World news about “Weapons” published by euronews.
Russia plays down significance of Syria arms sales Russia is reported to have sent advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria, despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President al-Assad’s… 17/05/2013
Syria on chemical hair trigger “Has Syria overstepped the red line? Have chemical weapons been used against rebels? And does this require an armed intervention by the US?” asks Damien in… 10/05/2013
3D gun blueprints removed from the net, but is it too late?A blueprint for a plastic gun that can be made at home with a 3D printer has been removed from the internet after intervention by authorities in the USA. The… 10/05/2013
Syria ready for UN to investigate chemical arms Syria has agreed to receive a United Nations team to investigate claims of the use of chemical weapons in the country’s conflict. That is according to its… 10/05/2013
UN expresses doubt about chemical weapons use in Syria The United Nations is now saying it has no conclusive evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria. The statement marks an about-turn from statements made by… 07/05/2013
Tensions high at Israel-Syria border Israel is on high alert after carrying out air strikes on military targets in Syria at the weekend. The Israeli government has already sent more tanks to… 06/05/2013
World’s first fully 3D-printed gun fires, breaks new groundIn an unprecedented technical feat, the first fully 3D-printed gun has been successfully fired. The gun fired a .380 calibre bullet in Texas on May 4. Made… 06/05/2013
UN: ‘Strong suspicions’ that Syrian rebels have used sarin nerve gas UN human rights investigators say they have strong suspicions but not absolute proof that Syrian rebel forces have used the nerve gas sarin. It follows… 06/05/2013
US had no early warning over Israeli strikes in Syria America was not given any advance warning of Israeli air strikes in Syria, according to a US intelligence official. Israeli jets bombed Syria on Sunday for… 06/05/2013
Anger in Middle East over Israeli airstrike on Syria Israel’s second airstrike in Syria in days against what it calls Iranian missiles en route to Hezbollah in Lebanon has provoked sharp reactions in the… 05/05/2013
Israeli action heightens tension in the region Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a cabinet meeting on Saturday still without making any mention of the suspected air strikes on… 05/05/2013
Israeli official confirms second air strike at Syria A series of explosions rocked the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday night. A senior Israeli official has confirmed Israeli war planes… 05/05/2013
Syrian media accuses Israel of air strike on Damascus Massive explosions rocked the Syrian capital on Sunday morning as state television reported Israeli rockets struck a military research centre on the outskirts… 05/05/2013
America’s NRA condemns wave of criticism levelled at gun owners A rallying call has gone out to all gun owners in the United States to stand strong against an unprecedented amount of criticism. At the National Rifle… 04/05/2013
NRA celebrates as Obama fights on for gun reform Victory is in the air at this weekend’s annual meeting of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Houston – the first since the US Senate rejected a plan to… 04/05/2013
US Syria position spells ‘tens of thousands’ more deaths Washington is wrestling with a moral-political-military equation over Syria. The question is how, if at all, Americans might support getting… 03/05/2013
US reconsidering arming Syrian rebels President Barack Obama’s defence chief says America is reconsidering arming rebel fighters in Syria. Chuck Hagel said this is only one of several options… 03/05/2013
Columbine marks tragic anniversarySaturday April 20, 2013 marks the fourteenth anniversay of one of the most traumatising shootings in American history. On that day teenage students Eric… 20/04/2013
3300 Crosses in front of the CapitolWith the U.S. Capitol in the background, crosses symbolising grave markers were placed on the National Mall in Washington yesterday. The PICO National… 12/04/2013
Let the American gun debate begin The US Senate has voted to open talks on Obama’s bill to curb gun violence. It is one small step, but it is the furthest proposals on gun control have gone… 11/04/2013
Senators propose US gun control compromise In the United States, two ardent pro-gun senators have come up with a breakthrough in the gun control debate, which gets underway in the Senate. But the… 11/04/2013
Obama launches fresh bid to revive gun control laws US President Barack Obama has launched a fresh attempt to introduce gun-control legislation. On a visit to Connecticut, scene of the Sandy Hook school… 09/04/2013
First global arms trade treaty passed It’s been many years in the making, but the very first benchmark international treaty outlining rules for the arms trade has finally been passed. At stake… 03/04/2013
Arms sales treaty fails to win unanimous UN backing Hopes of reaching global agreement for a landmark Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the multi-billion-euro weapons industry faded on Thursday at the United… 29/03/2013
Syrian conflict a ‘battle of will’ says Assad In Syria there are reports of intense fighting between rebels and government forces in the suburbs of Damascus, Idlib and the northern city of Aleppo, while… 20/03/2013
Setback for Obama as assault weapons ban is dropped A plan to ban assault weapons is to be dropped from a proposed firearms bill due to lack of support in the US Senate. The measure was to have been one of… 20/03/2013
Syria: accusations fly over ‘chemical weapons’ attack Accusations are flying in Syria over whether a chemical weapon has been used and who is to blame. The government of President Bashar al-Assad says rebel… 19/03/2013
China becomes world’s 5th largest arms exporterChina has become the fifth largest exporter of major conventional weapons worldwide, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute… 18/03/2013
EU split over UK-France plan to arm Syria’s rebels Britain and France say the European Union arms embargo on the Syrian opposition must be lifted – if the rebels are to succeed in toppling the regime of Syrian… 15/03/2013
EU rejects lifting arms embargo on Syrian rebels EU foreign ministers on Monday decided against lifting a ban on shipping weapons to the Syrian opposition. Britain has been leading the charge to ease the… 18/02/2013
Weapons sales under fire It seems austerity is hitting weapons sales. As the International Defence Exhibition opened in the United Arab Emirate, we learned that in 2011 there was a… 18/02/2013
