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5:26pm, 3rd May, 2019

State Department OKs nearly $6 billion in weapons sales to Gulf allies

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $6 billion worth of weapons sales to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in three separate packages, the Pentagon said on Friday after notifying Congress of the certification.

Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges

12:32am, 19th April, 2019

Entertainment

Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges

Rapper Kodak Black was released from custody by the New York State Police on Thursday after being arrested on drug and gun charges while coming across the Canada-U.S. border near Niagara Falls, police said.

Pompeo hopes North Korea's Kim does 'right thing' on nuclear weapons in parliament speech

1:42pm, 5th April, 2019

Politics

Pompeo hopes North Korea's Kim does 'right thing' on nuclear weapons in parliament speech

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he hoped North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would use a meeting of the country's parliament next week to state publicly "it would be the right thing" for Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.

Germany releases 11 detained after weapons suspicions prove unfounded

9:28am, 30th March, 2019

World

Germany releases 11 detained after weapons suspicions prove unfounded

Eleven men who were detained overnight on suspicion of planning major attacks with stockpiled weapons were released on Saturday after no evidence of a cache of weapons or explosives was found, a prosecution spokesman said.

Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons

9:07pm, 29th March, 2019

World

Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons

On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, U.S. President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a piece of paper that included a blunt call for the transfer of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the United...

Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen's Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout

11:56am, 25th March, 2019

World

Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen's Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout

Yemen's warring parties exchanged heavy weapons fire overnight in Hodeidah, residents and military sources said, as the United Nations scrambled to salvage a ceasefire deal in the Yemeni port city that is a lifeline for millions at risk of starv...

NZ gun shop says Christchurch suspect bought weapons online, calls for gun law reforms

11:32pm, 17th March, 2019

World

NZ gun shop says Christchurch suspect bought weapons online, calls for gun law reforms

The owner of a New Zealand gun store said on Monday the man charged with murder in Christchurch's mass shooting had bought firearms and ammunition online from the store, but it did not sell him the high-powered weapon used in the mosque shooting...

North Korea has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons: Trump

10:45pm, 2nd March, 2019

World

North Korea has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons: Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint large scale spring military exercises.

New U.S. sanctions over chemical weapons would be 'illegal': Kremlin

12:57pm, 7th November, 2018

World

New U.S. sanctions over chemical weapons would be 'illegal': Kremlin

Russia would consider any new chemical weapons-related sanctions imposed by the United States to be illegal, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday.

U.S. weapons makers rattled over Saudi Arabia deals

2:33pm, 12th October, 2018

Politics

U.S. weapons makers rattled over Saudi Arabia deals

Major U.S. defense contractors have expressed concern to the Trump administration that lawmakers angered by the disappearance of a Saudi journalist in Turkey will block further arms deals with Saudi Arabia, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Frid...

Dutch government says it disrupted Russian attempt to hack chemical weapons watchdog

7:27am, 4th October, 2018

World

Dutch government says it disrupted Russian attempt to hack chemical weapons watchdog

Dutch authorities disrupted an attempt in April by Russian intelligence agents to hack the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld said on Thursday.

U.S. military drawing up options should Syria use chemical weapons

10:02pm, 7th September, 2018

World

U.S. military drawing up options should Syria use chemical weapons

America's top general on Saturday said he was involved in "routine dialogue" with President Donald Trump about military options should Syria ignore Washington's warnings against using chemical weapons in an expected assault on the enclave o...

U.S. has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib: envoy

7:13pm, 6th September, 2018

World

U.S. has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib: envoy

There is "lots of evidence" chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib region in northwest Syria, the new U.S. representative for Syria said on Thursday, warning any attack on the last big rebel enclave would be a "reckl...

France says it must use fewer U.S. parts in its weapons systems

10:57am, 6th September, 2018

World

France says it must use fewer U.S. parts in its weapons systems

France must cut its dependence on U.S. components in its weapons systems to minimize Washington's ability to block its arms exports, its defense minister said on Thursday.

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

4:12pm, 4th September, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

Laboratory tests by the chemical weapons watchdog confirmed British conclusions that two people in Amesbury, southwest England, were exposed to a Novichok-type nerve agent, it said on Tuesday.

Trump loosens limits on when U.S. can deploy cyber weapons: WSJ

9:46pm, 15th August, 2018

Politics

Trump loosens limits on when U.S. can deploy cyber weapons: WSJ

President Donald Trump took steps on Wednesday to loosen limits on when the U.S. government can deploy cyber weapons against adversaries, reversing Obama-era guidelines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning

7:27am, 7th August, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning

Inspectors of the world's chemical weapons watchdog will return to Britain on request of the government to take new samples of the nerve agent which killed one person and injured another in Amesbury, England, in June.

Pompeo says North Korea weapons work inconsistent with Kim pledge

4:24am, 3rd August, 2018

World

Pompeo says North Korea weapons work inconsistent with Kim pledge

Less than two months after a landmark U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew back to the city state on Friday and said North Korea's continued work on weapons programs was inconsistent with its leader&#039...

Chemical weapons agency says has collected samples from Amesbury for identification

10:31am, 18th July, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons agency says has collected samples from Amesbury for identification

The world's chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday it has collected samples to identify the substance believed to have caused the July 8 death of a British woman in Amesbury, England, and sickened her partner.

West, Russia face off over empowering chemical weapons body

8:10am, 26th June, 2018

World

West, Russia face off over empowering chemical weapons body

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Britain, which has condemned Russia over the nerve agent poisoning of an ex-spy, is pushing to give more teeth to the global chemical weapons watchdog so that it can identify those responsible for attacks with banned toxic subst...

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State Department OKs nearly $6 billion in weapons sales to Gulf allies

Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges

Pompeo hopes North Korea's Kim does 'right thing' on nuclear weapons in parliament speech

Germany releases 11 detained after weapons suspicions prove unfounded

Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons

Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen's Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout

NZ gun shop says Christchurch suspect bought weapons online, calls for gun law reforms

North Korea has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons: Trump

New U.S. sanctions over chemical weapons would be 'illegal': Kremlin

U.S. weapons makers rattled over Saudi Arabia deals

Dutch government says it disrupted Russian attempt to hack chemical weapons watchdog

U.S. military drawing up options should Syria use chemical weapons

U.S. has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib: envoy

France says it must use fewer U.S. parts in its weapons systems

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

Trump loosens limits on when U.S. can deploy cyber weapons: WSJ

Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning

Pompeo says North Korea weapons work inconsistent with Kim pledge

Chemical weapons agency says has collected samples from Amesbury for identification

West, Russia face off over empowering chemical weapons body

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