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Two men are facing charges after an investigation led to the seizure of two firearms and more than $70,000 in drugs. In February 2024, after receiving multiple tips from the community, the Calgary Police Service…

Classification of challenges into structural (left) and process-related (right) challenges. Credit: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (2023). DOI:…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor will host an information session on April 10 in Portsmouth, Ohio, for current and former nuclear weapons workers and their families employed at covered facilities on the benefits available under…

The United States has greenlighted the transfer of a new $2.5bn weapons package, comprising bombs and fighter jets, to Israel, according to US media reports. Despite expressing concern about civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes…

As the war enters its 761st day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Fighting Ten people, including a teenage girl, were injured after Russia hit Kyiv with missiles in the third bombardment…

March 22, 2024 Senator Warren: “(Crypto) is helping rogue states. It’s helping terrorists. It's helping criminal organizations fund their operations on a scale like we have never seen before.” General Aquilino:…

Washington, DC – Describing the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as a genocide, progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called on the United States to suspend weapons transfers to Israel. In an impassioned speech on the…

Enhanced Ukrainian Defense and Offensive Capability: The Biden Administration can broaden Ukraine’s military arsenal to drastically improve its defensive operations and offensive capabilities to reclaim territories. In doing so, the U.S.…

The United States first deployed nuclear weapons in Europe in September 1954. Over time, thousands were sent to a series of bases to offset the vast conventional advantage of Red Army and Warsaw Pact forces, and deter their use against…

After a marathon committee hearing, Colorado Democrats’ bill to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles and other so-called assault weapons cleared its first hurdle early Wednesday morning and now is poised to pass the full House. The…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the opportunity to submit its views for consideration by the United Nations Secretary-General, in accordance with resolution 78/241 "Lethal autonomous weapon systems", adopted…

Three people have been charged with more than 20 offences in relation to a stolen vehicle investigation that led police to a shopping centre just outside the city.On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at approximately 3:40…

As the war enters its 750th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Fighting At least four people were killed and eight injured after a Russian drone and bomb attack on Ukraine’s eastern…

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days ahead of an election in…

pentagon —  The Pentagon has a funding shortfall of about $10 billion for U.S. military weapons needed to replace those already sent to Ukraine, a shortfall that requires additional money from Congress to fix, top Defense Department…

The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry, which reports to the Human Rights Council, warned that fighting escalated on 5 October last year, when consecutive explosions at a military academy graduation ceremony in government-controlled Homs…

The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible. Credit: Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/Marine Corps…

March 08, 2024 “The protections that we have for civilians both in the statute and in guidance can't just be pieces of paper. They need to have a real impact.” Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - At a…

As the war enters its 744th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, March 8, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree authorising the demobilisation of conscripts who…

Washington —  Moscow has a range of military technologies that it could offer Pyongyang in exchange for munitions to sustain its war in Ukraine, with advanced missile technologies high on the list, analysts say. North Korea has been…

"What we are seeing now in eastern DRC is in many ways unprecedented and extremely worrying. With the latest upsurge in hostilities since early February, hundreds of badly injured civilians, many of them women and children, have been…

Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross - Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) - Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - 4/8 March 2024, GenevaThe International Committee of the…

A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing at least the temporary shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and…

The US has endured more than 300 mass shootings—gun-related incidents that injure or kill four or more people—so far in 2023, outpacing any other year on record. Recent PPIC research finds that California has experienced…

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Why This Matters There is a surge in interest in directed energy weapons from several nations—including the United States.—primarily for counter drone missions. These weapons use electromagnetic energy to cause effects ranging from…

Why This Matters There is a surge in interest in directed energy weapons from several nations—including the U.S.—primarily for counter drone missions. These weapons use electromagnetic energy to cause effects ranging from…

What GAO Found When a chemical weapon is used, investigators may use forensic technologies to detect that it was used, identify the chemical, and help attribute it to a likely source. Most technologies for chemical identification…

Briefing ambassadors on the UN Security Council, Valentine Rugwabiza, Special Representative for the Central African Republic (CAR), recalled the 15 January explosion which targeted a patrol from the mission, killing one peacekeeper and…

The protest, which saw over 200 attendees from over 25 organizations across Yale’s schools and New Haven on Feb. 16, moved from Beinecke Plaza to in front of the Humanities…

By Marcy Winograd If the nations of the world–particularly the United States and the Arab countries–wanted to stop Israel’s slaughter, torture and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, they could do so tomorrow with…

By Toby Blomé   A growing coalition of peace & justice organizations from Northern California are collaborating to nonviolently impede the U.S. role in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.  The newly formed campaign, called "Shut…

Chicago, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Market expansion through significant investment in military system development programs European countries have strong Air Forces, which are more inclined toward procuring directed…

As the war enters its 723rd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Fighting Ukraine said it critically damaged the Caesar Kunikov, a Russian landing warship, off occupied Crimea, in a…

Chicago, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Increasing procurement and development of advanced military platforms and systems to tackle border disputes The demand for the directed energy weapons market in India has increased in…

As the war enters its 722nd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Fighting At least 10 people were killed in Russian drone and shelling attacks across eastern, central and northern…

Chicago, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strong focus on development and procurement of modern military weapon systems US contributed the largest share to the directed energy weapons market in 2022 due to the increased demand…

Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment…

As the war enters its 715th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Fighting At least five people were killed and 50 injured, after Russia fired a wave of missiles and Shahed-type drones…

The White House has given the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) a lead role in U.S. efforts to strengthen the United Nations Secretary-General's Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM). In…

As the war enters its 712th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Monday, February 5, 2024. Fighting At least 28 people, including a child, were killed in the Russian-occupied eastern city of Lysychansk after a…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an updated procedure for determining whether nuclear weapons workers qualify for benefits related to beryllium exposure under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness…

As the war enters its 708th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, February 1, 2024. Fighting A Russian bomb hit a hospital in northeastern Ukraine, forcing the evacuation of dozens of patients, smashing…

After nearly two years of intense combat, the Russo-Ukrainian war might be at a strategic tipping point. For now, the ground fight in Ukraine's east is stalemated, but Russian sea and air power in Crimea is diminished. The future…

As the war enters its 707th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Fighting Four people in two villages in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region near the Russian border were killed in Russian…

The robotic craft swoops in low, closing on its target. The enemy's sensors try to get a fix, as the planet surface races past below. In an instant, a beam reaches out from below at the speed of light, the high-powered laser…

For Release ThursdayJanuary 25, 2024 The current generation of large language models (LLMs)—a form of artificial intelligence (AI)—do not increase the risk of a biological weapons attack by a non-state actor, according to new…

State news agency says Pulhwasal-3-31 cruise missile is still in its development phase.North Korea has said it conducted its first test of a new-generation cruise missile, as it continues to expand its military capabilities. The official…

SACRAMENTO – Ahead of oral arguments in Miller v. Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a statement urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold California’s lifesaving assault weapons ban. “The Court has a simple choice:…