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| Facing fewer checkpoints, Taliban make Afghan road trips more risky | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:45 AM | |
|  By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A series of kidnappings and murders on Afghanistan's highways has some officials and travellers questioning the NATO-backed strategy that reduced security check posts protecting roads in order to free up police and soldiers to go after the Taliban. Roads have long been dangerous in the war-torn country, as the Taliban insurgency and other Islamist militant groups expanded their reach. In late May the Taliban also named a new leader, although it is not clear if they have changed tactics to go after softer targets.
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| Trump says Florida massacre proves he's right on Islamist threat | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:42 AM | |
|  By James Oliphant and Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave an aggressive response to the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, quickly claiming the attack was the work of an Islamist militant while calling on President Barack Obama to resign and for Democrat Hillary Clinton to exit the presidential race. For Trump, it was an attempt to frame the attack in Orlando in a light favorable to his campaign for the Nov. 8 presidential election. Early on Sunday, when few facts were known about the shooting, he boasted on Twitter that it proved he had been right about his warnings over "radical Islamic terrorism." In a tweet just hours after the incident, he wrote: "Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance." Trump has made combatting the threat of groups such as Islamic State a central part of his candidacy.
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| Assault rifle used in Florida shooting drives U.S. gun control debate | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:40 AM | |
|  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Omar Mateen entered an Orlando, Florida, nightclub on Sunday to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, he wielded a weapon that has been used in massacres from California to Connecticut: a military-inspired semi-automatic rifle. The prevalence of these firearms has made them a focal point in the debate over U.S. gun laws as opponents say civilians should not own what they describe as "weapons of war." Backers say they are simply modern rifles enjoyed by millions of law-abiding Americans.
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| Heavily armed man arrested on way to L.A. gay pride parade | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:37 AM | |
|  By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A heavily armed man who said he was heading to a Los Angeles-area pride parade was arrested early on Sunday in nearby Santa Monica, but there was no apparent link with the deadly mass shooting in Florida, authorities said. Officers responding to a call from a member of the public found James Howell of Indiana sitting in a car with Indiana plates alongside three assault rifles and high capacity magazines, Santa Monica Police Department said. "The suspect did make an initial statement to the effect that he was going to go to the pride festival," the department's Lieutenant Saul Rodriguez told reporters.
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| Gunman in worst U.S. massacre described as 'quiet," with few friends | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:35 AM | |
|  By Zachary Fergensen FORT PIERCE, Fla. (Reuters) - The photo from Omar Mateen's high-school yearbook is hardly remarkable - a toothy, dimpled smile with a peach fuzz mustache below a mop of black hair. Much is unknown about what drove Mateen, 29, to walk into a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, with a handgun and AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and open fire, killing 50 people before police stormed the club and fatally shot him. In Fort Pierce on Florida's southeast coast, 120 miles (195 km) from the shooting, the imam at the mosque that Mateen attended for nearly 10 years described him as a soft-spoken, regular worshipper who rarely interacted with the congregation.
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| Gunman massacres 50 at Florida gay club in worst U.S. mass shooting | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:31 AM | |
|  By Letitia Stein and Jarrett Renshaw ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A man armed with an assault rifle and pledging loyalty to Islamic State militants killed 50 people during a gay pride celebration at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early on Sunday in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, a rampage President Barack Obama denounced as an act of terror and hate. Police killed the gunman, who was identified as Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born Florida resident and U.S. citizen who was the son of immigrants from Afghanistan and had twice been questioned by FBI agents in recent years, authorities said.
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| Exiled tycoon Mallya: India wrong to sequester some assets in graft case | | Monday, June 13, 2016 2:30 AM | |
|  Exiled tycoon Vijay Mallya said on Sunday that Indian authorities trying to recover about $1.4 billion from his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines had no legal grounds for sequestering certain assets in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) tweeted on Saturday that it had "attached" properties worth 14.11 billion Indian rupees ($210.78 million) in the case involving a loan from state-owned IDBI Bank to Kingfisher to buy properties abroad. The assets were purchased several years before Kingfisher was launched, Mallya said in a statement to the media on Sunday.
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| Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting an attack on all Americans | |  President Barack Obama on Sunday described the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as "an act of terror" and "an act of hate," saying the massacre of 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an attack on all Americans. "Today as Americans we grieve the brutal murder, a horrific massacre of dozens of innocent people," he said in a statement at the White House. "Although it is still early in the investigation, we know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of hate," Obama said.
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| 50 killed in Florida gay club shooting, worst in U.S. history | |  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A gunman armed with an assault rifle killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history which President Barack Obama described as an act of terror and hate. Police killed the shooter at the Pulse nightclub, who was identified as Omar S. Mateen, a 29-year-old Florida resident and U.S. citizen. A top U.S. congressman said Mateen may have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group.
