Guantanamo Bay

The deal would have allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life without parole.

Some 175 tents raised as part of an expansion to the base's migrant detention centre have been removed.

It is unclear why the migrants have been removed from the US military base.

The president orders the construction of a detention facility at the US Navy base, prompting an angry backlash from Cuba.

Legal disputes leave Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in limbo as the population dwindles at Guantanamo Bay

The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks will no longer plead guilty on Friday, after the US government objected.

The justice department argued it would cause irreparable harm if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants' pleas were accepted.

The move has left 15 detainees in the prison - the smallest number at any point in its history.