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17 Jan 2017

Orlando nightclub gunman's wife faces charges tied to attack

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman has been charged with helping her husband in the months leading up to the June massacre that left 49 people dead, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

21 Jul 2016

Islamic State can be conduit for psychopaths` violent desires: Experts

Profiling terrorists is a major headache for security and intelligence forces, with motives as wide-ranging as the kind of people drawn to carry them out.

21 Jun 2016

During siege, Orlando gunman told police he was ''Islamic soldier''

The Florida nightclub killer called himself an "Islamic soldier" and threatened to strap hostages into explosive vests in calls with police during the three-hour siege, according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday.

20 Jun 2016

Orlando gunman claimed to have bomb-rigged car and vests

Mateen, a New York-born U.S. citizen and Florida resident of Afghan descent, who has been described by US officials as "self-radicalized" in his extremist sympathies.

19 Jun 2016

Son likens N Srinivasan to Orlando killer; reveals how former BCCI boss tortured gay couple

Srini’s son claimed that his mother Chitra and father worked in tandem with doctor to ensure heroin was administered to the gay couple.

18 Jun 2016

Orlando buries its dead in wake of gay club massacre

Orlando turned to burying its dead Friday, with funerals for at least five of the 49 people killed in a massacre at a gay nightclub -- the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

Orlando shooting

17 Jun 2016

Indian-origin Marine helps save lives during Orlando shooting

Imran Yousuf, a 24-year-old bouncer at the Pulse nightclub, heard the gunfire break out early Sunday morning.

16 Jun 2016

Barack Obama meets massacre survivors, victims' relatives in Orlando

President Barack Obama arrived in Orlando on Thursday to meet with survivors of the massacre at a gay nightclub and relatives of the 49 people killed, as the attack prompted the US Senate to move toward voting on gun control measures.

16 Jun 2016

Obama to visit Orlando as US mulls charges for shooter's wife

The FBI has interviewed Mateen's second wife, Noor Salman, who knew of his plans, and prosecutors were preparing to present evidence against her to a federal grand jury.

15 Jun 2016

Orlando shooting: Omar Mateen's wife knew of attack, could be charged

15 Jun 2016

Orlando nightclub shooter's wife knew of attack: Report

Omar Mateen's wife, Noor Salman, knew of her husband's plans to kill people at an Orlando gay nightclub, a report said on Tuesday.

14 Jun 2016

Orlando nightclub shooting: 49 lives cut short

Forty-nine people were killed in the US resort city of Orlando this week.

Orlando shooting

14 Jun 2016

Orlando shooting: Small-time Bollywood actress Kavita Radheshyam tweets anti-LGBT comments, trolled on social media

49 people were killed inside a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Orlando gay community

14 Jun 2016

US mission is to destroy ISIL; America stands with Orlando gay community: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to completely destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) saying that the US military will continue to fight against all those who want to wage a war between Islam and America.

14 Jun 2016

`I`m next. I`m dead` -- Orlando shooting survivor recounts horror

Omar Mateen had sprayed the popular nightclub in Orlando with bullets.

14 Jun 2016

Orlando shooter Mateen's ex-wife says he was homosexual, used gay dating apps

Mateen's ex-wife said that her husband Omar Mateen might have chosen to hide his true identity out of anger and shame.

14 Jun 2016

Candles, tears and song at Orlando vigil for massacre victims

It was the first major vigil in memory of the 49 people killed in America`s worst mass shooting.

Orlando shooting

13 Jun 2016

US President Barack Obama calls Orlando shooting ''home-grown extremism''

US President Barack Obama on Monday said it appeared that the gunman in the Orlando massacre had been inspired by extremist information he found on the internet, but that there was no clear evidence he was part of a wider terrorist plot directed by the Islamic State (IS).

Orlando shooting

13 Jun 2016

REVEALED: Omar Mateen's transformation from a ‘playful’ Afghan child to Orlando shooter

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was a body builder, a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and who at one point of time expressed interest in becoming a police officer.

13 Jun 2016

REVEALED: Suspected Orlando gunman used .223 caliber AR assault rifle, 9mm semi-automatic pistol

The AR-15 is the civilian version of the M-16 assault rifle and a reliable estimate suggests there are around 5 million of these weapons in the US, making it America’s most popular rifle

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