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[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] A number of witnesses have told US media outlets that the perpetrator of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre was a regular visitor at the venue. Omar Mateen killed 49 people at the site on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in US history before being shot dead by …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] WASHINGTON  – US State Department on Wednesday has urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to reduce tension at the Torkham border. During a press briefing in Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said that they are watching the tensions at Torkham border very closely and are in touch with officials …

[/tie_full_img] The U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet will send more ships to East Asia to operate outside its normal theater alongside the Japan-based Seventh Fleet, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time of heightened tensions with China. The Third Fleet’s Pacific Surface Action Group, which …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] The CIA has released dozens of previously classified documents that expose grim details about the US spy agency’s torture program after the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks, including a request that it would never be prosecuted for abusing suspects. The documents, released under a freedom of information request from …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] The father of the man who shot dead 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has told Sky News the attack could have been prevented if the club had better security. Seddique Mateen said he shares the grief of the victims’ families, and that religion had nothing to do …

[/tie_full_img]   [/tie_full_img] KABUL — Still traumatized and broken by the fallout of another major terrorist attack on the United States 15 years ago, Afghans said Monday they weren’t about to get worked up about the latest one. They have enough to worry about, they said, even though Sunday’s deadly …

The FBI investigated the Orlando shooter for 10 months beginning in 2013, putting him under surveillance, recording his calls and using confidential informants to gauge whether he had been radicalized after the suspect talked at work about his connections with al-Qaeda and dying as a martyr. As part of the …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] CIA chief’s exoneration of Saudi Arabia in 9/11 attacks has raised questions about the real motives behind it amid accusations that US authorities might be spin-doctoring Riyadh’s involvement. CIA director John Brennan’s declaration last week came just ahead of an imminent release of 28 classified pages of the …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump on Sunday sought to capitalize on the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, reiterating his controversial call for a temporary ban on Muslim migration to the United States and criticizing Hillary Clinton for what he claimed was her desire to “dramatically …