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3/26/2023 7:27:49 PM
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that Brussels was ready to impose new sanctions on Belarus if Minsk were to host Russian nuclear weapons.
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3/26/2023 7:27:12 PM
The United States has seen no indication that Russia has yet moved any nuclear weapons, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Sunday, after Moscow announced it would station tactical nuclear arms in Belarus.
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3/26/2023 4:18:56 PM
Ukraine's government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.
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3/26/2023 3:18:15 PM
Germany on Sunday condemned a decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, bringing the arms closer to the European Union.
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3/25/2023 10:20:43 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union.
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3/22/2023 7:08:38 PM
More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday.
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3/22/2023 12:08:10 AM
The US Treasury Department announced on Tuesday new sanctions on several companies and individuals for supporting Iran's drone and other weapons programs.
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3/20/2023 10:40:59 AM
European Union ministers on Monday will look to sign off on a 2-billion-euro plan to raid their stockpiles and jointly purchase desperately needed artillery shells for Ukraine.
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3/16/2023 3:22:19 PM
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday that Iran has agreed to halt covert weapons shipments to its Houthi allies in Yemen as part of a China-brokered deal to re-establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
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3/15/2023 10:39:07 AM
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq — in blinding explosions of shock and awe — with the false claims that Saddam Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction, American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence.
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3/13/2023 10:28:50 PM
Australia will buy as many as five US nuclear-powered submarines and later build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to build Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face of a rising China, a US official said Monday.
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3/5/2023 11:02:39 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow's war in Ukraine, but he's fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so.
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3/4/2023 2:52:24 PM
More sophisticated and high-caliber weapons are being illegally shipped into Haiti where violence has reached levels unseen for decades, warned a UN report seen by AFP on Saturday.
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3/4/2023 11:50:13 AM
The UN nuclear watchdog chief said Saturday he had "constructive" meetings with Iranian officials in Tehran after the discovery of uranium particles enriched to near weapons-grade level.
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3/3/2023 6:14:39 PM
Iran dismissed as "false" Friday a claim by the British and US navies that Iranian weapons had been seized from a smuggling boat apparently headed to Yemen.
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3/3/2023 1:47:14 PM
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran Friday for discussions with officials after his agency's inspectors in Iran found uranium particles enriched to just under weapons-grade level.
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2/28/2023 9:14:40 PM
US officials have maintained their open confrontation with China by coming up with intelligence claiming that Beijing is considering providing weapons to Russia.
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2/27/2023 10:05:34 AM
Japan will purchase 400 Tomahawk missiles from the United States, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday, as his government beefs up the country's defences with eyes on threats including China.
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2/25/2023 12:37:51 PM
US President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not "anticipate a major initiative" from China to provide weapons to Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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2/24/2023 1:12:18 PM
China called Friday for urgent peace talks as it released its plan to end the war in Ukraine, but Western powers quickly rebuffed the proposals while warning against Beijing's closening ties to Moscow.
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