Washington: “If Russia craves for an arms race, then the United States is ever prepared for it. But Russia must keep in mind that in such a race, the United States will undoubtedly emerge a winner”, warned US President Donald Trump. This warning was issued to Russian President Putin during a telephonic conversation, as reported […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of being behind the attacks on the Saudi cities, by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Saudi army Spokesman said that Iran is supplying arms and missiles to the Houthi rebels and that Iran will be answered at the right time and at the right place. The Saudi Ambassador to […]
Kabul: ‘Russia is destabilising Afghanistan. Russia is supplying arms to the Taliban terrorists using the Tajikistan border for this purpose,’ alleged General John Nicholson, the United States Commander in Afghanistan. General Nicholson referred to the information given by the Afghan leaders for this. However, Russia has dismissed the allegations. The US Commander, in an interview […]
Washington: ‘In the 1950’s and 1960’s my father and his associates effectively used guns to protect themselves from the ‘Ku klux Klan’ in the state of Alabama,’ saying so Condoleezza Rice, the Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor defended the second amendment to the US constitution. The second amendment gives a right to […]
Washington/Bern: Sighting threats of Russian aggression, the United States seems to have increased arms supply to the European countries. Recently, the United States approved the supply of the ‘Patriot’, anti-ballistic missile system to Sweden. Agreements have been signed prior to this with Poland and Romania, for supply of the Patriot missile system. Sources claim that […]
Canberra : Australia has set a target to be among the first 10 leading countries in the export of weapons. At present Australia stands 20th in the list of the countries exporting arms and ammunitions. Australia is preparing to invest more for selling its arms in the international market. The Turnbull government is said to […]
Honolulu: “The US welcomes the discussions between both Korean nations on the background of the Olympic games. But despite this, US and South Korea are firm about their position of joining hands to stop North Korea from manufacturing nuclear arms,” announced US Defense Secretary James Mattis. He also declared that the US was prepared to […]
Damascus/Beirut: In the early hours of Thursday morning, Israeli fighter planes launched air strikes on Syria destroying an arms depot under Iran’s possession. The head of the Israeli intelligence agency informed that Israel launched this attack as Hezbollah was being supplied weapons from this depot. Israeli Minister of Intelligence ‘Israel Katz’ informed this to the […]
Beijing : China’s Ministry of Foreign affairs has warned the US that if they expect China’s co-operation, they should respect the ‘One China Policy’ and stop providing weapons to Taiwan. Two days ago, the news about US President Donald Trump seriously thinking of supplying arms to Taiwan was published. It seems that against this background, […]
Stockholm: Due to increased import from India, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, global arms trade has reached its highest point. According to the latest report from Sipri (the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), the global trade has reached its peak after the cold war era. This report about increased arms trade is all the […]