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Omar Mateen, 29, a Florida resident and US citizen had worked for global security firm G4S since 2007

US, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea have 15,395 nuclear warheads in 2016

The symbolic move came as the United States mourned the 50 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern US history

The Safety Check allows Facebook users to spread the word that they are safe in wake of a natural disaster or a crisis

'I don't want congrats for being right on radical ‘Islamic’ terrorism, I want toughness & vigilance'...

Police killed the gunman, who was identified as Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born Florida resident

Relatives describe a man who had anti-gay views, mental health problems and was physically abusive to his ex-wife

Arrest comes just hours after 50 people were massacred at a gay nightclub in Florida

Nihad Awad says attack violates our principles as Americans and as Muslims

Two officials injured in cross-border firing

Internal Pakistani assessment sees little desire for peace accord

“He was not a stable person. He beat me. He would just come home and start beating me up..."

Executive committee expresses disgust over violent clashes which occurred in Marseille this weekend

Johnson's shaggy, unruly hair has helped make him one of Britain's most recognisable and popular politicians

Baburam Bhattarai, PM from August 2011 to March 2013, played a key role in bringing the Maoists into the mainstream

The unidentified soldier fainted during the Queen’s Birthday Parade

Aircraft crashed "during a routine flight over international waters, causing the death of its pilot and co-pilot

Vehicles were impounded for being driven at speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour and without number plates

Investigators are looking into the possibility of a gas leak

Johnson's shaggy, unruly hair has helped make him one of Britain's most recognisable and popular politicians

'It would suck the energy out of our government and our country' Prime Minister David Cameron

The queen celebrates two birthdays as part of a royal tradition which dates back over 250 years

'Large differences remain over the issue of non-NPT countries joining the NSG' Hong Lei

Online video clips show dense smoke rising to ceiling of the terminal and paramilitary forces rushing into building

Use of drones is banned within airport boundaries, those found guilty of flying them face heavy fines

The two are extraordinarily different personalities who once socialized together but are now political enemies

Giving a whole new meaning to sugar rush...

Former senator Bob Graham has alleged that Saudi officials provided assistance to the 9/11 hijackers

He's also faced personal attacks from right-wing MPs in India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

It remains unclear how people would survive the long journey of a year or more, needing adequate provisions

The trouble erupted after massed ranks of fans had been drinking for hours

'The signal would be that the EU gets slowly but steadily in a downward trend'

Police estimated 3-4,000 people had formed a human chain close to the base, which serves as hq for the US Air Forces

Money will go to Glide, a San Francisco charity that provides food, health care and other services to the needy people

Leonardo Comelli, 27, an Italian alpinist lost his life while making ski descent from the 6,096-metres high Laila Peak

Parade featured almost 1,500 uniformed officers and their men as well as more than 300 horses

Detainees include 37 suspected militants and hundreds of potential criminals who previously had warrants out on them

Suspected rapist was also arrested but insisted that their night together had been consensual

Observatory group reports higher toll of at least 12 people killed and 30 wounded in the blasts

The strike broke out Friday at 6:00 pm (1600 GMT), after the Swedish pilots union SPF rejected the mediators' proposal

"Why Germany needs the British," the 23-page special dubbed "the Brexit issue" sets out to explain

Violence since October has killed at least 207 Palestinians, 32 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese

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Satellite imagery and drone photography used to reveal the monument buried under sand

As leader of al Qaeda organisation for jihad, I extend my pledge of allegiance once again, said 14 minute recording

'You don't know me, but you've been inside me, and that's why we're here today' victim tells her attacker

Cameras in a boat in NY harbor captured the innovative solar powered aircraft as it flew over the Verrazano Bridge

IS under growing pressure on various fronts in Syria and Iraq, where it established its self-declared 'caliphate'

Rye Hunt, 25, disappeared on May 21 from the Copacabana Beach area

We will not tolerate politicians or anyone else putting down Muslims and blaming Muslims for a few people, Rabbi says