Arms industry

Germany's government is in a deadlock over extending a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia that is set to expire this week.

The US-based team of scientists — including a board of 15 Nobel Laureates — say they have kept their annually-updated metaphoric clock at two minutes from potential Armageddon because of two threats: nuclear weapons and climate change

But campaigners are outraged that Britain is selling arms to Saudi Arabia while it is waging a brutal war in Yemen.

US companies supply more than half of the world's weapons.

It has been a good day in the office in the desert kingdom for Donald Trump.

The US state of Texas has passed a law allowing people to carry concealed handguns onto campuses. It came into force on the 50th anniversary of a mass shooting at the University of Texas.

The state of Texas is to allow people to carry concealed handguns onto campuses, including classrooms.

German police said that they thwarted an attack by the 36-year-old, known only as Halil D, in April last year. He has been jailed for weapons offences.

US Democrats have staged a “sit-in” on the lower house of Congress (House of Representatives) to demand that the chamber remain in session until Republicans agree to a vote on gun control…

Dozens of peace campaigners have disrupted the first day of Eurosatory, a major global arms fair in Paris.