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| Islamic State claims responsibility for Orlando nightclub shooting | |  Islamic State's Amaq news agency said on Sunday that the Islamist militant group was responsible for the shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. "The armed attack that targeted a gay night club in the city of Orlando in the American state of Florida which left over 100 people dead or injured was carried out by an Islamic State fighter," Amaq said.
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| Russia and England could be expelled from Euro 2016 if violence persists | |  By John Irish and Tara Oakes PARIS/MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - European soccer's governing body warned the English and Russian soccer associations on Sunday their teams could be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there was more of the fan violence that has injured several dozen people. UEFA's threat came after it began disciplinary proceedings against the Russian federation on Sunday following ugly scenes inside Marseille's Stade Velodrome stadium at the end of Saturday's match between England and Russia. Masked Russian fans charged at England supporters, punching and kicking them.
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| France backs UEFA warning to England, Russia, plans alcohol ban | | | France's interior minister said on Sunday he backed UEFA's threat to sanction England and Russia if their fans repeated the violence seen over the last few days in Marseille and urged hosting cities to consider a ban on alcohol around match days. "It is absolutely necessary that the national federations whose supporters create incidents of this nature be punished for what happened inside the stadium, and also outside," Bernard Cazeneuve told a news briefing. A spokesman for the ministry clarified that the minister was not specifically calling for the two countries to face sanctions, but that he was merely supporting UEFA's decision to warn Russia and England over their fans' future behaviour. |
| Texas politician slammed for tweet sent after Florida shooting | |  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The office of Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, a Republican and evangelical Christian, on Sunday deleted a tweet many saw as offensive and insensitive that was sent out shortly after the deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Florida. A man reaps what he sows," read the Bible verse Patrick sent out on his official Twitter account a few hours after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history that left at least 50 dead. The office, which regularly sends out a Bible verse on Sundays, has since deleted it and replaced with another passage, they said.
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| Trump says he was right about 'radical Islamic terrorism' | | By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the wake of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history, likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was "right on radical Islamic terrorism" and called for toughness and vigilance. Trump made the statement on Twitter after the attack in an Orlando, Florida nightclub which 50 killed people and wounded 53. "Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance," Trump tweeted.
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| U.S. officials: No evidence of direct ISIS link to Orlando shooting | |  By Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials said on Sunday they had seen no immediate evidence of any direct connection between the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and Islamic State or any other foreign extremist group. The two officials, who were familiar with the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity, also said they had yet to uncover any direct contacts between any extremist group and the suspect who opened fire in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The shooter was identified as Omar S. Mateen, a Florida resident who a senior FBI official said might have had leanings toward Islamic State militants.
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| Suspected Orlando shooter called 911, swore allegiance to Islamic State - NBC | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Omar S. Mateen, the Florida resident suspected of killing 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, called 911 before the shooting and swore allegiance to Islamic State, NBC News said on Twitter. In a posting on its web site, MSNBC said Mateen swore allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Reporting by Timothy Ahmann; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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| Senate Democrat seeks military-style weapons ban after shooting | |  A Democratic U.S. senator on Sunday called on Congress to ban military-style weapons and stop firearm sales to suspected extremists following the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. "It's time for Congress to finally act on gun violence and ban military-style weapons, put limits on clips and magazine sizes, ban those on the terrorist watchlist from purchasing firearms and require background checks on all gun sales," Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said in a statement.
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| Orlando club was sister's tribute to gay brother who died of AIDS | |  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The co-owner of Pulse, the Orlando gay nightclub that became the scene of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history on Sunday, founded the club to honor her brother who died of AIDS and to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Barbara Poma, whose brother died in 1991, opened Pulse in 2004 with business partner Ron Legler. The venue promoted gay rights and put on events supporting happenings in the gay community, ranging from Come Out with Pride to Gay Games, according to the club's website.
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| Lawmaker says local officials suspect Orlando shooter aligned with Islamic State | |  The top Democrat on a congressional intelligence committee said local law enforcement believed the suspect in Sunday's deadly Orlando shooting had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group. "The fact that this shooting took place during Ramadan and that ISIS leadership in Raqqa has been urging attacks during this time, that the target was an LGBT night club during Pride, and - if accurate - that according to local law enforcement the shooter declared his allegiance to ISIS, indicates an ISIS-inspired act of terrorism," Representative Adam Schiff said in a statement. Schiff is a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
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| U.S. President Obama to speak on Orlando shooting - White House | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a statement at 1:30 p.m. ET on a deadly shooting overnight in Orlando, Florida, the White House said. (Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Mary Milliken)
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| Islamic State-linked account posts photo purported to be Orlando nightclub shooter | |  A Twitter account associated with Islamic State on Sunday posted a photo purported to be Omar Mateen, identified by U.S. authorities as the shooter who killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. "The man who carried out the Florida nightclub attack which killed 50 people and injured dozens," the caption accompanying the photo read. There was no official Islamic State statement.
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