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Kazakhstan citizen suspected of weapons deals for North Korea to sue Associated Press Kazakhstan citizen suspected of illegally transporting weapons to North Korea will sue Associate Press for publishing unconfirmed information.

23 May 2013 13:12

Kazakhstan citizen's implication in weapons sales unverified: Foreign Ministry Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry called the information about Kazakhstan citizen's implication in deals in weapons for North Korea unverified.

17 May 2013 12:00

Kazakhstan citizen accused of selling weapons to North Korea pleads not guilty Former head of Kazakhstan private airline East Wing Aleksandr Zykov suspected by UN expert of implication in deals in weapons for North Korea pleads not guilty.

16 May 2013 14:45

Kazakhstan citizen suspected of selling weapons to North Korea The UN Security Council suspects one Kazakhstan citizen, two Ukrainians, nine North-Korean citizens and three North-Korean organizations of implication in contraband deals with weapons for North Korea.

15 May 2013 13:53

Austria warns against arms shipments to Syrian rebels Austria has warned its 26 European Union partners in a letter against providing weapons for rebel movements in the Syrian conflict.

15 May 2013 10:25

US reconsidering whether to arm Syria rebels The United States said Thursday it was taking a fresh look at whether to arm Syria's rebels as the Damascus regime pressed an assault on opposition forces in the embattled city of Homs.

03 May 2013 13:11

Obama warns, but urges prudence on Syria arms US President Barack Obama issued a new warning to Syria Friday that using chemical weapons would be a "game changer" as he faced rising pressure at home and abroad to intervene in the civil war.

27 April 2013 15:06

US says Syria likely used chemical weapons The United States said Thursday for the first time that Syria had likely used chemical weapons against rebel forces, but emphasized spy agencies were still not 100 percent sure of the assessment.

26 April 2013 18:55

Obama feels heat over Syria chemical weapons claims Growing speculation that the Syrian regime is using chemical weapons is turning up the heat on President Barack Obama, who has warned such a move would be a game changer.

26 April 2013 10:45

UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry.

03 April 2013 13:32

UN General Assembly set to adopt arms treaty The UN General Assembly is expected to adopt the first global treaty on the conventional arms trade Tuesday after the 193 member states failed to reach consensus on it last week.

02 April 2013 12:01

Half of Kazakhstan residents against police shooting without warning 49.2 percent of the adult population of the country’s cities opposes the legislative amendment about gives policemen the right to shoot without warning in case of a threat to their life: poll.

27 March 2013 19:39

N. Korea says US 'nuclear blackmail' will drive arms race North Korea said Monday that "nuclear blackmail" by the United States would drive more countries to follow its lead and build their own atomic weapon.

19 March 2013 17:04

China replaces UK in top five arms exporters: report China has overtaken Britain to become the world's fifth largest arms exporter with five percent of the global trade, its highest position since the Cold War.

18 March 2013 13:26

France and Britain willing to arm Syrian rebels France has joined Britain in voicing its willingness to supply weapons to Syria's rebels if it cannot convince its European partners to lift an arms embargo as the conflict enters its third year.

15 March 2013 19:03

Argentine ex-president Menem convicted arms smuggling Former Argentine president Carlos Menem was convicted on Friday of orchestrating arms smuggling while in office.

10 March 2013 21:32

Nuclear weapons do not guarantee security: Kazakhstan to Iran Kazakhstan is calling Iran to develop nuclear energy and remember that nuclear weapons can never be a guarantee of any country’s security.

25 February 2013 19:40

Europe sharply split over military support for Syrian rebels Britain, apparently backed by a handful of European Union allies, is fighting to lift an EU arms embargo barring the supply of weapons to the Syrian rebel coalition battling President Bashar al-Assad.

18 February 2013 12:54

UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning a ballistic launch.

23 January 2013 12:46

NY governor : stop the gun 'madness' New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday proposed the "toughest assault weapons ban in America" in response to a rash of shooting massacres, including the tragedy last month at a Connecticut school.

11 January 2013 12:36

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