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USA

Debate over brisk Christmas gun sales in US amid recent tragedies

Recent gun tragedies in the US raise the whole question of firearms ownership this Christmas.

25/12/2014

USA

Delta worker smuggled guns onto flights from Atlanta to New York

Two men have been charged with smuggling firearms onto commercial airliners between Atlanta and New York.

24/12/2014

Nigeria

Nigeria soldiers face death penalty for mutiny

A Nigerian court has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram Islamists. The men were found guilty of mutiny, refusing to help

18/12/2014

USA

Sandy Hook families sue gun manufacturer two years on from mass school shooting

On the second anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, families are suing the manufacturer of the gun used in the tragedy.

15/12/2014

Kosovo

Guns destroyed in Kosovo security operation

The authorities in Kosovo have destroyed more than 2,000 rifles and small firearms as part of an effort to improve security in the Balkan country

02/12/2014

Norway

Norway police carry guns amid heightened terror fears

26/11/2014

USA

Firearms expert shot dead by 9-year-old girl

27/08/2014

My Europe Series

Floods and corruption: why Bosnia is littered with landmines

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France

Fabius: Syria used chemical weapons again in 14 attacks since October

13/05/2014

My Europe Series

Troubled waters: the hidden legacy of chemical weapons dumping

21/02/2014

USA

US authorities recognise 3-D firearms pose a threat to public safety

14/11/2013

My Europe Series

EU fires first salvo for stricter gun control

13/11/2013

Syria

Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be destroyed by June 2014

09/10/2013

World

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons chief talks to euronews

23/09/2013

World

Syrian chemical disarmament needs 'ceasefire to implement'

12/09/2013

World

Iran backs plan to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control

10/09/2013

Ukraine

Ukraine police claim gun and grenade seized in FEMEN's offices

27/08/2013

Canada

Video emerges of first 3D printed rifle firing single shot

26/07/2013

My Europe Series

Syria on chemical hair trigger

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World

Newtown, USA mourns

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