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Mourners pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando shooting during a memorial service in San Diego, California on June 12, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Sandy Huffaker

Florida Nightclub Massacre … Biggest in U.S. History

by Mohammed Ali Saleh | Jun 13, 2016 | World

Washington-In the biggest massacre in the history of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Sunday that Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent, had carried out the attack at the gay nightclub in Florida, leaving at least 50 people...

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British Prime Minister David Cameron gives an address at a national service of thanksgiving for the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on June 10, 2016, which is also the Duke of Edinburgh’s 95th birthday. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / BEN STANSALL

Cameron Warns of ‘Lost Decade’ after EU Out Vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2016 | World

London-Ten days before a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership, British Prime Minister David Cameron warned that Britain faces a “lost decade” if it leaves the EU. Cameron stressed on Sunday that his country’s power in the EU will increase if...

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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / CHRIS KLEPONIS

For 1st Time in 72 Years, U.S. Elections Witness Battle of New Yorkers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2016 | World

New York-Perhaps the only guarantee in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s epic fight for the White House is that Americans will get their first New Yorker president since World War II. On January 20, 2017 either the adopted daughter who served twice as state...

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Syrians gather at the scene of a double bombing attack on June 11, 2016 outside the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, some ten kilometers south of the center of Damascus. AFP

Assad Hands ‘Kill List’ of Hundreds of ISIS Fighters to British MPs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2016 | Middle East

London-A “kill list” of hundreds of foreign-born ISIS militants, including more than 20 Britons, has been drawn up by the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar Assad, and handed to two Conservative MPs who were invited to visit the tyrant in Damascus in the spring, a...

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A wrecked vehicle is seen as policemen and civilians inspect the site of an explosion at Blom Bank in Beirut, Lebanon June 12, 2016. Jamal Saidi/Reuters

Lebanon Banking Sector Receives Warning Message

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Lebanon’s banking sector received an intense warning when an explosion hit a Lebanese bank on Sunday evening. It was clear that the operation did not aim to cause fatalities, but rather to hit the banking sector currently in a bad relation with the...