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Mina Justice woke up to text messages from her son telling her he was being held hostage in the club’s bathroom

Rajab was detained in 2014 for tweets deemed insulting to the authorities before his release on health grounds

Western nations have been reluctant to sign extradition treaties with China, citing mistreatment of criminal suspects

The village had been put on lockdown after Wednesday night's attack that killed four Israelis and wounded five others

Video of the 53-year-old desperately begging officials not to confiscate her food went viral

Seddique Mateen hosted political show on Afghan-Pakistan issues

Omar Mateen's transformation to America's worst mass shooter raises questions about whether red flags were missed

'Our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen -- and it is only going to get worse' Trump said in a...

What compelled Omar Mateen to kill people dancing and mingling at Orlando's nightclub is still being investigated

The decision comes two years after Malaysia faced twin aviation disasters

Last month doctors announced he had been successfully treated for hydrocephalus as well as a lung and knee infection

The attack at a packed nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is the worst mass shooting in US history

Fifty people died when a heavily-armed gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida city

'It is clear there was a small minority of England fans who were in Marseille to cause trouble' Asst Chief Constable

'He would pray and his son would play' says Syed Shafeeq Rahman, who has known Mateen since 2003

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