a senior security official said Monday.
Watch-list screening is best known — and widely reviled — for putting Sen. Ted Kennedy, Rep. John Lewis, the wife of Sen. Ted Stevens, a few infants and thousands of innocent U.S. residents through extensive searching and questioning before they were allowed to fly.
A man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for plotting to help a supposed al-Qaida operative blow up U.S. oil pipelines and refineries.
