Monday, June 13, 2016

World News Briefs -- June 13, 2016



Daily Mail: Pictured: Grim scene as bodies are carried out four at a time through the night at bullet-riddled gay nightclub where 49 revelers were massacred by ISIS fanatic before SWAT team smashed down a wall and shot him dead

* U.S. citizen Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire inside Pulse night club in Orlando at around 2am on Sunday morning
* Shooting happened inside 'most prominent' gay club in city where around 300 people had been partying
* Mateen, from Port St Lucie, Florida, killed at least 49 people and injured 53 as crowd of 100 were taken hostage
* He was shot dead by authorities three hours after shooting began after he took hostages and continued rampage
* Mateen was a 'known quantity' to the FBI and was quizzed three times - in 2013 and 2014
* Photos inside and outside of Pulse night club show the devastation left behind as community come together in grief
* Sunday night, workers were removing bodies four at a time on stretchers out of the club and loaded them into white vans to be taken to the County Medical Examiner's office

A series of photos shows the devastating scene left after Omar Mateen opened fire inside an Orlando gay night club killing 49 innocent people and injuring dozens more.

Mateen, who became the worst mass shooter in American history, shot more than 100 people with an AR-15 assault rifle and handgun on the dance floor at Pulse night club early Sunday morning.

Investigators are examining evidence at Pulse nightclub in an attempt to uncover exactly what happened at the nightclub.

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MIDDLE EAST

Aid group: 4,000 more flee IS-held city of Fallujah in Iraq.

Iraqi forces to storm Fallujah's center within 2-3 days - Police Chief.

ISIL attack on army barracks near Fallujah kills dozens.

Iraq makes arrests over reports of Sunnis executed in Falluja.

'Road of death' to Aleppo pounded as air strikes cut off rebel areas.

Armed clashes in Iran kill 10 militants, policeman. Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim Kurdish rebels killed in operation.

Bomb explodes outside Lebanese Blom Bank in Beirut.

Qatar convicts Dutch woman held 'after being raped'. Dutch woman jailed in Qatar after reporting rape convicted of 'illicit sex'. Qatar to deport Dutch woman convicted of illicit sex.

ASIA

Abu Sayyaf group beheads another Canadian hostage. Abu Sayyaf 'kills Canadian Robert Hall' in Philippines.

Border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan resume after brief cease-fire.

U.S. plans billions in Afghan funding until 2020, seeks allies' help.

Bangladesh detains more than 8,500 after extremist violence. Bangladesh arrests over 5,000 in two days after wave of targeted killing.

Filipino nationalists say flag-planting on disputed shoal halted by China.

Man hurls explosive device at Shanghai airport, then attempts suicide.

Facing fewer checkpoints, Taliban make Afghan road trips more risky.

Cambodia PM shrugs off EU aid threat, opposition supporters jailed.

AFRICA

Uganda arrests dozens of military leaders accused of plotting coup.

Former rebels say South Sudan Army attacked as they set up base.

Eritrea accuses Ethiopian forces of launching border attack.

Russia will not endorse a possible NATO operation in Libya, Deputy Foreign Minister.

DRC opposition unites against President Kabila.

Egypt says time running out to find EgyptAir black boxes.

Growing labour unrest in Egypt.

Oscar Pistorius back in court to be sentenced for murder of Reeva Steenkamp.

EUROPE

Nervous Baltics on war footing as NATO tries to deter Russia.

Donald Tusk: Brexit could destroy Western political civilisation.

Italy's coastguard says 1,230 migrants rescued on Sunday.

Ukraine holds its first large-scale LGBT pride parade.

'No Drone War': Thousands converge in protest outside Ramstein.

Euro 2016: 150 Russians 'behind' violence. Russia and England could be expelled from Euro 2016 if violence persists.

'Feed people, not wars,' pope says in address to U.N. food agency.

AMERICAS

Orlando club shootings: Full fury of gun battle emerges.

Bodies removed after worst mass shooting in US history.

US authorities pursuing 100 leads in mass killing at nightclub. U.S. authorities probe whether anyone helped gunman in nightclub rampage.

Trump asserts thousands of people in US 'sick with hate'.

WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails - Julian Assange.

Canadian court orders Iranian assets handed to attack victims. Tehran condemns Canada court ruling on Iranian assets.

High Court rules against Puerto Rico in debt case.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Al Qaeda leader appears to pledge allegiance to Taliban in Afghanistan.

Suspected US drone kills 3 Al-Qaida suspects in Yemen.

Islamic State details activity in the Philippines.

German intelligence discovers files of Daesh militants.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Oil prices slip under pressure from economic worries.

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26bn.

Brexit fear factor sends stocks spinning.

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