USA

521 mass shootings in 477 days: charting the US gun obsession

Many adults in the US choose to carry a gun, but exactly how many are 'packing' and what is the preferred firearm?

04/10/2017

USA

Vegas shooting renews gun control debate

Democrats call on Congress to act over gun control following Las Vegas shootings

03/10/2017

USA

How did Las Vegas shooter fire so rapidly?

Automatic weapons are banned for civilians in the US, but loopholes exist.

03/10/2017

USA

Las Vegas shooting: at least 58 dead, more than 500 hurt in deadliest US shooting

02/10/2017

USA

Social media reacts to Las Vegas shooting by demanding stricter gun laws

02/10/2017

Russia

Russia 'destroys chemical arsenal'

Russia says it is getting rid of its final remaining chemical weapons.

27/09/2017

United Kingdom

High Court rejects bid to halt British arms sales to Saudi Arabia

10/07/2017

Colombia

'Goodbye weapons, goodbye war, welcome peace' Colombia celebrates

27/06/2017

Qatar

USA agrees deal to sell F-15 jets to Qatar

15/06/2017

Colombia

FARC weapons deadline extended in Colombia

30/05/2017

Korea

Defiant North Korea says missile tests are self-defence

Defiant in the face of international condemnation, North Korea said on Tuesday that its recent missile tests are a legitimate act of self-defence by a “fully-fledged nuclear…

23/05/2017

USA

Hundreds arrested in "biggest ever" US gang crackdown

1,378 people have been arrested in the United States over the last six weeks as part of an operation to identify and prosecute gang members.

12/05/2017

Syria

US to arm Syrian Kurds in battle with ISIL to retake Raqqa

Despite objections from NATO ally Turkey, the Pentagon is to supply weapons to Kurdish YPG forces battling ISIL militants in Syria.

09/05/2017

World News

Arms sales at their highest level since the end of the Cold War

The global economy is doing quite nicely and growth is nearly uniform over all sectors, but one in particular is booming times: the global arms trade, which accounts for…

25/04/2017

World News

Scores arrested in Interpol-led firearms operation

149 people have been arrested as part of a new Interpol-led operation targeting the illicit trafficking of weapons from countries in eastern Europe and the Balkans.

20/04/2017

Syria

Sarin gas thought to be likely agent used in Syria attack

Sarin gas is now thought by many to have been used in the attack in Syria.

06/04/2017

Syria

Amid calls for inquiry, Syria again denies chemical attack

Images from the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on Thursday showed men collecting evidence from the site of the chemical attack that killed at least 70 people including…

06/04/2017

Syria

Chemical killer slays 22 members of the same Syrian family

Chemical killer claims 22 members of the same Syrian family

06/04/2017

Syria

Chemical Weapons Convention disregarded with impunity

Chemical Weapons Convention routinely ignored in Syria

05/04/2017

Spain

Spanish weapons in the international market

Homsec is an exhibition of the Defence and Security sectors attended by more than 15,000 visitors from 40 countries and 195 exhibitors in the city of Madrid during the month of…

04/04/2017