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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declares ‘You’re fired!’ at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. | REUTERS

Trump, Clinton Use “Orlando Massacre” to Promote Their Counterterrorism Programs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2016 | World

Washington-The Orlando attack has deepened the gap between the two U.S. presidential candidates who instead of going towards national unity, had opted for criticizing each others’ counterterrorism programs. At the start of a speech he delivered Monday in Manchester in...

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Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (R) AFP

Kuwait’s Emir: Our Unity is the Fence to Maintain Security

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East

Kuwait – Kuwait’s Emir, His Highness Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah visited the renovated Imam Sadek mosque in al-Sawaber area on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place in June 2015. Sheikh Sabah was accompanied by the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif / Reuters

Lifting Sanctions on Iran after Nuclear Deal “Mere Words on Paper”: Zarif

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 15, 2016 | World

Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said that Washington’s decision to lift sanctions on his country was “only on paper”, calling on Barack Obama’s Administration to deploy more efforts in order to encourage banks to work with Iran. During a joint...

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Police forensic investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando. REUTERS/Jim Young

FBI Director: Orlando Shooting Probe Looks ‘Backward’ into Agency Files on Shooter

by Matt Zapotosky Adam Gopoton and Brian Murphy | Jun 15, 2016 | World

Orlando – Even as FBI investigators peered deeper Tuesday into the life of the Orlando nightclub gunman, the agency faced its own internal reckoning over whether warnings signs were missed during a 10-month probe of the shooter three years ago. The expected...

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Caption: Press conference for Head of The Kataeb Party MP Sami Gemayel. National News Agency/Dalati & Nohra

Resignation of Two Kataeb Party Ministers Threatens Lebanese Cabinet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s government faced a new shock yesterday when two ministers from the Kataeb Party (better known in English as the Phalange) announced their resignation in protest over corruption and government inefficiency. In a press conference held yesterday...