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US, Saudi in key arms sales talks ahead of Trump visitThe US is trying to push through a multi-billion dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to capital Riyadh, according to a report. The President is set to visit More… |
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Isis now using toxic chemical weaponsIslamic State forces (Isis) have used chemical weapons against Iraqi government forces at least three times between September and October, creating a serious threat to civilians and combatants in and around the embattled city of Mosul. More… |
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Lockheed Martin named weapons system provider for Australian submarinesAustralia has selected US defence company Lockheed Martin Corp as its preferred bidder to supply the combat system for its new $38 billion fleet of submarines, the country's defence industry minister said on Friday. Lockheed M More… |
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US sent weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria: ErdoganTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the US of supplying more weapons to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria this week, delivering two plane loads of arms to what Ankara says is a terrorist group. Erdogan's comments, in a s More… |
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Bahrain ratifies new law on weapons useBahrain’s King has ratified a law approving Bahrain’s joining the “Convention on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of certain conventional weapons deemed to be excessively injurious or to have an indiscriminate effect,& More… |
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Kuwait seeks $20bn budget for weaponsThe Kuwaiti government asked parliament to approve a supplementary budget of KD6.2 billion ($20.4 billion) to fund weapons purchases for the military over 10 years, Al-Rai newspaper reported. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Sabah, min More… |
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Germany guns, weapons arrest link likely to Paris attackA man arrested in Germany's southern state of Bavaria in early November after guns and explosives were found in his car may be linked to Friday's deadly assault in Paris, Bavaria's state premier said on Saturday. Islam More… |
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‘Military grade’ weapons seized in BahrainPolice have seized a large quantity of foreign ‘military grade’ weapons and explosives from a house in Nuwaidrat, Bahrain. The Interior Ministry last night announced that the unprecedented amount of internationally sourced explosiv More… |
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GCC forces seize weapons from Iran boatArab coalition forces, waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen, have confirmed the capture of an Iranian boat carrying arms near Oman’s Salalah coast. About 14 sailors on board the ship have also been arrested, More… |
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$8m worth weapons sold at AdihexA total of 2,154 weapons worth Dh30,675,659 ($8,352,232) were sold during the recently concluded 2015 Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex). This was revealed by Colonel Hamid Said Al Afrit, head of th More… |
