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New Zealand

Assault weapons ban will make New Zealand safer, government says

It came after the killing of 51 worshipppers at two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch last March.

World News

Quarter of world's arms sales from European companies: SIPRI

The UK, France, Italy, and Germany were Europe's biggest arms sellers last year but remain behind Russia and the US.

Switzerland

Watch: Concern over WWII-era ammunition at bottom of Lake Geneva

Explosive discovery: bombs, grenades and shells are sleeping at the bottom of Lake Geneva

Europe News

Shooting instead of school: the stolen childhood of children in Yemen

The 20 November marks the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. But in Yemen and in other conflict areas, children are the main victims of human rights violations

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Germany

German children fish out WWII ammunition from pond

The three children reeled out ammunition and bullet fragments from the pond by using a strong magnet, local police said in a statement.

China

Euroviews. Who has the hottest stealth drones and hypersonic missiles? Not the US

Despite starting technologically well behind America, China has developed new systems faster and more cheaply to fend off the U.S. in East Asia.

USA

Euroviews. We shouldn't have been giving money and weapons to Ukraine in the first place ǀ View

Arming Ukraine will almost always result in a stronger Russian response. Rather than end the conflict, military assistance risks prolonging it.

Russia

Why is Russia arming its cosmonauts before they go into space?

Spoiler alert: It's not to kill aliens.

Latvia

Euroviews. Arms Trade Treaty offers hope as multi-lateral relations falter ǀ View

104 countries have now ratified the ATT, and they will meet this week in Geneva [...]. This annual meeting is the main mechanism for the implementation of the treaty, and sees states report on the progress of effective implementation, transparency and universalisation of the treaty.

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Activist group calls for impeachment during a vigil for El Paso

On Saturday (August 10) night, duelling messages were sent outside the White House as the activist group Kremlin Annex called for gun reform and impeachment and as members of the El Paso community in Washington held a candlelight vigil to honour the fallen after a mass shooting a week ago.

United Kingdom

UK Border Force find 60 guns in car arriving in Dover from Calais

Britain's National Crime Agency said the find is believed to be "the largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a UK port."

France

French campaigners prevent weapons shipment to Saudi Arabia

Saudi vessel leaves French waters without weapons after protests

New Zealand

New Zealand's gun laws to change- But what are they currently?

An applicant for a firearm licence must pass a background check which considers criminal, mental health, medical, addiction and domestic violence records. In 2017 43,509 who people applied for firearms licences, 43,321 were granted them.

China

German WWI hand grenade found in French potato shipment

The grenade was discovered in a shipment of French potatoes imported to a Hong Kong crisp factory, and detonated by police.

Russia

Russia suspends INF nuclear missile deal with US

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow would respond in kind to the US decision to suspend a landmark arms control treaty, and that the country would start working on creating new missiles, including hypersonic ones.

France

Gilets jaunes: growing calls for ban on Flash Ball riot control guns

Protesters have been left with serious injuries after being shot at with a LBD40 — a weapon described as "non-lethal" that fires 40-mm rubber balls.

Europe News

Lawyers: Defendant in Brussels terror attack should be acquitted

No DNA of Mehdi Nemmouche found on door of Jewish Museum or revolver, they claim

World News

Russia overtakes UK to become world's second biggest arms producer

Russia has become the world's second biggest arms producer, relegating the UK to third place − but the US continues to dwarf even its closest competitors.

World News

Which countries supply arms to Saudi Arabia?

Denmark is the latest country to halt all future arms exports to Riyadh in response to Khashoggi's death and fighting in Yemen. But what are other European countries doing?

USA

What is the AR-15 rifle used in the Pittsburgh shooting?

The gunman who stormed The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, killing 11 people, was armed with an AR-15-style rifle. But what is the weapon, and why is it so linked to mass shootings?