Coffee and a magazineNalini Bharatwaj, 37, chairman of a management institute, holds a gun while posing in her office in New Delhi January. Since a medical student died after… 23/01/2013
Newtown, USA mourns Three days after the mass killing in Newtown, Connecticut, the victims’ families and the townspeople are in anguish – shared across the country. At the… 17/12/2012
Record year for Russian arms sales Overseas sales of military hardware by Russia topped the 11 billion euro mark – a record figure and surpassing all forecasts by around half a million… 17/12/2012
Amateur footage shows plane shot down by Syrian Rebels – nocomment Amateur video emerged showing the remains of a Syrian warplane shot down on Tuesday, and also of its pilot. Air strikes continue in Homs. 29/11/2012
USA: Order a television and get a rifle insteadWashington DC resident Seth Horvitz and his pregnant wife, Seeta, eagerly expected to enjoy their new high-definition television when it arrived. They… 10/08/2012
Cairo police alarm at growing illegal arms trade Cairo in the daytime is mostly only dangerous for its crazy traffic and choking pollution, even if a lack of law and order since last year’s revolution weighs… 09/08/2012
Abandoned Libyan weapons fuel insecurity The list of incidents is lengthening; bombs at government facilities and official buildings, kidnappings, robbery and assassinations of former members of the… 08/08/2012
Women at centre of US gun control showdownWomen have jumped to the centre of the gun control debate in the USA. While the White House continues to push for tougher legislation, the National Rifle… 27/02/2013
Giffords tells Congress to act now on gun violenceThe former US congresswoman, critically injured in a mass shooting two years ago, has told Congress to be “bold” and “courageous” in tackling gun… 30/01/2013
Obama reveals his plans for gun controlUS President Barack Obama has announced his proposals for new gun control measures a month after 26 people were shot dead at Sandy Hook elementary school in… 16/01/2013
Gun debate heats as gun lobby targets Obama’s daughters in new adA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting claimed the life of 26 people, including 18 children, pro-gun lobby the National Rifle Association is… 16/01/2013
Tough new gun laws for New YorkIn Kentucky, USA, two people have been shot in a car park of a college. The killings came a day before President Barack Obama is expected to unveil… 16/01/2013
New York heads for first gun law changes since Sandy HookNew York is on the way to becoming the first US state to tighten gun controls since the school massacre in neighbouring Connecticut last month. Measures… 15/01/2013
One student seriously injured in California school shootingThere has been another school shooting in the US, this time with one student critically wounded at Taft Union High School in Kern County, California. Two… 11/01/2013
White House consults all sides in gun debateEfforts to increase gun controls in the US are gathering pace with the White House initiating a series of meetings. Yesterday it was the turn of anti-gun… 10/01/2013
Turkey prepares missiles for Syrian borderTurkey has begun readying for the deployment of surface-to-air missiles on its border with Syria. US soldiers, who will man Patriot anti-missile batteries… 07/01/2013
Toy guns destroyed in anti-violence operation in MexicoThousands of toy guns that look like the real thing have been destroyed in a symbolic ceremony in Mexico City. The authorities say many are used by… 05/01/2013
US gun lobby wants ‘armed officers in every school’The protest started the moment the US gun lobby spoke out. “NRA killing our kids” read the large pink banner unfurled at the press conference. The… 21/12/2012
Americans hold minute silence for Newtown victimsAmericans have been remembering the victims of the Newtown school massacre with a minute’s silence, marking the moment a week ago when the gunman ran… 21/12/2012
‘Rising demand’ for child bulletproof backpacks in USReports in the US suggest there has been a rise in demand for child body armour in the wake of last week’s massacre in Connecticut. One company in Utah… 21/12/2012
Barack Obama wants changes in the gun lawsUS President Barack Obama has said that he wants a new White House-led effort on gun policies to come up with proposals in the next month so that he can… 19/12/2012
Obama wants changes in gun lawsUS President Barack Obama has said that changes need to be made regarding the policies currently in place controlling access to weapons. Joined for the… 19/12/2012
Calls for US gun control grow as Newtown buries its deadThere are signs in the United States that gun sales have gone up since the Sandy Hook school massacre last week. With increasing calls for tighter controls… 19/12/2012
Gun debate rises to prominence in the USNever too far from the surface, the subject of gun control is currently on everyone’s lips in the United States. The roll-call of US shooting tragedies is… 18/12/2012
Funerals due for two victims of Connecticut mass shootingsThe first funerals are being held today for two of the twenty children gunned down in Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut primary school. The victims –… 17/12/2012
Obama warns Assad not to use chemical weaponsThe US warns Syria against the use of chemical weapons as the violence in the war-torn country continues. Although opposition forces claim to have made… 04/12/2012
Mafia WWII bomb supplier arrestedAn Italian fisherman has been arrested for supplying World War II explosives to the Mafia. Cosimo D’Amato supplied more than a ton of TNT, which he had… 12/11/2012
Iraq denies cancelling arms deal with RussiaThe Iraqi defence minister is denying that an arms deal with Russia worth more than 4 billion dollars has been cancelled over corruption concerns. The deal… 11/11/2012
Doubt cast on Iraq’s ‘cancelled’ arms deal with RussiaIraq is reported to have cancelled a series of arms contracts with Russia worth over three billion euros. The deal was only signed by both country’s prime… 10/11/2012
Libyans give up guns and explosives in state collection drivesHundreds turned out in Tripoli and Benghazi to hand in weapons left over from last year’s war. With the government struggling to impose authority, it has… 30/09/2012
Syria: Cameron adds his voice to chemical weapons warningBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has joined President Barack Obama in warning Syria the use of chemical weapons would trigger a re-think in their… 23/08/2012
